Children's Picture Book Club
Aug 23, 2025
Left Margin Lit, 1543 Shattuck Ave, Suite B (x-street Cedar) Berkeley, CA
Back by Popular Demand! Join us to find and discuss great mentor texts! This event is FREE and IN-PERSON! Members and non-members welcome! Please bring a picture book you love. We'll take turns reading and discussing these texts with each other. The facilitators will help guide the discussion, offering new ways to think about how picture books work. This should be a fun morning of books, snacks, connection, and inspiration.
Event Info
WHAT
What is a mentor text? A mentor text is any book that inspires our own work as writers and illustrators. Join us to find and discuss great picture book mentor texts!
WHEN
Saturday, August 23, 2025
10:00am - 12:00pm
WHERE
Left Margin Lit
1543 Shattuck Ave, Suite B (x-street Cedar)
Berkeley, CA
Left Margin Lit is a fifteen minute walk from Downtown Berkeley BART and steps away from the #18 bus line. If you need disability access, please let us know.
COST
Free!
REGISTRATION INFO
No registration necessary, but RSVPs appreciated. To RSVP, please email Monica Wesolowska.
QUESTIONS?
Contact Monica Wesolowska.
YOUR HOSTS
Alameda County Co-Coordinators Monica Wesolowska and April Gavin
Monica is an author, editor, and teacher. Her debut picture book Leo + Lea won an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award. Her second book Elbert in the Air was named a “Best Children’s Book of the Year” by Bank Street College of Education. She uses mentor texts to inspire herself and others.
April is a writer and artist. She is currently working on a picture book about baby rattlesnakes. She uses mentor texts to find out how other author/illustrators balance their story and pictures.