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[CCBC-Net] Americas Award presentation, October 4, Library of Congress

From: Julie Kline <jkline>
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:33:55 -0500

Good morning,

For those of you in the Washington, D.C. area (and all others interested), please consider yourself invited to the upcoming presentation of the Am?ricas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature on October 4, 2008 at the Library of Congress. Pat Mora, Rafael L?pez, and Laura Resau will all be attending.
  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. See: http://www4.uwm.edu/clacs/aa/index.cfm

Details follow.

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Hispanic Division and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress invite you to the presentation of
  The Am?ricas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
  by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP) to
 
*Pat Mora* (author) and *Rafael L?pez* (illustrator) for
*/Yum! ?Mmmm! ?Qu? Rico! /**/America/**/'s Sproutings/* (Lee & Low, 2007)
  and
  Laura Resau for
*/Red Glass/** *(Delacorte, 2007)
 
  Saturday, October 4, 2008//
*10am-noon* Mumford Room, James Madison Memorial Building Library of Congress 101 Independence Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C.
  R.S.V.P. by telephone 202-707-2013
  Continental breakfast at 9:30 a.m.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
/ Accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request/
 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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) 229-5986 phone
(414) 229-2879 fax jkline at uwm.edu http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS
Received on Tue 02 Sep 2008 11:33:55 AM CDT