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We loved spending our day yesterday at Region 7’s Emergent Bilingual Conference in Kilgore! It was great to meet passionate educators of English Language Learners from across East Texas. We were also so fortunate to bring Texas authors Rebecca Balcarcel and Ray Villareal to meet the participants and sign their books.

We’re grateful to Arte Público Press for partnering with us to bring books representing the Texas multicultural and multilingual experience to educators at the conference.

Thank you to Region 7 ESC for inviting us to participate at your amazing conference!

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Express Booksellers just wrapped up participating in our first ever virtual conference!

We spent the last 3 days at I.M. Texas 2020 hosted by The Instructional Materials Coordinators' Association of Texas (IMCAT). It was great getting to meet Instructional Materials Coordinators from across the state of Texas and telling them about the wide range of books we provide including textbooks, dictionaries, class novels, and staff development titles.

We loved getting to chat with all the attendees that procure books for schools in Texas and sharing one of our favorite new titles: The Distance Learning Playbook (Corwin)!

Thank you to everyone at IMCAT for making this virtual conference possible and inviting us to participate in the virtual Exhibit Hall!

This week’s EBS Kids’ Book Pick is written by Dallas author Nancy Churnin. “Charlie Takes His Shot” is about Charlie Sifford, a 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom winner.

From a young age, Charlie Sifford was drawn to the sport of golf, but because of his skin color, he wasn’t allowed to play at private clubs or in PGA tournaments. He didn’t let this discrimination stop him from his golfing dreams, so he became a caddie, played at public golf courses, and worked his hardest to be the best golfer around. While strides were being made in the integration and civil rights movements, the PGA lagged behind. With the help of a Jewish lawyer who had also experienced discrimination, Charlie became the first black pro-golfer on the PGA tour. Despite many obstacles he continued to face, Charlie’s hard work and resilience paid off. Decades later, Tiger Woods even credited Charlie with his inspiration for joining the game of golf.

Express Booksellers offers discounts on books like Charlie Takes His Shot up to 40% off. If you work at a school or non-profit and would like a quote, shoot us an email at [email protected]

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