Good morning!

We recently met with Becky Brent from Book Break/Library Speakers Consortium about an author talk series opportunity. This is a paid subscription; however the program/opportunities look incredible. You and your school/district can consider whether the program is worth it for your students/teachers. Some great incentives to join by May 31st. Details are below.

Below are 2 demo author events and associated resources to give you a better idea of the program Book Break is envisioning:

Here is a list of all of the authors confirmed to speak for the launch of the program so far: Katherine Applegate, Mac Barnett, Phil Bildner, Matt de la Peña, Kate DiCamillo, Alice Faye Duncan, Shannon Hale, Alan Katz, Hena Khan, Jeff Kinney, Minh Le, Kate Messner, LeUyen Pham, Raùl the Third, Dan Santat, and Kelly Yang.

An additional incentive is that for each school that participates, a school in a high poverty area (80-100% FRL) of Connecticut will receive Book Break for free.

If you would like further information or to sign up, please contact Becky Brent at becky@libraryc.org.

Sincerely,

Jenny, Val, and Laura

Jenny Lussier (she/her)

Vice-president

CT Association of School Librarians