Kyle Lukoff, award-winning author of When Aidan Became a Brother, was selected for this year’s ALSC Children’s Literature Lecture!
What is the ALSC Children’s Literature Lecture?
The ALSC Children’s Literature Lecture is an annual event featuring an author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children’s literature, of any country, who shall prepare a paper considered to be a significant contribution to the field of children’s literature. The paper is delivered as a lecture each spring, and is subsequently published in Children and Libraries, the journal of ALSC.
This year’s lecture was hosted by Multnomah County Library and took place at The Judy Kafoury Center for Youth Arts in Portland, OR. The lecture was entitled, “What Do We Ask Books to Do?”
Watch the Lecture
Kyle Lukoff is the author of Too Bright to See, winner of a Newbery Honor; another middle-grade novel, Different Kinds of Fruit; and many picture books and early readers, including the Max and Friends series. A longtime bookseller and children's librarian, he now writes full-time from his home in Philadelphia. You can find him on the web at kylelukoff.com
by Kyle Lukoff and illustrated by Kaylani Juanita
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STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER
"Lukoff writes with sensitivity and candor as Aidan takes his first steps toward claiming his identity. . . The creators' exploration of one transgender child's experience emphasizes the importance of learning 'how to love someone for exactly who they are.'" —Publishers Weekly, starred review
