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From: Angelica Carpenter <angelica>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:21:19 -0800
Children?s Literature Association comes to Fresno in 2004
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University, Fresno, will host the 31st annual conference of the Children's Literature Association from June 10, 2004, on the Fresno State campus. The conference theme is ?Dreams and Visions." About 200 people will travel to Fresno for this conference and local people are also invited. Optional university credit will be available. For information about the Children's Literature Association, see its Web site at www.childlitassn.org. Information about the conference and the call for papers may be seen at the Arne Nixon Center's Web site at www.arnenixoncenter.org. Proposals are due January 31, 2004.
Conference speakers will include Richard Peck, winner of the Newbery medal for A Year Down Yonder; Pam Mu?oz Ryan, winner of the Pura Belpr? Award for her novel Esperanza Rising; and British author Berlie Doherty, whose novel White Peak Farm will win the 2004 Phoenix award at the conference banquet. The Phoenix Award is given twenty years after publication to the author of a book for children published originally in English that did not win a major award when it first appeared. White Peak Farm has recently been republished in England as Jeannie of White Peak Farm. The conference will offer a discussion of this book by reviewers in the fields of education, English, and library science. The re-titled book is available now from www.amazon.co.uk for $16.13, including shipping. It is not yet available in the USA.
Michael Cart, librarian, writer, lecturer, consultant, critic, and national expert in children's and young adult literature, will deliver the Francelia Butler Plenary Lecture. The invitation to give this lecture is issued annually to a prominent literary critic who specializes in children's literature. The lecture is named in honor of one of the founders of the Children's Literature Association. Cart's latest book is Necessary Noise: Stories about Our Families as They Really Are.
Conference plans include a sunset party in a beautiful garden overlooking the vineyards and orchards of the San Joaquin Valley, a presentation on Finnish children's literature in honor of Arne Nixon's heritage, a display of Finnish books, an exhibition of collector Pamela Harer's Picture Books from Between the Wars, a reception sponsored by ANCA (the Arne Nixon Center Advocates), and an Oz panel discussion. Full conference and one?y registrations will be offered and banquet tickets will be available separately if space allows.
The Piccadilly Inn-University, just across the street from the campus, will be the site of some conference meetings. The hotel will offer a special rate to conference attendees of about $85, single or double. For reservations, call (559) 224B00. Early reservations are essential.
For more information, contact the Arne Nixon Center by E-mail at anc at listserv.csufresno.edu or call (559) 278?16. Updates will be posted on the Center's Web site at www.arnenixoncenter.org.
Received on Fri 31 Oct 2003 11:21:19 AM CST
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:21:19 -0800
Children?s Literature Association comes to Fresno in 2004
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University, Fresno, will host the 31st annual conference of the Children's Literature Association from June 10, 2004, on the Fresno State campus. The conference theme is ?Dreams and Visions." About 200 people will travel to Fresno for this conference and local people are also invited. Optional university credit will be available. For information about the Children's Literature Association, see its Web site at www.childlitassn.org. Information about the conference and the call for papers may be seen at the Arne Nixon Center's Web site at www.arnenixoncenter.org. Proposals are due January 31, 2004.
Conference speakers will include Richard Peck, winner of the Newbery medal for A Year Down Yonder; Pam Mu?oz Ryan, winner of the Pura Belpr? Award for her novel Esperanza Rising; and British author Berlie Doherty, whose novel White Peak Farm will win the 2004 Phoenix award at the conference banquet. The Phoenix Award is given twenty years after publication to the author of a book for children published originally in English that did not win a major award when it first appeared. White Peak Farm has recently been republished in England as Jeannie of White Peak Farm. The conference will offer a discussion of this book by reviewers in the fields of education, English, and library science. The re-titled book is available now from www.amazon.co.uk for $16.13, including shipping. It is not yet available in the USA.
Michael Cart, librarian, writer, lecturer, consultant, critic, and national expert in children's and young adult literature, will deliver the Francelia Butler Plenary Lecture. The invitation to give this lecture is issued annually to a prominent literary critic who specializes in children's literature. The lecture is named in honor of one of the founders of the Children's Literature Association. Cart's latest book is Necessary Noise: Stories about Our Families as They Really Are.
Conference plans include a sunset party in a beautiful garden overlooking the vineyards and orchards of the San Joaquin Valley, a presentation on Finnish children's literature in honor of Arne Nixon's heritage, a display of Finnish books, an exhibition of collector Pamela Harer's Picture Books from Between the Wars, a reception sponsored by ANCA (the Arne Nixon Center Advocates), and an Oz panel discussion. Full conference and one?y registrations will be offered and banquet tickets will be available separately if space allows.
The Piccadilly Inn-University, just across the street from the campus, will be the site of some conference meetings. The hotel will offer a special rate to conference attendees of about $85, single or double. For reservations, call (559) 224B00. Early reservations are essential.
For more information, contact the Arne Nixon Center by E-mail at anc at listserv.csufresno.edu or call (559) 278?16. Updates will be posted on the Center's Web site at www.arnenixoncenter.org.
Received on Fri 31 Oct 2003 11:21:19 AM CST
