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Symposium on Books for Young Readers July 12-13 at BYU

The Brigham Young University Symposium on Books for Young Readers will convene Thursday and Friday, July 12 and 13, at the Provo City Library at Academy Square in Provo, Utah.

All interested librarians, teachers, parents and lovers of children’s literature over the age of 13 are invited to attend. Registration is $149 for the full symposium, $109 for the Thursday-only sessions and $79 for the Friday-only sessions.

This year’s symposium will feature presentations by nationally acclaimed authors and illustrators Ann Cannon, Stephen Johnson, David Macaulay, Gary Paulsen, Janette Rallison and Suzanne Fisher Staples.

Each author and illustrator will share his or her unique perspective on children’s literature followed by a short question-and-answer session. In addition, two autograph sessions and four informal discussion groups with individual authors will be available. For more information on the schedule of the symposium and to register, visit http://bfyr.byu.edu.

One semester hour of in-service credit for either El Ed 514R or Sc Ed 514R is also available upon participant request for $30 each.

For more information, contact BYU Conferences and Workshops at (801) 422-2568.

Writer: Aaron Searle

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