From: Julie Kline <jkline>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 10:25:55 -0500

For those of you in the Washington, D.C. area, please consider attending the presentation of the Am?ricas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature at the Library of Congress on June 11, 2004, 4-6pm. Honored
(and present) will be Judith Ortiz Cofer (The Meaning of Consuelo) and Yuyi Morales (Just a Minute). The press release for the event is copied below.

The Am?ricas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction (from picture books to works for 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 combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The award is sponsored by the national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP).

The award winners and commended titles are selected for their 1) distinctive literary quality; 2) cultural contextualization; 3) exceptional integration of text, illustration and design; and 4) potential for classroom use.

For more on the Am?ricas Award, including this year?s list of commended titles, see: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/outreach/americas.html

-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
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