Teacher Day @ TLA

Teacher Day@TLA 2025

Thursday, April 3, 2025 | 8:00 – 10:00 am

Join TASL for an event celebrating collaboration between teachers and librarians! This ticketed event consists of breakfast, activities, a keynote speaker exclusive to our attendees, and registration to the Texas Library Association’s Annual Conference for Thursday.

The goal of Teacher Day@TLA is for classroom teachers, who experience this event and a TLA conference, to return to their districts as library advocates and collaborators – and perhaps become librarians themselves.

Registration is closed.

“Teacher Day is an amazing event! [Keynote speaker] Grace Lin has an inspiring story that speaks to how important representation in literature is and continues to be. I’m so glad I had the opportunity to attend!” Andrea Rubio, Teacher Day@TLA 2023 Attendee

Keynote Speakers:

We are happy to announce that we will have two speakers this year for Teacher Day. You won’t want to miss out on these two amazing authors. 

Grace Lin

Photo by Blue Lo

Grace Lin has two sisters. They all have black hair. They all have brown eyes. They all wear glasses. But they are not exactly the same. Only Grace writes books. Some of her books are for little kids. Some of her books are for big kids. Grace is a bestselling author. She is also an award-winning author. 

If you like this collection of Ling & Ting stories, read Ling & Ting Share a Birthday!

Her website is gracelin.com

Kate Messner

Photo by Andy Duback

Kate Messner is passionately curious and writes books that encourage kids to wonder, too. The Trouble With Heroes, her newest middle grade novel, is publishing April 2024. Her titles include award-winning picture books like Over and Under the Snow, Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, and How to Read a Story; novels like Capture the Flag, All the Answers, The Seventh Wish, Breakout, and Chirp; the Fergus and Zeke easy reader series, and the Ranger in Time historical chapter book series. Kate lives on Lake Champlain with her family and is trying to summit all forty-six Adirondack High Peaks in between book deadlines. 

www.katemessner.com  @KateMessner