"Evaluating Children's Literature about American Indians"
By: Gabriella Kaye
This lecture is FREE and open to the public. It will be held in room 103, first floor of the Marine Sciences Building. For directions/campus map, please visit: http://www.averypoint.uconn.edu/about/directions.html
Gabriella is a children's librarian at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center. She majored in history at Swarthmore College and taught for several years in a private school. After moving to this area and working with exhibit interpreters at Mystic Seaport, Gabriella joined the staff at the Mystic and Noank Library. Realizing the importance of professional training, she completed a Master's degree in Library and Information Studies at URI. In 1996, she was selected to create the Children's Library at the Pequot Museum. After the library opened in 1998, Gabriella and others developed a series of workshops designed to proved teachers and librarians with the tools they need to make informed decisions when evaluating books about American Indians. She has presented workshops at the Museum and to librarians and educators at conferences and colleges across New England.
