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From: angelica carpenter <angelica>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:03:47 -0700
Painted Words and Spoken Pictures
A conference titled "Painted Words and Spoken Pictures" is planned for Saturday, October 6, 2007, on the Fresno State campus. Presented for authors, illustrators, teachers, librarians, collectors, and fans of children's and young adult literature, the conference is sponsored by The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University, Fresno, and the North Central California Chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Conference speakers will include:
* Aliki, the award-winning author or illustrator of 200 children's books including How a Book is Made, William Shakespeare and the Globe, My Five Senses, and The Play's the Thing
* Karen Cushman, the Newbery-winning author of The Midwife's Apprentice; Catherine, Called Birdy; The Ballad of Lucy Whipple; Matilda Bone; Rodzina; and The Loud Silence of Francine Green
* Yuyi Morales, illustrator of Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, Sand Sister, and Los Gatos Black on Halloween, and the author/illustrator of Little Night and Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book, winner of the Pura Belpr? Medal for illustration
* Carolyn Yoder, author of George Washington: The Writer and the forthcoming John Adams: The Writer and editor of Calkins Creek, the United States history imprint of Boyds Mills Press.
The cost is $85 with discounts for members and for early registration. Manuscripts may be submitted for critique for an extra charge. The deadline for submissions or early registrations is August 6. For information send e-mail to anc at listserv.csufresno.edu or call (559) 278-8116.
Received on Mon 02 Jul 2007 08:03:47 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:03:47 -0700
Painted Words and Spoken Pictures
A conference titled "Painted Words and Spoken Pictures" is planned for Saturday, October 6, 2007, on the Fresno State campus. Presented for authors, illustrators, teachers, librarians, collectors, and fans of children's and young adult literature, the conference is sponsored by The Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University, Fresno, and the North Central California Chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Conference speakers will include:
* Aliki, the award-winning author or illustrator of 200 children's books including How a Book is Made, William Shakespeare and the Globe, My Five Senses, and The Play's the Thing
* Karen Cushman, the Newbery-winning author of The Midwife's Apprentice; Catherine, Called Birdy; The Ballad of Lucy Whipple; Matilda Bone; Rodzina; and The Loud Silence of Francine Green
* Yuyi Morales, illustrator of Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez, Sand Sister, and Los Gatos Black on Halloween, and the author/illustrator of Little Night and Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book, winner of the Pura Belpr? Medal for illustration
* Carolyn Yoder, author of George Washington: The Writer and the forthcoming John Adams: The Writer and editor of Calkins Creek, the United States history imprint of Boyds Mills Press.
The cost is $85 with discounts for members and for early registration. Manuscripts may be submitted for critique for an extra charge. The deadline for submissions or early registrations is August 6. For information send e-mail to anc at listserv.csufresno.edu or call (559) 278-8116.
Received on Mon 02 Jul 2007 08:03:47 PM CDT
