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Melissa Jerome

The Revolutionary Power of Storytelling: Children’s Literature

This symposium features three authors of Children’s Literature: Jean D’Costa, Olive Senior, and Nikkolas Smith, and highlights African American and Caribbean authors.  It combines a celebration of the foundational author of Jamaican children’s literature, Jean D’Costa, with a presentation by artist, activist, and author Nikkolas Smith. Friday, November 7,…

2025 Bechtel Fellowship Recipient Named

The 2025 Bechtel Fellowship recipient is Aryssa Damron, a librarian at Van Ness Elementary School in Washington, DC. The Bechtel Fellowship, awarded by the Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), awards a mid-career librarian with a minimum of eight years experience working…