Speaking
Presentations and Speaking Engagements:
2024
Beyond Bilingual: Making Storytimes ELL-Friendly, with Rachel Payne, Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy, October 2024
SING, TALK, READ: Engaging the Brain, Body, and Senses through Nonfiction Picture Books, with Rekha S. Rajan, Joshua David Stein, Gabrielle Balkan, and Dan Saks, American Library Association Annual Conference, June 2024
2023
StoryTeen: Training Teen Interns & Volunteers to Offer Storytime and Support Early Literacy with Karen Keys & Rachel Payne, American Library Association Conference, Chicago, IL (June 2023)
Storytime for All with Karen Keys, SLJ Day of Dialog, Fall 2023
2022
Book Ban Busters: The National Read-In, hosted by Women’s March, Red Wine & Blue, Pen America, and We Need Diverse Books, with Dr. Megan Madison, along with authors Brad Meltzer, Leslea Newman, I.W. Gregorio, and Nikki Grimes, April 2022.
Our Skin: Talking About Race with Young Children, with Dr. Megan Madison, Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Conference, October 2022.
2021
In Conversation: Megan Madison & Jessica Ralli, co-authors of Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race, Penguin Random House Spring Book and Author Festival, April 2021.
2019
Child Care is Everywhere: How Libraries Can Develop, Strengthen, and Support Child Care, with Rachel Payne & Eva Shapiro, Association for Library Service to Children, Webinar (November 2019)
2018
STEM for Babies and Toddlers: A Powerful Foundation for Language and Literacy with Rachel Payne, Saroj Ghoting & Emily Dagg, American Library Association Conference, New Orleans, LA (June 23, 2018)
STEM for Babies and Toddlers Presentation with Rachel Payne & Saroj Ghoting, Young Child Expo & Conference, New York, NY (2018)
Beyond Bilingual Making Storytime Friendly for English Language Learners with Eva Raison & Rachel Payne, New York Library Association Youth Services Section, Webinar (May 2018)
2017
Beyond Bilingual Making Storytime Friendly for English Language Learners with Eva Raison & Rachel Payne, American Library Association Conference, Chicago, IL (June 2017)
2016
Early Literacy Texting: How To Reach Parents and Caregivers Where They Are Using Free Text Messaging Services, with Rachel Payne, Library Journal Digital Shift Conference, Webinar (October 2016)
The Big Playdate with Rachel Payne, Urban Librarians Conference, Brooklyn, NY (2016)
2015
The Community Playdate! Developmentally Appropriate Play Events for Babies & Toddlers with Rachel Payne, New Jersey Library Association Conference, Long Branch, NJ (April 2015)