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From: angelica
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 15:48:01 -0800
ARNE NIXON CENTER HOSTS CHILDREN?S LITERATURE FESTIVAL
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children?s Literature at California State University, Fresno, and the Arne Nixon Center Advocates will host ?The Arne Nixon Children?s Literature Festival,? March 8 & 9, 2002, at the Residence Dining Hall on the Fresno State campus. Registration is $59, with an additional charge of $40 for one unit of University credit.
Rekindling the passion for children?s literature in the tradition of the late Professor Arne Nixon, the Festival proudly presents four of America?s top authors and illustrators, friends of Arne Nixon and former speakers at Fresno programs that he hosted. They are:
?Sid Fleischman, author of Bo and Mzz Mad, Carnival of Animals, The 13th Floor, By The Great Horn Spoon, The Scarebird, The Ghost in the Noonday Sun, The Abracadabra Kid, and the McBroom and Bloodhound Gang series. For The Whipping Boy, he won the 1987 Newbery Medal, awarded annually by the American Library Association to the author of the year?s most distinguished contribution to American Literature for Children.
?Thacher Hurd, author-illustrator of Cat?s Pajamas, Mama Don?t Allow, A Night in the Swamp, Hobo Dog, Art Dog, Zoom City, Little Mouse?s Big Valentine, Santa Mouse and the Ratdeer, Watercolor for the Artistically Undiscovered, and Mystery on the Docks, a Reading Rainbow book.
?Daniel San Souci, illustrator of 35 books including Antelope, Bison, Cougar: A National Park Wildlife Alphabet Book; Ice Bear and Little Fox; Red Wolf Country; Two Bear Cubs; Feathertop; Sootface; and The Christmas Ark; and author-illustrator of North Country Night and Country Road.
?Robert D. San Souci, author of Little Gold Star, Callie Ann & Mistah Bear, The Talking Eggs, Peter and the Witch Baby, Cinderella Skeleton, Six Foolish Fishermen, The Faithful Friend (dedicated to Arne Nixon), and Fa Mulan, which the author rewrote for Disney?s animated film Mulan.
?Angelica Carpenter, Curator of the Arne Nixon Center, will offer a tour of the Center and will also discuss her three biographies for young people: Frances Hodgson Burnett, L. Frank Baum, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Is it just a coincidence that all five of our presenters have strong family ties to children?s literature? Participants can judge at this literary event planned for teachers, library media staff, writers, illustrators, critics, researchers, collectors, and fans. This program qualifies for TAP grants and Eisenhower grants for teachers.
The speakers will autograph books at the Festival. The books will also be available for purchase during the week before the event at the Kennel Bookstore at Fresno State.
Advance registration is required. Call the Arne Nixon Center at (559) 278?16 or E-mail jcrow at csufresno.edu to request an application. On-site registration for optional University credit will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 8. Book signings by the Friday speakers will be at this time and after 8:30 p.m. The Friday program will last from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with a dinner break included. The Saturday program will last from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a lunch break included. Other hours and activities will be arranged as needed to fulfill credit requirements. Those who register by March 1 will receive a confirmation notice. Registration is limited to space available.
Parking is available in Lot G on the northeast corner of Cedar and Shaw Avenues. Entrance is from Cedar. Parking is free in all University lots after 4:00 p.m. on Friday and all day Saturday. To park before 4:00 p.m. on Friday, bring 8 quarters or 2 dollar bills for the $2 fee.
Meals are available in the Residence Dining Hall, the same building in which the event will be held. Cost is $7.35 plus tax for dinner, and $6 plus tax for lunch. Participants may bring sack lunches or visit nearby restaurants.
The Arne Nixon Center is located in the Henry Madden Library at California State University, Fresno, 5200 North Barton Avenue M/S ML 34, Fresno, CA 93740?14. The phone number is (559) 278?16.
Please note that the Festival is being held at the Residence Dining Hall, not at the Library.
Future events to be sponsored by the Arne Nixon Center include a talk by Newbery medalist Richard Peck on October 12, 2002; a national conference on Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of The Secret Garden, to be held April 25', 2003; a literary gardens tour to England in May 2003; a regional workshop presented by the Society of Children?s Book Writers and Illustrators in October 2003; and a national conference of the Children?s Literature Association in June 2004.
Members of ANCA, the Arne Nixon Center Advocates, receive first notice of these and other Nixon Center events. ANCA membership forms will be available at the Children?s Literature Festival. They may also be requested from the Center?s staff.
For more information, call the Arne Nixon Center at (559) 278?16.
Received on Fri 01 Mar 2002 05:48:01 PM CST
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 15:48:01 -0800
ARNE NIXON CENTER HOSTS CHILDREN?S LITERATURE FESTIVAL
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children?s Literature at California State University, Fresno, and the Arne Nixon Center Advocates will host ?The Arne Nixon Children?s Literature Festival,? March 8 & 9, 2002, at the Residence Dining Hall on the Fresno State campus. Registration is $59, with an additional charge of $40 for one unit of University credit.
Rekindling the passion for children?s literature in the tradition of the late Professor Arne Nixon, the Festival proudly presents four of America?s top authors and illustrators, friends of Arne Nixon and former speakers at Fresno programs that he hosted. They are:
?Sid Fleischman, author of Bo and Mzz Mad, Carnival of Animals, The 13th Floor, By The Great Horn Spoon, The Scarebird, The Ghost in the Noonday Sun, The Abracadabra Kid, and the McBroom and Bloodhound Gang series. For The Whipping Boy, he won the 1987 Newbery Medal, awarded annually by the American Library Association to the author of the year?s most distinguished contribution to American Literature for Children.
?Thacher Hurd, author-illustrator of Cat?s Pajamas, Mama Don?t Allow, A Night in the Swamp, Hobo Dog, Art Dog, Zoom City, Little Mouse?s Big Valentine, Santa Mouse and the Ratdeer, Watercolor for the Artistically Undiscovered, and Mystery on the Docks, a Reading Rainbow book.
?Daniel San Souci, illustrator of 35 books including Antelope, Bison, Cougar: A National Park Wildlife Alphabet Book; Ice Bear and Little Fox; Red Wolf Country; Two Bear Cubs; Feathertop; Sootface; and The Christmas Ark; and author-illustrator of North Country Night and Country Road.
?Robert D. San Souci, author of Little Gold Star, Callie Ann & Mistah Bear, The Talking Eggs, Peter and the Witch Baby, Cinderella Skeleton, Six Foolish Fishermen, The Faithful Friend (dedicated to Arne Nixon), and Fa Mulan, which the author rewrote for Disney?s animated film Mulan.
?Angelica Carpenter, Curator of the Arne Nixon Center, will offer a tour of the Center and will also discuss her three biographies for young people: Frances Hodgson Burnett, L. Frank Baum, and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Is it just a coincidence that all five of our presenters have strong family ties to children?s literature? Participants can judge at this literary event planned for teachers, library media staff, writers, illustrators, critics, researchers, collectors, and fans. This program qualifies for TAP grants and Eisenhower grants for teachers.
The speakers will autograph books at the Festival. The books will also be available for purchase during the week before the event at the Kennel Bookstore at Fresno State.
Advance registration is required. Call the Arne Nixon Center at (559) 278?16 or E-mail jcrow at csufresno.edu to request an application. On-site registration for optional University credit will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 8. Book signings by the Friday speakers will be at this time and after 8:30 p.m. The Friday program will last from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., with a dinner break included. The Saturday program will last from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a lunch break included. Other hours and activities will be arranged as needed to fulfill credit requirements. Those who register by March 1 will receive a confirmation notice. Registration is limited to space available.
Parking is available in Lot G on the northeast corner of Cedar and Shaw Avenues. Entrance is from Cedar. Parking is free in all University lots after 4:00 p.m. on Friday and all day Saturday. To park before 4:00 p.m. on Friday, bring 8 quarters or 2 dollar bills for the $2 fee.
Meals are available in the Residence Dining Hall, the same building in which the event will be held. Cost is $7.35 plus tax for dinner, and $6 plus tax for lunch. Participants may bring sack lunches or visit nearby restaurants.
The Arne Nixon Center is located in the Henry Madden Library at California State University, Fresno, 5200 North Barton Avenue M/S ML 34, Fresno, CA 93740?14. The phone number is (559) 278?16.
Please note that the Festival is being held at the Residence Dining Hall, not at the Library.
Future events to be sponsored by the Arne Nixon Center include a talk by Newbery medalist Richard Peck on October 12, 2002; a national conference on Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of The Secret Garden, to be held April 25', 2003; a literary gardens tour to England in May 2003; a regional workshop presented by the Society of Children?s Book Writers and Illustrators in October 2003; and a national conference of the Children?s Literature Association in June 2004.
Members of ANCA, the Arne Nixon Center Advocates, receive first notice of these and other Nixon Center events. ANCA membership forms will be available at the Children?s Literature Festival. They may also be requested from the Center?s staff.
For more information, call the Arne Nixon Center at (559) 278?16.
Received on Fri 01 Mar 2002 05:48:01 PM CST
