Mirrors and Windows: Featuring Jacqueline Woodson & Jason Reynolds

“Mirrors & Windows” is the theme for Kalamazoo Public Library’s 2015 Youth Literature Seminar. We are honored to bring you the critically acclaimed
and multi-award winning Jacqueline Woodson, author of the 2015 Coretta Scott King Author Book Award for Brown Girl Dreaming; Jason Reynolds, the 2015 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent winner for his novel, When I Was the Greatest; and Kathleen Horning, the 2015 recipient of the ALSC Distinguished Service Award for her significant contributions to library services to children and to the Association for
Library Service to Children. Join us for a special day of learning about why the writing, publication, and mass distribution of diverse books, by diverse
authors is so important; the impact these stories have on our children and young adults; and these author’s experiences with publishing their work. Registration prices, a full schedule, and scholarship information can be found at kpl.gov/yls.