From: Connie Rockman <connie.rock>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 16:01:06 -0500

The Rabbit Hill Festival of Literature will held on March 31, April 1 and 2, 2005 in Westport, CT (about one hour outside of New York City)

This is the 5th year for the festival which honors the legacy of Robert Lawson, winner of both the Newbery and the Caldecott medals, who lived until his death in 1957 in the house in Westport he called Rabbit Hill.
  The program consists of a panel discussion Thursday night, school visits for the authors and illustrators on Friday, informal dinner with the authors/illustrators Friday night, and a symposium for adults on Saturday.

The 2005 program is entitled "The Many Faces of Children's Books" and features Linda Sue Park, James Ransome, Lesa Cline-Ransome, Pam Mu?oz Ryan, and Brian Selznick. Each will appear on the Thursday night panel, speak at the Saturday morning symposium on April 2, and conduct small group discussions on their work that afternoon. Books will be available for sale and autographing. In addition, Leonard Everett Fisher's original art for Don Quixote and the Windmills (Farrar, 2004) will be displayed in the library's gallery and Fisher will give a talk on Friday on the making of Don Quixote. Tours of both the nearby Weston Woods Studios (where all those Carnegie-Award-winning films are made) and the Weston Woods Institute (site of the original Weston Woods Studios and home of founder Mort Schindel) will be available to festival participants on Friday, April 1.

The Festival is free, with a small suggested donation. For further information and to register, see: www.rabbithillfestival.com


Connie Rockman Rabbit Hill Festival Program Coordinator
Received on Tue 01 Feb 2005 03:01:06 PM CST