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From: Angelica Carpenter <angelica>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:06:04 -0700
Dear all,
As we are all part of the international children's literature community, I invite you to Fresno for a One Book program next June. It will take place at the Children's Literature Association's 31st annual conference, to be held June 10 at California State University. At the conference banquet on June 12, British author Berlie Doherty will win the 2004 Phoenix Award for her novel White Peak Farm. 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. Earlier that same day, before the banquet, the conference will offer a discussion of this book by reviewers in the fields of education, English, and library science
(Michael Cart will represent the librarians). 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, but it should be soon. We hope that all who come to the conference will order the book in advance and read it, in order to participate in follow-up questions to the panel discussion. If you are not familiar with this book, it is a wonderful coming-of-age story of a young girl's last year at home on her family farm in Derbyshire. This short novel is very much about family and community. For more information, see Berlie Doherty's Web site at www.berliedoherty.com. For more information about the conference, see the host web site at www.arnenixoncenter.org.
Best wishes, Angelica Carpenter, Curator Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature
Received on Mon 20 Oct 2003 12:06:04 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:06:04 -0700
Dear all,
As we are all part of the international children's literature community, I invite you to Fresno for a One Book program next June. It will take place at the Children's Literature Association's 31st annual conference, to be held June 10 at California State University. At the conference banquet on June 12, British author Berlie Doherty will win the 2004 Phoenix Award for her novel White Peak Farm. 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. Earlier that same day, before the banquet, the conference will offer a discussion of this book by reviewers in the fields of education, English, and library science
(Michael Cart will represent the librarians). 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, but it should be soon. We hope that all who come to the conference will order the book in advance and read it, in order to participate in follow-up questions to the panel discussion. If you are not familiar with this book, it is a wonderful coming-of-age story of a young girl's last year at home on her family farm in Derbyshire. This short novel is very much about family and community. For more information, see Berlie Doherty's Web site at www.berliedoherty.com. For more information about the conference, see the host web site at www.arnenixoncenter.org.
Best wishes, Angelica Carpenter, Curator Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature
Received on Mon 20 Oct 2003 12:06:04 PM CDT
