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From: Angelica Carpenter <angelica>
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 11:09:13 -0800
CART LOADS OF BOOKS FOR ARNE NIXON CENTER
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University, Fresno, has received a major donation from author/librarian Michael Cart. This gift, which is the first installment of an ongoing donation, includes 3,439 books and other related materials from the donor's personal collection.
Michael Cart, former director of the Beverly Hills Public Library, is a founding board member for the Arne Nixon Center. A noted reviewer and critic, he teaches children's and young adult literature at several universities and he has published books about children's and young adult literature. A columnist for Booklist magazine, he also writes fiction and edits anthologies for young adults; his latest anthology is Necessary Noise: Stories about Our Families as They Really Are. He is also the editor of a new literary magazine for teens called Rush Hour.
As president of the Young Adult Library Services Association, Cart led the effort to found the Michael L. Printz Award, to honor literary excellence in young adult literature. In 1999 the American Library Association presented him the Grolier Award to celebrate his lifetime achievements. He also hosts an award-winning television interview show, In Print, which runs on cable channels nationwide. The donation includes 136 video cassettes from this program.
Cart's love for his childhood favorite "Freddy the Pig" books, an acclaimed children's series by Walter R. Brooks, has helped to bring those titles back into print for a new generation. Cart is also a past president of the "Friends of Freddy" literary society.
Cart has pledged that someday all his 10,000+ books and papers, including the books and papers of Walter R. Brooks, will come to the Arne Nixon Center. He will be honored on December 5th at the Henry Madden Library's Donor of the Year party for this outstanding contribution, which he described in his September 15 Booklist column.
He will also be a featured speaker at the Children's Literature Association's 31st annual conference, to be held in Fresno June 10, 2004.
For more information, contact the Arne Nixon Center at (559) 278?16 or at its Web site at www.arnenixoncenter.org.
Received on Mon 01 Dec 2003 01:09:13 PM CST
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 11:09:13 -0800
CART LOADS OF BOOKS FOR ARNE NIXON CENTER
The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University, Fresno, has received a major donation from author/librarian Michael Cart. This gift, which is the first installment of an ongoing donation, includes 3,439 books and other related materials from the donor's personal collection.
Michael Cart, former director of the Beverly Hills Public Library, is a founding board member for the Arne Nixon Center. A noted reviewer and critic, he teaches children's and young adult literature at several universities and he has published books about children's and young adult literature. A columnist for Booklist magazine, he also writes fiction and edits anthologies for young adults; his latest anthology is Necessary Noise: Stories about Our Families as They Really Are. He is also the editor of a new literary magazine for teens called Rush Hour.
As president of the Young Adult Library Services Association, Cart led the effort to found the Michael L. Printz Award, to honor literary excellence in young adult literature. In 1999 the American Library Association presented him the Grolier Award to celebrate his lifetime achievements. He also hosts an award-winning television interview show, In Print, which runs on cable channels nationwide. The donation includes 136 video cassettes from this program.
Cart's love for his childhood favorite "Freddy the Pig" books, an acclaimed children's series by Walter R. Brooks, has helped to bring those titles back into print for a new generation. Cart is also a past president of the "Friends of Freddy" literary society.
Cart has pledged that someday all his 10,000+ books and papers, including the books and papers of Walter R. Brooks, will come to the Arne Nixon Center. He will be honored on December 5th at the Henry Madden Library's Donor of the Year party for this outstanding contribution, which he described in his September 15 Booklist column.
He will also be a featured speaker at the Children's Literature Association's 31st annual conference, to be held in Fresno June 10, 2004.
For more information, contact the Arne Nixon Center at (559) 278?16 or at its Web site at www.arnenixoncenter.org.
Received on Mon 01 Dec 2003 01:09:13 PM CST
