SLANSW Professional Learning Summit - All the Literacies: Read, Discern, Discover

Libby Baker – Reading Australia Fellow 2025

Everybody’s Story: Investigating Character Diversity in Reading

Australia’s Picture Books

This keynote will focus on Libby's project as the 2025 Reading Australia Fellow. The project investigated the diversity of main characters in Reading Australia’s Picture Book collection. Libby’s analysis investigated how picture books in this collection provide for diverse classrooms, in terms of culture, gender, age and ability.

Presenter Bio

Libby Baker is a teacher-librarian and literacy consultant working in the ACT. Libby is the Reading Australia Fellow for 2025. In her fellowship, Libby explored diversity in Reading Australia's picture books. In her work as a literacy consultant, Libby has presented on functional grammar at local, state and national events. Libby is currently the ALEA ACT Vice President.

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