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PEN Panel on 5/31: Boundaries: What We Put In, What We Keep
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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 15:08:18 -0500
Would it be possible to post the following invitation on the CCBC listserv? Vera Williams, Liz Levy, a few others, and I are putting together this PEN Children's Committee panel. - Susan Kuklin
The PEN Children's Book Authors Committee presents "BOUNDARIES: What We Put In, What We Keep In, What We Leave Out - Four Popular Childrens Book Authors Explore Their Own Choices"
When: Wednesday, May 31, 6 p.m. Where: The New School, 66 West 12th Street, New York City For more information: 2123460
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The speakers were invited to explore their internal reasoning when writing for children. For example, how does the author find their way with choices about morality, politics, violence, historical truth, the variety of human sexuality and love? What about the balance between sorrow and happiness, pessimism and hope? How pedagogic do you feel you have to be? How mainstream do you have to be? How sensitive to a child's fears? The planning committee doesn't want to flatten anyone's experience into something too easily explained but rather to invite each speaker to share something about the individual aesthetic process and choices...
The speakers will be:
Paula Danziger is the author of many books including "The Cat Ate My Gymsuit" and the popular Amber Brown Series. She was this year's recipient of the Jeremiah Ludington Award from the Educational Paperback Association.
Kathryn Lasky, Newbery Honor Winner for "Sugaring Time," is the writer of many and varied fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults. Among her newest books is "Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles- Austria-France, 1769."
Elizabeth Levy is the author of many books of fiction and non-fiction. "My Life as A Fifth Grade Comedian" was one of the New York Public Library Best Books of 1997 selections. Her most recent book "Seventh Grade Tango" was on the American Booksellers 2000 "Pick of the Lists."
Chris Rashka is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Book, " Yo! Yes!" "Charlie Parker Played Be Bob" was an ALA Notable Children's Book. Among the recent books he illustrated are "Simple Gifts" and "Happy to Be Nappy."
The moderator will be Marc Aronson, who is Editor-At-Large at Henry Holt and Managing Editor, Zooba.com. He is the author of "Art Attack: A Short Cultural History of the Avant-Garde" and of the recent book,
"Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado."
This event is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Received on Fri 05 May 2000 03:08:18 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 15:08:18 -0500
Would it be possible to post the following invitation on the CCBC listserv? Vera Williams, Liz Levy, a few others, and I are putting together this PEN Children's Committee panel. - Susan Kuklin
The PEN Children's Book Authors Committee presents "BOUNDARIES: What We Put In, What We Keep In, What We Leave Out - Four Popular Childrens Book Authors Explore Their Own Choices"
When: Wednesday, May 31, 6 p.m. Where: The New School, 66 West 12th Street, New York City For more information: 2123460
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The speakers were invited to explore their internal reasoning when writing for children. For example, how does the author find their way with choices about morality, politics, violence, historical truth, the variety of human sexuality and love? What about the balance between sorrow and happiness, pessimism and hope? How pedagogic do you feel you have to be? How mainstream do you have to be? How sensitive to a child's fears? The planning committee doesn't want to flatten anyone's experience into something too easily explained but rather to invite each speaker to share something about the individual aesthetic process and choices...
The speakers will be:
Paula Danziger is the author of many books including "The Cat Ate My Gymsuit" and the popular Amber Brown Series. She was this year's recipient of the Jeremiah Ludington Award from the Educational Paperback Association.
Kathryn Lasky, Newbery Honor Winner for "Sugaring Time," is the writer of many and varied fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults. Among her newest books is "Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles- Austria-France, 1769."
Elizabeth Levy is the author of many books of fiction and non-fiction. "My Life as A Fifth Grade Comedian" was one of the New York Public Library Best Books of 1997 selections. Her most recent book "Seventh Grade Tango" was on the American Booksellers 2000 "Pick of the Lists."
Chris Rashka is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Book, " Yo! Yes!" "Charlie Parker Played Be Bob" was an ALA Notable Children's Book. Among the recent books he illustrated are "Simple Gifts" and "Happy to Be Nappy."
The moderator will be Marc Aronson, who is Editor-At-Large at Henry Holt and Managing Editor, Zooba.com. He is the author of "Art Attack: A Short Cultural History of the Avant-Garde" and of the recent book,
"Sir Walter Raleigh and the Quest for El Dorado."
This event is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Received on Fri 05 May 2000 03:08:18 PM CDT
