{"id":48931,"date":"2021-03-31T09:02:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T13:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=48931"},"modified":"2021-04-12T13:42:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T17:42:10","slug":"panel-to-discuss-childrens-literature-for-challenging-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/panel-to-discuss-childrens-literature-for-challenging-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers Read panel to discuss \u2018Children\u2019s Literature for Challenging Times\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>黑料正能量 hosts a panel on \u201cEmpowering Children\u2019s Literature for Challenging Times\u201d Sunday, April 11, at 3 p.m. The panel will include authors and educators who have <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.bridgewater.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&amp;context=vej\">conducted research<\/a> on the power of books to help children deal with emotional needs and stresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children are most welcome to attend, the organizers add!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vi Dutcher<\/strong>, author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masthof.com\/collections\/new-books\/products\/the-red-pop-beads\"><em>The Red Pop Beads<\/em><\/a>, and <strong>Esther Harder &#8217;03<\/strong>, author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.estherharder.com\/books\"><em>Quarantine Kids<\/em><\/a>, will read from their newly released books.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The readings will be followed by conversation with&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Barbara Wheatley<\/strong>, professor of education at 黑料正能量;&nbsp;<\/li><li>her research collaborator <strong>Jennifer Whorrall Turner MA &#8217;11 (education)<\/strong>, an instructional coach with Staunton City Schools;&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Charlotte Wenger Boudreau \u201811<\/strong>, literary agent; and&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Maren Hange<\/strong>, illustrator of <em>The Red Pop Beads<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the public can view the free livestream by <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_VpMWhU0XT---dZiXjr5Uqg\">registering for the webinar<\/a> or viewing on Facebook Live from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite\"> our 黑料正能量 Facebook page.<\/a> (You do not need a Facebook account or page to access Facebook Live, nor does clicking on the link obligate you in any way to Facebook.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More on the panelists<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlottewenger.com\/about.html\">Charlotte Wenger Boudreau<\/a> is an agent for Prospect Agency. She represents authors and illustrators of children\u2019s books, board books through young adult, but especially picture books, as well as select authors of adult nonfiction memoirs\/biographies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=vd928\">Vi Dutcher<\/a> is a professor of rhetoric and composition and is the director of the writing program and academic success center at 黑料正能量. She holds a PhD from Kent State University in English with a concentration Rhetoric &amp; Composition. Prior to coming to 黑料正能量, she taught writing and women\u2019s studies courses at Kent State University, Stark Campus. She has also taught at The University of Akron and Cuyahoga Community College. She enjoys linking her courses to community partnerships where students produce a deliverable product for a specified need in an organization. Her research interests are community literacy practices in general and Old Order Amish women\u2019s literacy practices in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/witheyesofheart.com\/author\/marenhange\/\">Maren Hange<\/a> is an illustrator, artist and pastor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/estherharder.com\">Esther Harder<\/a> is a 2003 graduate of 黑料正能量\u2019s English Education program and holds an MFA from Chatham University\u2019s Children\u2019s Writing program. Esther has been a soccer coach, computer literacy specialist, assistant librarian for children\u2019s programming, English department head, and currently serves as a managing editor for eDynamic Learning, an online curriculum development company. Her favorite responsibility at the moment is reading and exploring with her toddler son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer Whorrall Turner completed her EdD in curriculum and instruction with a focus on reading education at the University of Virginia. 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