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Our Mission

The mission of the CU Children’s Book Festival is to achieve three important goals:

• Connect children to authors and books to build reading motivation
• Support teachers' use of children's literature in their classrooms and family reading at home
• Engage School of Education's preservice and in-service teachers in creating educational resources and participating in a literacy outreach event.

2024 Children's Book Festival Planning Committee

• Laurie Brockway
• Adam Crawley (Faculty Co-Chair)
• Bridget Dalton 
• Michelle Faye
• Emily Johns-O’Leary (Graduate Assistant)
• Jacquie Kilburn
• Judy Minger (Community Co-Chair)
• Steve Ollanik
• Stephanie Schindhelm (É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ Bookstore)
• Jeanette Scotti

With support from SOE Communications, Hannah Fletcher and Ichigo Takikawa; Building Operations, Sara McDonald and Becky Cabral; and Advancement, Mia Axon.

Partners and Support

We gratefully acknowledge our partner, É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ Bookstore, and Stephanie Schindhelm, Marketing and Promotions Manager.

This festival is supported by an Outreach Grant awarded by the É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ Office for Outreach and Engagement.

Special thanks go to the following for their interest and support of the festival:

• University Libraries and the Center for British and Irish Studies, É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥
• É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ Public Library
• Center for Humanities and the Arts, É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥
• SOE Partner School Districts (Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Adams 14 School District, É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ Valley School District, Denver Public Schools, JeffCo Public Schools, St. Vrain Valley School District) and other participating schools
• The publishers, authors, and illustrators of the festival's featured books
• Women Investing in the School of Education (WISE) members Jacalyn Colt, Jacquie Kilburn, Paula Klein, and Judy Minger
• É«½ä³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ School of Education Development Advisory Board, Outreach Committee.