2012 Forum on Engaged Reading

2012 Keynote Speakers

• Stacey Bess

  An inspirational educator and author of memoir "Nobody Don't Love Nobody" adapted for Hallmark Hall of Fame film "Beyond the Blackboard."

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• Donalyn Miller

  A Texas sixth grade teacher and author of "The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child" and The Book Whisperer blog.

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• Yuyi Morales

  Winner of the Pura Belpre Medal for Illustration, involved with some of the most celebrated examples of Latino children's literature.

  yuyimorales.com

• Steven I. Layne

  Children's literature professor at Judson University in Illinois, a respected literacy consultant, motivational speaker and author of 21 books including teen thriller "This Side of Paradise."

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