The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children’s Literature welcomes author JaNay Brown-Wood, to discuss authentic diversity in children’s literature. Check out our digital display case to learn more about her books.

Friday, October 13 | 2 pm to 3:30 pm

Peters Ellipse Gallery | Library 2nd Floor

First 30 attendees receive a free book!

JaNay Brown-Wood, PhD, is an award-winning and New York Times Bestselling children’s author, poet, educator, and scholar. Her first children’s book “Imani’s Moon” won the NAESP Children’s Book of the Year Award and was featured on Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show and Storytime with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her second book “Grandma’s Tiny House: A Counting Story!” received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly and won the CELI Read Aloud Book Award, and her third book “SHHH! The Baby’s Asleep” received a starred review from School Library Journal.

She is former a professor of child and adolescent development and early childhood education and thoroughly enjoys teaching and conducting research. Her research investigates how the lack of diversity in children’s literature affects young learners, their literacy-related and academic outcomes, and the development of biases, and she also explores messages and content inherent in published books for children.

She enjoys writing, discussing the importance of authentic diversity in children’s literature, teaching about child development and literacy, and spending time with her husband, Catrayel, and her daughter, Vivian.

Learn more about Dr. Brown-Wood on her website www.janayebrownwood.com.

This event is in-person, free and does not require registration. For more information or special accommodations for this event, please contact Taylor Petersen, tpetersen@csufresno.edu.