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 Read More