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Award-Winning and Outstanding Global Children’s Literature Book Fair (K-12)

June 2021 Outstanding Global Children’s Literature: Award-Winning Indigenous Children’s Literature: Co-sponsors:

The Hmong Journey: Seeing Me in You

May 2021 Book: The Hmong Journey: Hmoob Txoj Kev Taug by Ger Thao Speaker: Ger Thao Resources:

Using Literature to Explore SDG 4: Quality Education

September 2021 Books: Speaker: Dr. Elisheva Cohen, Indiana University Resources: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Resources:  

Every Day We Live Is the Future: Surviving in a City of Disasters

March 2020 Book Link: Every Day We Live Is the Future: Surviving in a City of Disasters by Douglas Haynes Speaker: Douglas Haynes Resources

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

September 2020 Book: The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui Speaker: Dr. Victor Jew Resources

Discussion of Revolution is My Name

October 2020 Book: Revolution Is My Name: An Egyptian Woman’s Diary from Eighteen Days in Tahrir by Mona Prince, Samia Mehrez Speaker: Professor Nevine El Nossery Resources:

Ethical Fashion – Local Access, Global Impact

October 2021 Film: The True Cost (2015) Speaker: Nikki Anderson, Owner of Change Boutique Resources:  

The Partition of South Asia through Literature

November 2020 Book: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani Speaker: Zara Chowdhary, Associate Lecturer in Hindi at UW–Madison Department of Asian Languages and Cultures Resources:

When Stars are Scattered: Somali Refugee Communities in Kenya

December 2020 Book: When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed Speaker: Safiya Jama Resources:

Invisible Communities and the Places We Ignore: A Writing Workshop

January 2021 Book: A People’s History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian Speaker: Mathangi Subramanian Resources: