SF North/East Bay: Hosted By Alameda County: An Introduction to the Whole Book Approach for Picture Book Authors and Illustrators
Sep 22, 2026
Online event
Join children's book author and scholar Megan Dowd Lambert for an introduction to her Whole Book Approach, developed with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Drawing on her book Reading Picture Books with Children, Megan will provide tools for engaging young readers with the picture book as a visual art form and inspire authors and illustrators to use the Whole Book Approach as a lens for inspiring creative work.
Event Info
WHEN
Tuesday September 22
6:00pm - 7:30pm
WHERE
Online via Zoom – join from anywhere!
PRICE
Members: $15
Non-members: $25
REGISTRATION INFO
To register, click the green Register for Event button at the top of this page. Registration closes at 9:00pm on Sunday, September 20.
QUESTIONS?
Contact Monica Wesolowska ([email protected]).
Speaker Bio
Megan Dowd Lambert
is the creator of The Whole Book Approach storytime model, which she developed in association with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. She's written multiple books for adults, including Reading Picture Books with Children: How to Shake Up Storytime and Get Kids Talking About What They See. She won an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor for her first picture book, A Crow of His Own, and is the author of several more picture books and an early-reader series. The mother of seven children, Megan lives with her family in New England.
Your Event Hosts: Alameda County Coordinators Monica Wesolowska and Stefanie Gamarra