Mar 28-29, 2009: Malathi Michelle Iyengar at Reading the World

By
Renee Ting
on March 28, 2009 3:36 PM |
readingtheworld.gifMalathi Michelle Iyengar, author of Romina's Rangoli, will be a presenter at one of my favorite conferences, Reading the World, in San Francisco on the weekend of March 28-29, 2009. Her presentation is entitled, "Tan to Tamarind: Brown is Beautiful!" She will be talking about her new book, Tan to Tamarind: Poems About The Color Brown.  She will share a bit about her motivation and process for writing the poems, and then talk about ways for teachers to use these poems in their classrooms.

The Reading the World conference is open to the public, and is an exceptional conference for multicultural literature. There is always such a huge density of amazing authors and illustrators walking around and speaking, and the venue is so intimate, that you feel like you really get to know all the speakers as well as the other attendees. I love the palpable love of books that permeates the hallways like electricity.

The mission of the Reading the World conferences is:

"To create a forum welcoming scholars, students, authors, illustrators, librarians, teachers, editors, book sellers and anyone interested in the field of literature for children and young adults. The main topic for this forum is the presentation, study, analysis and celebration of books of literary and artistic merit created for children adn young adults that present the human experience with respect for its multiplicity and diversity and that specifically promote un-learning biases and prejudice, counteracting racism and exclusion, fostering solidarityand respect for all human beings and protection of all living beings; books that question and address problems, that do not propose merely happy endings but responsible solutions, that in short, invite children and young adults to see themselves as protagonists of their own human experience and unite them to embrace it with trust, love and hope to contribute to the creation of a world of equality, justice and peace."

"Tan to Tamarind: Brown is Beautiful!"
Reading the World Conference
March 28-29, 2009
University of San Francisco School of Education
2350 Turk Blvd.
San Francisco, California
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"As the population of biracial and multiracial chidlren continues to grow, we must have literature that grows with them as well, books like Romina's Rangoli."

-MultiCultural Review

Malathi Michelle Iyengar is a first grade teacher working in a dual-language public school program in Southern California. She grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Malathi lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband, Ryan, and their daughter Sanjana.

Jennifer Wanardi is a freelance illustrator / designer who was born and currently lives in Jakarta, Indonesia. She graduated from the Illustration department of California College of the Arts in San Francisco in 2006. Ever since her early days, Jennifer has always been interested in fairy tales and children’s stories. Much of her artistic inspiration comes from Japanese-style comic books (manga) and animated films (anime) and other artists as well.

Shen’s Books is a publisher of multicultural children’s literature that emphasizes cultural diversity and tolerance, with a focus on introducing children to the cultures of Asia.

Through books, we can share a world a stories, building greater understanding and tolerance within our increasingly diverse communities as well as throughout our continuously shrinking globe.