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[CCBC-Net] SPECIAL: Deadline Extended to Register for the 6th Annual International Children's and Young Adult Literature Celebration

From: Julie Kline <jkline>
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:51:20 -0500

/*REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 7, 2007*/

/*6th Annual International Children's and Young Adult Literature Celebration*/ Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 9:00 am to 4:30 pm UW-Milwaukee Hefter Conference Center

"Open a Door... Open a Book...Open your Mind... to the World"

Featuring award-winning authors:

    * Beverley Naidoo
    * Naomi Shihab Nye
    * Kashmira Sheth

The international literature celebration is an all-day interactive workshop for K-12 educators, librarians, students and children's literature enthusiasts, with an aim to internationalize the statewide reading curriculum.

Full Registration: $65 Student Registration: $25 (student ID required)

As in past programs, the registration fee includes a book of your choice by one of the invited authors. The following books will be available:

    * /The Other Side of Truth/ by Beverley Naidoo (2000) Grades 5-9
    * /Habibi/ by Naomi Shihab Nye (1997) Grades 5-9
    * /Koyal Dark, Mango Sweet/ by Kashmira Sheth (2006) Grades 8 and up

To register, please visit http://wioc.wisc.edu/childlit/.

*The registration deadline has been extended to November 7, 2007.*

Seating is limited, so we encourage you to register early! For more information, please visit http://wioc.wisc.edu/childlit/ or contact Nicole Palasz at palasz at uwm.edu <mailto:palasz at uwm.edu>.

This event is being sponsored by the Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium (WIOC), Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and the Milwaukee Public Library, in observance of International Education Week 2007.
Received on Thu 01 Nov 2007 11:51:20 AM CDT