Planting a Seed: History for Young Readers

AHA Session 112
Friday, January 6, 2023: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Liberty Ballroom C (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 3rd Floor Headhouse Tower)
Chair:
Sara L. Schwebel, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Panel:
Katherine Cartwright, American Girl
Katrina Phillips, Macalester College
Laurie Halse Anderson, author

Session Abstract

Children’s literature has long included historical fiction as a major genre—from Johnny Tremain to the American Girl series—but historians have not always been involved in children’s publishing. In this roundtable session, those who have researched, written, and published books for children will discuss their approach to writing children’s books, the joys and challenges of publishing them, and how these books can help shape young people’s understanding of the past.
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