Announcement

[Lisa Von Drasek <lisav@BNKST.EDU>]

Two courses offered at the Bank Street College of Education in  New York
City.

Finding Diversity in Excellent Children's Literature (PreK-8) TEED629N
July 2 and 3, Wednesday and Thursday, 9:30 am-4 pm
Registration Deadline: 6/26
This course examines issues of diversity in children's literature and
how excellent literature can help children learn about differences among
people, including ethnicity, race, language, gender, class, economic
status, sexual preference, and ability. In addition to identifying and
defining the characteristics of a literature of inclusion,
"extra-literary" considerations such as omissions and distortions in
text and pictures, helping children respond to literature, issues in
publishing multicultural literature, and finding the best that has been
published.

Selecting and Evaluating Recently Published Children's Books TEED505N
July 16 and 17
Wednesday and Thursday 9:30 am-4 pm
This course gives participants the opportunity to examine a wide
selection of recently published children's books in order to develop and
refine selection criteria. We will identify key developmental themes and
discuss how to incorporate them into the language arts class and
interdisciplinary studies. New books from the Bank Street Bookstore will
be available for review. For librarians, teachers, and reading
specialists.
Section 1 (Grades PreK-4)



Instructor- Lisa Von Drasek is the children's librarian at Bank Street
College. She wrote and edited the New York State Summer Reading Manual
Discover 2000 Read. Lisa is a children's book reviewer for Kirkus, Nick
Jr. Family Magazine and writes a monthly column about children's books
for the classroom which appears in Teaching k-8. A Library of Congress
American Memory Fellow, she served on the 2003 Newbery Committee.


For more information and registration go to
http://www.bankstreet.edu/ce/newpers




Lisa Von Drasek, MLIS
Children's Librarian
Bank Street College of Education
School for Children Pre-K- 8
610 West 112th St
NY  NY   10025

lisav@bnkst.edu

212 875 4452

Teaching pre-K-8
Teaching Editor/Children's Books
Best Children's Books of the Year Nick Jr.

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