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Elizabeth Sanderson
Lincolnwood Public Library
Youth and Teen Services Librarian
Thursday
, October 1
9:30am
EDT
TSDD: Don't Leave Tweens Stuck In Between!
Embassy Suites Buffalo | Salon
Dania Souid
LIMITED
10:45am
EDT
TSDD: Manga from the Mouths of Teens
Embassy Suites Buffalo | Encore
Alicia Abdul
LIMITED
1:45pm
EDT
TSDD: Middle Grade Grows Up: Making Room for Young Teen Experiences in Literature
Embassy Suites Buffalo | Salon
Erica Schimmel • Catherine Boddie
LIMITED
3:00pm
EDT
TSDD: Include Con: A Comic Con for Everyone
Embassy Suites Buffalo | Avant
Laura Indick
LIMITED
6:00pm
EDT
Opening General Dinner
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom A-G
7:00pm
EDT
Opening Keynote with Angie Thomas
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom A-G
Angie Thomas • HarperCollins Publishers
Friday
, October 2
8:30am
EDT
Friday Big Ideas: Creating Reading Rainbow
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom A-D
Barbara Irwin • Tony Buttino • Pamela Johnson • West Herr Auto Group
12:45pm
EDT
Information Literacy through Children's Literature
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom E-F
Brooke Gross
LIMITED
1:45pm
EDT
Exhibits
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Regency Ballroom
2:15pm
EDT
Just in Time for Halloween Hum-rorous Graphic Novels for Children and Tweens
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom E-F
Scot Smith
LIMITED
3:15pm
EDT
Exhibits
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Regency Ballroom
3:45pm
EDT
Escape (Room) Your Book Club
Embassy Suites Buffalo | Encore
Austin Ferraro
LIMITED
5:30pm
EDT
Creator Alley & Buffalo Erie Public Library Reception and Tour
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library
Saturday
, October 3
8:30am
EDT
Big Ideas: TBA!
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom A-D
9:30am
EDT
Exhibits
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Regency Ballroom
10:15am
EDT
The Powerful Impact of Play: How Play Can Engage Your Community and Strengthen Early Literacy Skills
Embassy Suites Buffalo | Avant
Nichole King • Raina Tuakoi
LIMITED
11:15am
EDT
Lunch Break
Exhibits
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Regency Ballroom
12:45pm
EDT
A Case Study of Censorship in a Louisiana Public Library or You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom E-F
Tanya DiMaggio
LIMITED
2:15pm
EDT
Scalable STEAM Programs for Any Budget and Bandwidth
Embassy Suites Buffalo | Salon
Abby Jean Duvall
LIMITED
3:30pm
EDT
Saturday Closing Session
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Grand Ballroom A-D
4:30pm
EDT
Closing General Book Signing
Hyatt Regency Buffalo | Regency Ballroom
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