1. What’s New In Children’s Literature 2019 ACL Presentation
Presenter: Penny Peck

2. Agenda New Board, Picture Books, focusing on books for Storytimes
Easy Readers
New Transitional Fiction, Poetry, and Graphic Novels
Nonfiction for recreational reading and homework
Tween Genre Fiction and popular series
Multicultural books

3. Handout
Books covered in the presentation

4. New Board Books

5. Book for Baby Storytime

6. New Interactive Book

7. New Picture Books

8. More Picture Books

9. Informational books for Storytime

10. New Easy Readers

11. In Our Next Section
New transitional chapter books
New graphic novels
New poetry
New nonfiction

12. Transitional Fiction – Definition
Easy Chapter Books
Bridge or Moving Up Books
2nd and 3rd grades
Series fiction
Sometimes with ink drawings once or twice in each chapter

13. New Transitional Fiction

14. New Poetry for Children

15. New Graphic Novels for Kids

16. New Nonfiction

17. Any new favorites I missed you would like to mention?

18. Tween Genre Fiction Genres include: Fantasy Historical Fiction
Humorous novel
Adventure
Mystery
Realistic/Contemporary
Science Fiction
For grades 4 – 8
Ages 9-12
Independent, confident readers

19. Fantasy

20. Historical Fiction

21. Mystery/Horror

22. Realistic/Contemporary

23. Science Fiction

24. New Entries in Popular Series

25. Any new favorites I missed?

26. Multicultural Books for Younger Children

27. Multicultural Books for Older Children

28. Finding What’s New for Children
Best-seller’s lists: Publishers’ Weekly
ALA/ALSC Book Awards (Newbery, etc.)
Free webinars from Infopeople, and from Booklist magazine and School Library Journal – including recordings of past webinars

29. Time for questions?

30. Thank You!
Penny Peck