Center for Teaching through Children's Books - National-Louis University

Web site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31198211@N03/

Amenities: wifi, food/drink

Description: The Center for Teaching through Children’s Books is dedicated to excellence in teaching with quality literature for children and adolescents.

To pursue this mission, the focus of the Center includes:

• Considering multicultural and international literature a core resource for learning about the world,
• Promoting issues of social justice in curriculum using children’s books,
• Fostering a community of children’s literature educators and scholars,
• Providing outreach activities and programs to support librarians and teachers,
• Embracing digital forms of literature and information as resources and tools, and
• Partnering with schools, libraries, organizations, and committed individuals to support this mission through collaborative efforts sharing materials, resources, and expertise.
Visit us at:

National-Louis University
North Shore Campus
5202 Old Orchard Road, Suite 300
Skokie, IL 60077-4409
Exit 35 at Old Orchard Road, Just west of I-94, Third Floor in the NLU Library

Junko Yokota - Director
Gail Bush - Director
Toby Rajput - Children's Librarian
Deana Greenfield - Program Manager

Added by: DeanaG.  Contacted: Not contacted.  Venue ID: 34487