children’s literature

On a Thursday in May at Shenandoah University, two nationally known children’s authors received the kind of reception usually reserved for pop music stars.  Katherine…

The 2022 Shenandoah University Children’s Literature Conference combined virtual author and illustrator visits and in-person conference days to celebrate “The Gift of Story,” starting in…

In recent weeks, thousands of students and hundreds of educators across the United States have learned about everything from understanding others’ perspectives and to how…

Patricia Becker-Sabik has attended Shenandoah University’s Children’s Literature Conference every year that she’s been a librarian at a middle school in Loudoun County, Virginia. She…

Jason Reynolds, author of bestselling books like the young adult “Long Way Down,” and the middle-grade Track series, bookended his presentation at Shenandoah University’s Children’s…

Children’s book author and the nation’s first Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Jon Scieszka kicked off Shenandoah University’s 32nd Annual Children’s Literature Conference on June…

It just had to happen at Garland R. Quarles Elementary School in Winchester, Virginia. And it just had to be connected to Shenandoah University’s annual…

Shenandoah University will kick off its 32nd annual Children’s Literature Conference “Once Read, Never Forgotten: Creating Readers One Book at a Time,” by inviting the…