The Truth about Choice
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Join us for The
Truth About Choice, a day-long continuing education exploration celebrating young
people's reading choices and investigating the book choices we make as teachers, professional
librarians, and readers behind the scenes. Noted author and freedom-to-read advocate Chris Crutcher
will speak about young people’s rights to make their own reading choices. Members of the Butler
Center will share ideas about choosing books for classrooms and choosing books with young
adults. A panel of editors and reviewers will discuss using book review journals to make wise
and economical collection choices, and a panel of librarians and teachers will share some of the
best (and worst!) choices they have made. We will end the day with a champagne reception in the
new, permanent Butler Center space.
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| 8:30 am |
Registration & Refreshments
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| 9 am | Welcome
Thom Barthelmess, Curator
Butler Children’s Literature Center
Bluhm Auditorium, Parmer Hall
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| 9:15 am | Plenary Session:
Every Child Her Choice: When Real Life Fiction Meets the Censor
Chris Crutcher, Author and Freedom to Read Advocate
Bluhm Auditorium, Parmer Hall
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| 10:45 am |
Break/Book Sale & Signing
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| 11 am |
Concurrent Session A:
Pick a Peck of Pages: Popularity, Quality and Young Adult Books
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| 12 pm |
Lunch
Parmer Hall Atrium
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| 1 pm |
General Session:
The Reviews Are In: Book Review Truths and Secrets
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| 2:30 pm |
Break/Book Sale & Signing
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| 2:45 pm | General Session:
My Best and Worst Book Choices
A panel facilitated by Jill Bambenek, Public Services Librarian, Rebecca Crown Library;
Maricor Chang, student in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science; John Ferrari,
Junior High Coordinator, Lisle Public Library; Guadalupe Gonzalez, student in the School of
Education
Bluhm Auditorium
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| 4 pm |
Closing Remarks
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| 4:30 pm |
CPDU Evaluation and Certification
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| 5 pm |
Champagne Reception
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