CANCELLED: CCBC Choices Workshop: April 23, 2020

The CCBC Choices 2020 workshop has been cancelled.

This in-person workshop has been cancelled, based on the March 15, 2020 CDC guidance on Mass Gatherings or Large Community Events,

• Megan and Merri are planning online presentations about the CCBC Choices 2020 books, which will be offered via GoToWebinar and will be archived for viewing anytime. Details and login info TBA.
• If you haven't already received your library's copy of the CCBC Choices 2020 booklet, you can download it as a PDF to see all 245 books highlighted in the publication.

Please share this announcement with your local school media specialists, teachers, and childcare providers – you and they are all welcome to attend.
 
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2020
Time: 9am – 3pm
Location: Appleton Public Library
Register at https://newilibraries.org/ce/CCBC2020
 
Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) librarians Merri Lindgren, Megan Schliesman, and Madeline Tyner will talk about Great New Books for Children and Great New Books for Teens, highlighting selected books from the publication CCBC Choices 2020. Books included in CCBC Choices 2020 will be available for hands-on examination.
 
Come for the day, or just the morning or afternoon:

• 9 - 10am: book browsing and light refreshments
• 10 - 11:30am: Great New Books for Children, Birth - Grade 5
• 11:30am - 1pm: lunch
• 1 - 2:30pm: Great New Books for Older Children and Teens, Grades 6-12
• 2:30 - 3pm: book browsing

A single copy of CCBC Choices 2020 will be sent to each Wisconsin public library in mid-March, and we plan to have additional copies for workshop attendees.
 
​This workshop is sponsored by the Northeastern Wisconsin (NEWI) library systems – Manitowoc-Calumet Library System, Nicolet Federated Library System, Outagamie-Waupaca Library System, and Winnefox Library System.
 
CE contact hours:

• Great New Books for Children, Birth - Grade 5 = 1.5 hours
• Great New Books for Older Children and Teens, Grades 6-12 = 1.5 hours

 
Hope to see you there!