ABFE Presents: Hot Button Issues in Kids’ Books

Sunday, January 29, 2017
3:50-5 p.m.
Lakeshore A – Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
ABA Winter Institute 2017

Miranda Paul, author; Mentorship Chair, We Need Diverse Books
I.W. Gregorio, author; Executive VP, We Need Diverse Books
Nicole McCarthy, Oblong Books and Music (Rhinebeck, NY)
Joan Trygg, Red Balloon Bookshop (Saint Paul, MN)
Chris Finan, ABA (White Plains, NY), Moderator

Booksellers face special free speech problems in selling children’s books. Parents complain about books that are “inappropriate” for their children based on age or socio-economic background, and there is also growing sensitivity in some communities as to how they are presented in kids’ books. How should booksellers respond?

Join author Miranda Paul and fellow panelists for a discussion on diversity in children’s literature as it relates to bookselling and discoverability.