Photos from the CABSE conference
Check this out. Last year I was inviteed by my publisher Lee & Low Books to participate in an event called the California Association of Black School Educators conference, otherwise known as CABSE. These educators were from Sacramento, the Bay Area, Los Angeles, so many cities. I pulled up at a nice hotel in Napa (North of Oakland) to meet Veronica Labarca who is the head of educational sales over at Lee & low. Above is a photo of us and , lord forgive me I dont remember the sisters name but she was super sweet.
There were various workshops for the adults who work with kids and here are some photos from the main room where the founder and other educators spoke.
Here are some photos os Veronica setting up the Lee & Low Table. And when I tell you thy’ve got a lot of multicultural books, they do. They probably have the most out of any publisher because they’ve been doing it for so long. It was a honor for my book to be included among some of the books I remember seeing when I first began in the biz and some of the new ones.
This is when me and Veronica did a presentation for the audience. She spoke about the power of multicultural books to not only advance the literacy levels of children of color but to reach kids of all stripes with stories many publishers wont put out. I got to talk about Fresh Juice/ Jugo Fresco and a bit about why I started working in kid lit.
This is special right here. This brother and several others came up and got a book after the presentation and thats always cool to meet new people interested in the stories. I’m a part of it, but its really about the story. Anyways, check out what the CABSE are doing! For folks who work in education, if you have a conference you feel I would fit in with, hit me up. Info@robdontstop.com.
Dig this? Check out these photos from my visit to the Texas Book Festival and you can watch actor Da’Vine Joy Randolph read my book here.
