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Jack Gantos It’s All Personal - I Promise!
2019 Children’s Literature Award
Sponsored by Gantos Books
Ruth Culham The Writing Thief: Where
Literature Lives in the Writing Classroom
Sponsored by Scholastic Education
Cris Tovani Let’s Switch Questioning Around--
Reigniting Readers’ Sense of Wonder
Co-sponsored by Stenhouse and MRA
Valerie Harlow Shinas Conference Chair
Phone: 877.476.9672 ~ FAX: 877.476.0577
Jeff Anderson
Jabari Asim
Nancy Boyles
Sue Cusack, Jacy Edelman, Kreg Hanning, Rashmi Pimprikar
Erika Dawes, Mary Ann Cappiello
Lynne Dorfman, Diane Dougherty
Grace Enriquez
Katie Garner
Irene Fountas Access, Equity, and Joy in Literacy Learning: Every Child, Every Classroom,
Every Day Sponsored by Heinemann
Rona Frederick, Tiffani Martin-Few, Vashti Harrison, Maria de Lourdes Serpa, Roxanne White,
Patricia Crain de Galarce, Facilitator
Jacy Ippolito, Christina Dobbs, Megin Charner-Laird
Tammy Mulligan, Clare Landrigan
Frank Serafini
Barbara Steckel
Susan Tan
Annie Ward
Featured Speakers
Thursday, April 4, 2019 Friday, April 5, 2019
Morning Keynote Afternoon Keynote Morning Keynote Afternoon Keynote
Sylvia D. Brown Luncheon MRA 50th Anniversary Luncheon
MRA 50th Annual Conference Thursday, April 4 and Friday, April 5, 2019
Gravity Goldberg Teach Like Yourself:
Why Your Students Need You to Be You
Sponsored by Corwin Learning
Boston Marriott Quincy 1000 Marriott Drive Quincy, MA 02169
Pre-conference Institute ~ Ignite the Fire with Powerful Talk Wednesday, April 3rd 4:00 - 6:00 PM $50
Featuring Nancy Boyles Reading, Writing, and Rigor:
Helping Students Achieve Greater Depth of Knowledge in Literacy
Stephen Peters Equity and Access: The Urgency of Now
Co-sponsored by ILA and MRA
Thursday, April 4th Authors and Appetizers 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Enjoy appetizers while listening to authors and illustrators speak informally or read excerpts from their favorite books. Book sales and autographing, too!
Advanced registration required ~ $20 Co-sponsored by McGraw-Hill
Jack Gantos Dead End in Norvelt, From Norvelt to Nowhere, The Trouble in Me, Hole in My Life
Renata Bowers Frieda B. Knows It's True:
You are Free to Be You
Trinene Davis The Butterfly in Me
Erin Dionne Captain's Log: Snowbound
Vashti Harrison Little Leaders
Lynda Mullaly Hunt Shouting at the Rain
Kate Narita 100 Bugs! A Counting Book
Emma Otheguy Silver Meadows Summer
Elizabeth Raum The Big, Bold, Adventurous
Life of Lavinia Warren
Meg Kearney When You Never Said Goodbye
Kara LaReau The Infamous Ratsos:
Project Fluffy
Jarrett Lerner Enginerds
Cynthia Levinson The Youngest Marcher
Luke Reynolds Fantastic Failures
Melissa Stewart Seashells More Than a Home
Susan TanCilla Lee-Jenkins:
This Book is A Classic
Matt Tavares Crossing Niagara
Online Registration Available 12/1/18
Attendees will be able to pre-register for their choice of speakers for EACH session, as well as the traditional Keynotes, Special Ticketed Events, and Lunches. Carefully review complete schedule before registering.
Thursday Authors and Appetizers ~ $20
Friday Breakfast ~ $18 Breakfast with Liz Garden
Co-sponsored by Scholastic Book Fairs®
Boxed Lunch ~ $18 Pre-ordered Boxed Lunches may be picked up between 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM. Attendees may choose to
bring their Boxed Lunch to a session for which they registered or take it to another area of the hotel to enjoy.
Thursday ~ Sylvia Brown Lunch ~ $30 Friday ~ MRA 50th Anniversary Lunch ~ $30
You may also have lunch on your own in the Hotel Restaurant.
Phone: 877.476.9672 ~ #MRA50 ~ www.massreading.org ~ FAX: 877.476.0577
*Communication regarding a registration cancellation must be received by March 30, 2019 at [email protected] *A $60 cancellation fee will be assessed for cancellations between March 15 and March 30, 2019. *NO REFUNDS will be granted for cancellations between March 30 and April 5, 2019. *If necessary to transfer a registration from one attendee to another, the transfer MUST be done through communication with Administrative Assistant Nancy Meagher via email: [email protected]
MRA ~ PO Box 426, West Barnstable, MA 02668