Read it Again and Again: How do Picture Books Work?
Date: Mon, Jul 20, 2026
Time: 6:15 PM – 7:45 PM
Venue: South Regional Library – South Meeting Room, Durham
Price: Free
Category: Community
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Join Jennifer Stone, PhD, CCC-SLP as she teaches us how picture books work and what are the best ways use them.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:14px;">Any adult (parents, caregivers, teachers, etc.) who wants to learn more about picture books and how they work is welcome to register. We hope to provide a fun and engaging space to learn how to increase critical literacy for ourselves and the children we read with. As a group, we will read a picture book and then discuss theoretical frameworks that can be used for analysis. Then we'll choose a different lens and read the book again to see what we discover! Dr. Stone will draw upon multiple sources including <a href="https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/">Poetry Unbound</a>, <a href="https://fiveinarow.com/">Five in a Row</a>, and modern pedagogical texts including "<a href="https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/books/media-literacy">Media Literacy for Young Children: Teaching Beyond the Screen Time Debates</a>". This will be an interactive workshop, and patrons are invited to share feelings, observations, ideas, and ask questions.
