Why Black not Blue? Revising & Reimagining Children’s Picture Books in the Age of the #WeNeedDiverseBooks Movement

As part of a faculty work-in-progress, Cara Byrne, a Lecturer in the Department of English and the Research Advisor on Diverse Children’s Literature for the Schubert Center for Child Studies, will explore recent controversies surrounding picture books for young readers. She'll look at titles such as The Bad Mood and the Stick, A Birthday Cake for George Washington and Islandborn. A pre-lecture reception begins at 4:15 p.m., and the talk, part of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities lecture series, commences at 4:30 pm. at Clark Hall Room 206. Admission is free.