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PCI Webinar with Katie Clausen Picture Book Powerhouse: Top Titles of 2025 Online
Looking for inspiration for your next storytime, library, or display? Join us for an energetic tour of the best picture books published in 2025. From laugh-out-loud adventures to creative works of art, this presentation features stories that spark joy, prompt reflection, and celebrate one another’s experiences.
Whether for classrooms, storytimes, or family reading, you’ll leave ready to refresh your programs and collections with new gems that showcase the beauty of illustration and embody the heart of storytelling.
Participants will:
- Build a “go-to” list of the year’s top read-alouds and visual standouts.
- Gather ideas for using these titles in programming, curriculum, collection development, reader’s advisory, and family engagement.
- Learn simple ways to evaluate picture books.
- Discover new authors and illustrators who reflect today’s diverse world.
- Date:
- Wednesday, February 25, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Sponsor:
- Southern Maryland Regional Library Association (SMRLA)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://zoom.us/webinar/register/4017617415102/WN_3TT8zfwhRr-TzIUkvhLIOg#/registration
- Audience:
- Library Staff Library Staff - Public Libraries
- Categories:
- Youth Services
Part of PCI Webinars, sessions will be recorded and available on our Maryland Libraries Training Niche Academy archives following the session.
Library staff from Maryland public libraries only. Please register using your Maryland library staff email showing your library system's authenticated domain name. Generic gmail addresses will not have access to the archives.
This project is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act Administered by the Maryland State Library.