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From: mtice at nypl.org <mtice>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:21:24 -0400
Book Fest
Saturday, November 1, 2008
The New York Public Library
and
School Library Journal
Keynote Speaker
Brian Jacques
Celeste Bartos Forum
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
42nd Street and Fifth Avenue |
Enter through 42nd Street Door
Registration fee of $65 includes morning coffee, lunch and sherry.
Registration is on-line at http://www.nypl.org/events/bookfest.html
BOOK FEST 2008 This year Book Fest at NYPL joins with School Library Journal to bring people together to share the fun of reading and talking about books for children and teens.
School Library Journal and the new Offices of Children?s Programs, Young Adult Programs and Education Outreach in the Department of Education,Programs and Exhibitions of The New York Public Library are pleased to continue this special event.
Brian Jacques, master storyteller and jack-of-all-trades and author of the bestselling Redwall series, will be our keynote speaker. Brian Jacques is the author of more than 25 books for children and teens which have sold over 20 million copies worldwide. His most recent title is Doomwyte: A Tale from Redwall.
Enjoy an hour of book discussion with your colleagues. Pick one of eleven book discussion groups lead by well-known children's and young adult literature specialists in the New York metropolitan area.
Our afternoon panel will feature a thought provoking discussion of War and Peace in books for young people with Walter Dean Myers, Ibitsam Barakat and Jeanette Winter.
Walter Dean Myers has published over seventy books for children and teens. He has received many awards for his work in this field including the Coretta Scott King Award, five times. Two of his books were awarded Newbery Honors. He has been awarded the Margaret A. Edwards Award and the Virginia Hamilton Award. For one of his books, Monster, he has received the first Michael Printz Award for Young Adult literature awarded by the American Library Association. Monster and Autobiography of My Dead Brother were selected as National Book Award Finalists. His latest title is Sunrise Over Fallujah.
Growing up with war and occupation is the focus of Ibitsam Barakat's memoir, Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood. In 2007, Booklist named it one of the top ten biographies for youth, and it was listed as an American Library Association Notable. In 2008 the memoir won the IRA'sBest Non-Fiction Book Award for Children and Young Adults.
Jeanette Winter has written and illustrated many books for children based on true-life stories, including the highly acclaimed MAMA, The Librarian of Basra, and My Name is Georgia. The Librarian of Basra received a starred review by School Library Journal, was an ALA Notable Children?s Book, a CCBC Choice and was the winner of the Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Nonfiction. Her most recent title is Wangari?s Trees of Peace.
Please join us for a wonderful, stimulating Book Fest on November 1.
Margaret Tice
Margaret Tice, Assistant Director for Children's Programs Office of Children's Services New York Public Library 455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016-0122 212-340-0903, fax: 212-340-0988
Received on Thu 04 Sep 2008 12:21:24 PM CDT
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:21:24 -0400
Book Fest
Saturday, November 1, 2008
The New York Public Library
and
School Library Journal
Keynote Speaker
Brian Jacques
Celeste Bartos Forum
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
42nd Street and Fifth Avenue |
Enter through 42nd Street Door
Registration fee of $65 includes morning coffee, lunch and sherry.
Registration is on-line at http://www.nypl.org/events/bookfest.html
BOOK FEST 2008 This year Book Fest at NYPL joins with School Library Journal to bring people together to share the fun of reading and talking about books for children and teens.
School Library Journal and the new Offices of Children?s Programs, Young Adult Programs and Education Outreach in the Department of Education,Programs and Exhibitions of The New York Public Library are pleased to continue this special event.
Brian Jacques, master storyteller and jack-of-all-trades and author of the bestselling Redwall series, will be our keynote speaker. Brian Jacques is the author of more than 25 books for children and teens which have sold over 20 million copies worldwide. His most recent title is Doomwyte: A Tale from Redwall.
Enjoy an hour of book discussion with your colleagues. Pick one of eleven book discussion groups lead by well-known children's and young adult literature specialists in the New York metropolitan area.
Our afternoon panel will feature a thought provoking discussion of War and Peace in books for young people with Walter Dean Myers, Ibitsam Barakat and Jeanette Winter.
Walter Dean Myers has published over seventy books for children and teens. He has received many awards for his work in this field including the Coretta Scott King Award, five times. Two of his books were awarded Newbery Honors. He has been awarded the Margaret A. Edwards Award and the Virginia Hamilton Award. For one of his books, Monster, he has received the first Michael Printz Award for Young Adult literature awarded by the American Library Association. Monster and Autobiography of My Dead Brother were selected as National Book Award Finalists. His latest title is Sunrise Over Fallujah.
Growing up with war and occupation is the focus of Ibitsam Barakat's memoir, Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood. In 2007, Booklist named it one of the top ten biographies for youth, and it was listed as an American Library Association Notable. In 2008 the memoir won the IRA'sBest Non-Fiction Book Award for Children and Young Adults.
Jeanette Winter has written and illustrated many books for children based on true-life stories, including the highly acclaimed MAMA, The Librarian of Basra, and My Name is Georgia. The Librarian of Basra received a starred review by School Library Journal, was an ALA Notable Children?s Book, a CCBC Choice and was the winner of the Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Nonfiction. Her most recent title is Wangari?s Trees of Peace.
Please join us for a wonderful, stimulating Book Fest on November 1.
Margaret Tice
Margaret Tice, Assistant Director for Children's Programs Office of Children's Services New York Public Library 455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016-0122 212-340-0903, fax: 212-340-0988
Received on Thu 04 Sep 2008 12:21:24 PM CDT
