Videos

Welcome to the video archive, where you can explore a collection of interviews and behind-the-scenes insights from over the years. All video content is protected by copyright and is intended for educational, classroom, and personal viewing only.

Children's Books for a Better World

In 2024, while serving as an Adjunct Professor of Children's Literature at the Community College of Vermont, Summer Edward delivered a lecture on the importance of nurturing moral literacy and moral imagination in children through character education—and how children's books can serve as powerful tools in that process.

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Children's Books as Socioemotional Literacy

In 2024, while serving as an Adjunct Professor of Children's Literature at the Community College of Vermont, Summer Edward delivered a lecture on the intersections of children's literature, bibliotheraphy, and social emotional learning (SEL) in educational contexts.

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Part 1: Author of the Month at The National Library of Trinidad and Tobago

In 2021, Summer Edward was a Public Libraries Division Children's Author of the Month at The National Library of Trinidad and Tobago. In part one of her interview with twelve-year-old Kayla Francis, they discussed the inspiration for The Wonder of the World Leaf, the process of writing the book, Summer's early beginnings as a writer, and more.

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Part 2: Author of the Month at The National Library of Trinidad and Tobago

In 2021, Summer Edward was a Public Libraries Division Children's Author of the Month at The National Library of Trinidad and Tobago. In part two of her interview with twelve-year-old Kayla Francis, they discussed the importance of keeping folk traditions alive, balancing writing and one's 'day job,' and more.

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Part 3: Author of the Month at The National Library of Trinidad and Tobago

In 2021, Summer Edward was a Public Libraries Division Children's Author of the Month at The National Library of Trinidad and Tobago. In part three of her interview with twelve-year-old Kayla Francis, she shares advice for young and upcoming writers, her favorite childhood books, what she enjoys about writing for children, and more.

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Part 1: Writing for Young Readers: Opening the Treasure Chest

In 2015, Summer Edward shared her insights and expertise on editing and proofreading stories for young readers as a guest speaker for the Commonwealth Education Trust's Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on writing for children. Here is part one of her conversation with New Zealander children's author Maria Gill.

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Part 2: Writing for Young Readers: Opening the Treasure Chest

In 2015, Summer Edward shared her insights and expertise on editing and proofreading stories for young readers as a guest speaker for the Commonwealth Education Trust's Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on writing for children. Here is part two of her conversation with New Zealander children's author Maria Gill.

#GUEST SPEAKER SEGMENT

Part 3: Writing for Young Readers: Opening the Treasure Chest

In 2015, Summer Edward shared her insights and expertise on editing and proofreading stories for young readers as a guest speaker for the Commonwealth Education Trust's Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on writing for children. Here is part three of her conversation with New Zealander children's author Maria Gill.

#GUEST SPEAKER SEGMENT