Education Services News: YA Authors in Jersey City and 7th Black Comic Book Festival

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The Education Services collection consists of the Curriculum Collection and Juvenile Collection. The Curriculum Collection is a circulating collection of curricula, lesson plans, teacher materials, kits and non-circulating textbooks in support of teacher education.It is on the fourth floor of the library.

The Juvenile Collection is a circulating collection of books for use by university students taking education, children’s literature and young adult literature courses. The collection contains works for youth in grades pre K-12. Fiction picture books are housed in low shelving adjacent to the Juvenile Fiction and Juvenile Non-Fiction collection. These collections are on the third floor of the library.

Thursday, January 17, 2019

YA Authors in Jersey City and 7th Black Comic Book Festival

Two young adult authors Gayle Forman and Jennifer Gilmore will be appearing Thursday, 1/17/19 at Word Bookstore, 123 Newark Avenue in Jersey City. They will engage in a conversation about young adult literature. Forman is the author of If I Stay (soon to be a motion picture).

More about their visit and their woks can be found at https://www.wordbookstores.com/event/word-jc-presents-jennifer-gilmore-and-gayle-forman-if-only

The 7th Annual Black Comic Book Festival takes place this weekend at the Schomburg Center in New York City at 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (135th St and Malcolm X Blvd)

New York, NY, 10037. The festival will be held on Friday, January 18 from 12 PM - 7:30PM and on Saturday, January 19 from 10 AM to 7:30PM. The event is FREE. To register and get program information go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-schomburg-centers-7th-annual-black-comic-book-festival-tickets-53316870194

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