{"id":15409,"date":"2017-04-09T16:29:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T20:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=15409"},"modified":"2017-04-09T17:25:33","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T21:25:33","slug":"alsc-precon-delve-2017-honor-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/alsc-precon-delve-2017-honor-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Preconference to Delve into 2017 Award Honor Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Attending the 2017 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago? Plan to arrive\u00a0early and attend the ALSC PRE<\/strong>conference, \u201cP<\/strong>erceive. R<\/strong>ise. E<\/strong>ngage: Celebrate the 2017 ALSC Honor Books<\/a>,\u201d scheduled for Friday, June 23, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Join us in conversation with authors, illustrators, and publishers as we celebrate and explore the 2017 Batchelder, Caldecott, Geisel, Newbery, Pura Belpr\u00e9, and Sibert Honor Books. The event will feature three separate panel discussions with honorees, and lunch is included.<\/p>\n

Panel Discussions<\/h2>\n

Panel 1: Perceive<\/strong>
\n11:30 a.m. \u2013 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Our life\u2019s experiences color the way we perceive the world around us. Panelists will offer their insights into the different ways that we observe our environments. Panelists include:<\/p>\n

David Milgrim, Geisel honoree for Go Otto Go<\/em>
\nTaylor Norman, associate editor, Chronicle Books, publisher of Over the Ocean<\/em>, Batchelder Honor Book
\nGreg Pizzoli, Geisel honoree for Good Night Owl<\/em>
\nEric Rohmann, Sibert honoree for Giant Squid<\/em>
\nBrendan Wenzel, Caldecott honoree for They All Saw a Cat<\/em>
\nLauren Wolk, Newbery honoree for Wolf Hollow<\/em><\/p>\n

Panel 2: Rise<\/strong>
\n1:30 \u2013 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

In small and large ways, people meet life\u2019s injustices with resilience and hope. Panelists will talk about how their honor books chronicle the struggle of individuals to rise above adversity. Panelists include:<\/p>\n

Ashley Bryan, Newbery honoree for Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan<\/em>
\nR. Gregory Christie, Caldecott honoree for Freedom in Congo Square<\/em>
\nAlexandra Diaz, Pura Belpr\u00e9 Author honoree for The Only Road<\/em>
\nRepresentative from NorthSouth Books, Inc., publisher of As Time Went By<\/em>, Batchelder Honor Book
\nRepresentative from Simon & Schuster, publisher of The Ballad of a Broken Nose<\/em>, Batchelder Honor Book<\/p>\n

Panel 3: Engage<\/strong>
\n2:45 \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Literature has the power to enthrall, stretching thinking and sparking discussions. Honorees in panel three will discuss their work and how it inspires conversations and connections. Panelists include:<\/p>\n

Vera Brosgol, Caldecott honoree for Leave Me Alone!<\/em>
\nCarson Ellis, Caldecott honoree for Du Iz Tak?<\/em>
\nCandace Fleming, Sibert honoree for Giant Squid<\/em>
\nAdam Gidwitz, Newbery honoree for The Inquisitor\u2019s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog<\/em>
\nKara LaReau, Geisel honoree for The Infamous Ratsos<\/em>
\nMatt Myers, Geisel honoree for The Infamous Ratsos<\/em><\/p>\n

Preconference Registration<\/h2>\n

Tickets for the preconference are available for purchase\u00a0through ALA Conference registration\u00a0at\u00a0www.alaannual.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ALSC members: $120
\nALA members: $175
\nNon-members: $200<\/p>\n

Ticket price includes a box lunch and registration materials.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit the webpage<\/a>. We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Attending the 2017 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago? Plan to arrive\u00a0early and attend the ALSC PREconference, \u201cPerceive. Rise. Engage: Celebrate the 2017 ALSC Honor Books,\u201d scheduled for Friday, June 23, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Join us in conversation with authors, illustrators, and publishers as we celebrate and explore the 2017 Batchelder, Caldecott, Geisel, Newbery, Pura Belpr\u00e9, and Sibert Honor Books. The event will feature three separate panel discussions with honorees, and lunch is included. Panel Discussions Panel 1: Perceive 11:30 a.m. \u2013 12:30 p.m. Our life\u2019s experiences color the way we perceive the world around us. Panelists will offer their insights into the different ways that we observe our environments. Panelists include: David Milgrim, Geisel honoree for Go Otto Go Taylor Norman, associate editor, Chronicle Books, publisher of Over the Ocean, Batchelder Honor Book Greg Pizzoli, Geisel honoree for Good Night Owl Eric Rohmann, Sibert honoree for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":15415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[913,12,1208,210],"tags":[1223,660],"class_list":["post-15409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ala-annual-2017","category-awards-scholarships","category-blogger-laura-schulte-cooper","category-books-2","tag-alsc-honor-books","tag-preconference"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}