The Center for Children's Books 2020-2021 Speaker Series will continue with Lynne McKechnie, presenting “I readed it!” (Marissa, four years): What the research and the children themselves tell us about the experience of reading.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
12 p.m. CST
Zoom
Please see the attached flier for the full abstract.
Dr. McKechnie is Professor Emerita in the Library & Information Science Program at the University of Western Ontario, where she teaches in materials and public library services for children. A practicing children’s librarian for twenty years, her research focuses on the intersection of public libraries, children, and reading. Professor McKechnie is the co-author of Reading Matters: What the Research says About Reading, Libraries and Community (2006) and its sequel Reading Still Matters (2018).
The Zoom link will be published on the Center for Children's Books website on Wednesday, February 17. We hope you join us!