From: mtice at nypl.org <mtice>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:41:25 -0400

The Office of Children's Programs at The New York Public Library will present the 2008 Anne Carroll Moore Lecture at 9:30 a.m. on December 2 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in the Langston Hughes Auditorium. Uri Shulevitz will be our honored guest lecturer and will speak on ?My Road to Children?s Books and Why Is the Most Important Picture in a Picture Book Invisible?? Author and illustrator Uri Shulevitz has been writing and illustrating children?s books since 1963. The recipient of many awards and honors, Shulevitz was awarded the Caldecott Medal for The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship and two Caldecott Honor citations for The Treasure and Snow.

Guests are invited to begin the morning with coffee and conversation in the Langston Hughes Atrium. The publication Children?s Books 2008: One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing will be available for all. In addition to the lecture, there will be a welcome and presentation from the Schomburg Center and selected librarians from the Annual List Committee will introduce featured titles on Children's Books 2008 to staff. The lecture and festivities will last from 9:30 a.m. till 12 noon.

Directions to the Schomburg Center can be found at http://www.nypl.org/research/hours/scdir.cfm. The Center is easily reached by bus or subway - M7, M102, the number 2 or 3 trains to 135th St.

Please pass this invitation on to friends or colleagues.

Please R.S.V.P. by calling the Office of Children's Programs at 212-340-0906 or emailing me at mtice at nypl.org.

Hope to see you there!

Margaret Tice

Margaret Tice, Assistant Director for Children's Programs Office of Children's Programs New York Public Library 455 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016-0122 212-340-0903, fax: 212-340-0988
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