"Evaluating Children's Literature about American Indians"
By Gabriella Kaye
This lecture will be held in room 103, first floor of the Marine Sciences Building. All lectures are FREE and open to the public. 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 Swathmore 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 her 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, which then opened in 1998. In response to questions from people about which books they should buy, Gabriella and other developed a series of workshops designed to provide 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 education at conferences and colleges across New England. Gabriella is a member of the URI Library School board of advisors and serves on the American Indian Library Association's youth literature awards jury, which allows her to work with Native librarians in reading and choosing the best books by Native writers.
