<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp6127e0b8yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span id="ydpf33e909edocs-internal-guid-4e02c082-7fff-a0fb-1ead-fc2e637e8391"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saturday November 7 from 9 am - 12 </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">pm Nicole Johnson and Caroline Richmond of </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We Need Diverse Books</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span><a href="https://diversebooks.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">WNDB</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, will not only speak about getting diverse books into the hands of our diverse students but also address these two needs:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 11pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What actions can we take to encourage white patrons to read more diversely?”</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 11pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“How do we handle books that may have respectful depictions of one marginalized group but problematic content of another?”</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And there is more. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>WNDB</i> will provide book recommendations, from board books up to young adult books that represent a wide variety of diverse voices and they will organize a panel with local authors and illustrators to talk about their work and to discuss diversity in children’s literature as a whole.</span></p><p style="text-align: center; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt;" data-setdir="true"></p><div> <span style="border: none; display: inline-block; width: 171px; min-height: 59px;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3XDhDRyChLrxPmMNm-AOZGK_1-sDUeZoQ4jqD-Wshnd2T5Zps87nBlAxaL-oEBVP9xgZy7B7f2un6YqmApmaJ3SRBlI2DP-GWpHDzXxZ4dx_BncuuAM70lryGVcXKhNzLbre20z" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 171px; max-width: 421px;" data-id="1598926352113" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true"></span></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 10pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But, you can only attend this session if you register for the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(255, 255, 0); background-color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2020 Virtual AISLE Conference </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.aisled.org/conference_registration.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AISLE Conference Online Registration</a></span></p><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="font-family: new times, serif;">Peggy Burton, Retired School Librarian<br></span>PR Chair, 2020 Virtual AISLE Conference</div><p></p></span></div><div class="ydp6127e0b8signature"><div style="font-family:new times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>