LECTURES & WORKSHOPS

workshops & talks | conference speaker | YA books seminar
 
Kathleen Odean is a lively speaker, who combines a wide knowledge of books for young people with an entertaining speaking style. She has addressed conferences on a number of topics related to books for young people, including the future of the children’s book, humor, awards, gender issues, multicultural resources, and more.

Here is a selection of the conferences at which she has spoken:
•Massachusetts School Library Media Association Conference, November 2004
•Connecticut Library Association, May 2004
• Under the Magic Spell of Books, Rhode Island College, May 2003
• Maine Libraries Conference, May 2003
• Rhode Island Library Association Conference, June 2003
• Children’s Literature Connection Conference on Humor, Troy, NY, October 2001
• California Millennium Conference, November 2000
• Literature and the Child Conference, Bloomfield, MI, September 2000
• Massachusetts School Library Media Association, November 1999
• YALSA President’s Program on Gender and Books, ALA, New Orleans, June 28, 1999
• Foundation for Children’s Books, “New Books for Children” Conference, November 1999
• Miami Book Fair, November 1998
• Girl Scout Training Conference, Bristol, RI, August 1998
• International Reading Association Conference, Orlando, May 4, 1998
• Southern California Council on Literature for Children Conference, L.A., March 21, 1998
• Images of Gender Equity Conference, Providence, November 20, 1997
• New England Teachers Conference, Providence, November 3, 1997

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