<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Northern Michigan University English professor Kia Jane Richmond asked me to share this announcement regarding her new book <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature: Exploring Real Struggles through Fictional Characters </i>(2019) and a related webinar. </span><div><br></div><div>Leslie<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>—————</div><div>I wanted to share with you the link for my forthcoming Webinar, sponsored by my book publisher, ABC-CLIO/Libraries Unlimited, and School Library Connection: <br></div><div><br></div><div>Link:
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol"><span><span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""></span></span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/SLCOct2019" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/SLCOct2019</span></a>
</div><div>Date: October 10, 2019</div><div>Time: 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time</div><div>Subject: How the Library Can Help Students Navigate Mental Health</div><div>Participants: <br></div><ol><li>Kia Jane Richmond, Professor & Director, English Education, Northern Michigan University, author of <i>Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature: Exploring Real Struggles through Fictional Characters </i>(2019)<br></li><li>Deborah Takahashi, Senior Librarian, Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library, California, author of <i>Serving Teens with Mental Illness in the Library: A Practical Guide</i>
</li><li>Anita Cellucci, Teacher Librarian at Westborough High School, Massachusetts, and Teaching Lecturer, Plymouth State University, New Hampshire, winner of Library Journal's Movers & Shakers Award, 2019. <br></li></ol><div>
<span id="gmail-Registration1_lblCustomTextTop"><div><br></div><div><div><b>Join us to learn how to</b>:</div><div><ul><li>Connect students with young adult literature titles that feature characters with mental illness</li><li>Develop partnerships to provide services and resources to serve teenagers with mental illness</li><li>Assist teens experiencing a crisis</li><li>Build SEL programming in the library, including mindfulness, trauma-informed practices, and more</li></ul></div></div></span> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for sharing this information widely. :) <br></div><div>Kia Jane <br></div><div><br></div><div>
</div><div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><i>Kia Jane </i><br>Dr. Kia Jane Richmond<br></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Professor & Director, English Education <br></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Northern Michigan University <br></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><a href="mailto:krichmon@nmu.edu" target="_blank">krichmon@nmu.edu</a> <br></span></div><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">817-683-4980 cell/text</span><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></div>
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