**Please note, this learning experience is a virtual event and will not be hosted at a physical site.**

Most school library collections are fiction focused, and yet research shows that as many as 75 percent of young readers enjoy nonfiction as much as or more than fiction. These info-loving kids are significantly more likely to thrive as readers if they have access to a rich, diverse array of nonfiction. Join award-winning author-educator Melissa Stewart for a half-day virtual learning experience that breaks down the 5 Kinds of Nonfiction children’s books available today, offers tips for collection development, and shares a broad range of innovative teaching strategies and activities for creating and supporting passionate nonfiction readers. This session will not be recorded.  

Books that are suggested (but NOT mandatory) for participation: 5 Kinds of Nonfiction and Summertime Sleepers: Animals that Estivate (winner of the American Library Association's 2022 Sibert Honor Award for Nonfiction). Both titles are available from Perma-Bound.

Please note: You must register for the webinar in two places:

1. Register for the event here on the Region 10 Calendar of Events.
2. Register for the webinar on the Zoom link.

All participants registered on the Region 10 website will receive Zoom login information prior to the webinar date.

There are two price tiers for this event:

1. Members of the Region 10 Library Services Package receive free registration.
2. R10 teachers and Out of Region teachers who are not members of the Region 10 Library Services Package pay $100.00.

            Discounts will be reflected at checkout.

If paying by purchase order, please email a copy of purchase order to Amy Johnson at amy.johnson@region10.org  or fax a copy of PO to Amy Johnson at (972) 348-1525