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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 12:53:46 -0600
A day-long conference about Latino literature for children and young adults to be held this coming Saturday, April 5, in Milwaukee features a "who's who" of speakers whose presentations will honor and celebrate the Am?ricas Award.
The conference is amazing in another respect, too, because there's NO registration fee!
However, it's important to register in general beforehand. Here's the information:
THEME: "Weaving Stories, Cultivating Connections: Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Am?ricas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature"
PLACE: Centennial Hall, Milwaukee Public Library, 733 N Eighth St., Milwaukee, 9:00 a.m. * 3:45 p.m. All events are FREE. Advance registration is required. An optional lunch _at_ $20.00 can be ordered in advance.
The celebration features speeches by previous winners of the Am?ricas Award: George Ancona, author/photographer of Barrio: Jos?'s Neighborhood Jorge Argueta, author of A Movie in My Pillow/Una pel?cula en mi almohada Amelia Lau Carling, author/illustrator of Mama and Papa Have a Store Juan Felipe Herrera, author of CrashBoomLove: a novel in verse Lynn Joseph, author of The Color of My Words and The Mermaid's Twin Sister The Am?ricas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction works for children and young adults published in the previous year in English or Spanish that authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States. By linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) sponsors the award which is based in the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The award winners and commended titles are selected based on their distinctive literary quality, cultural contextualization, exceptional integration of text, illustration and design, and potential for classroom use. The winning books are honored each summer at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
For more information and a registration form, contact Julie Kline (jkline at uwm.edu) or visit http://www.mpl.org/File/kids_americas_index.htm Sponsored by Milwaukee Public Library, the UW-Milwaukee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Milwaukee Public Schools, the UW-Milwaukee Cultures and Communities Program, Woodland Pattern Literary Center, and funded in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Weaving Stories is a WHC designated Wisconsin Book Festival event.
Julie K. Kline Outreach and Academic Program Coordinator Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201
(414) 229Y86 phone
(414) 229(79 fax jkline at uwm.edu www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS
Received on Tue 01 Apr 2003 12:53:46 PM CST
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 12:53:46 -0600
A day-long conference about Latino literature for children and young adults to be held this coming Saturday, April 5, in Milwaukee features a "who's who" of speakers whose presentations will honor and celebrate the Am?ricas Award.
The conference is amazing in another respect, too, because there's NO registration fee!
However, it's important to register in general beforehand. Here's the information:
THEME: "Weaving Stories, Cultivating Connections: Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of the Am?ricas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature"
PLACE: Centennial Hall, Milwaukee Public Library, 733 N Eighth St., Milwaukee, 9:00 a.m. * 3:45 p.m. All events are FREE. Advance registration is required. An optional lunch _at_ $20.00 can be ordered in advance.
The celebration features speeches by previous winners of the Am?ricas Award: George Ancona, author/photographer of Barrio: Jos?'s Neighborhood Jorge Argueta, author of A Movie in My Pillow/Una pel?cula en mi almohada Amelia Lau Carling, author/illustrator of Mama and Papa Have a Store Juan Felipe Herrera, author of CrashBoomLove: a novel in verse Lynn Joseph, author of The Color of My Words and The Mermaid's Twin Sister The Am?ricas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction works for children and young adults published in the previous year in English or Spanish that authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States. By linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) sponsors the award which is based in the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The award winners and commended titles are selected based on their distinctive literary quality, cultural contextualization, exceptional integration of text, illustration and design, and potential for classroom use. The winning books are honored each summer at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
For more information and a registration form, contact Julie Kline (jkline at uwm.edu) or visit http://www.mpl.org/File/kids_americas_index.htm Sponsored by Milwaukee Public Library, the UW-Milwaukee Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Milwaukee Public Schools, the UW-Milwaukee Cultures and Communities Program, Woodland Pattern Literary Center, and funded in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council, with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Weaving Stories is a WHC designated Wisconsin Book Festival event.
Julie K. Kline Outreach and Academic Program Coordinator Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI 53201
(414) 229Y86 phone
(414) 229(79 fax jkline at uwm.edu www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS
Received on Tue 01 Apr 2003 12:53:46 PM CST
