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Save the Date, Americas Award, October 23, Library of Congress

From: Julie Kline <jkline_at_uwm.edu>
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:48:15 -0500

The Hispanic Division and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress invite you to the presentation of

The Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature

by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP)

to * * Carmen Tafolla* *(author)* *and Magaly Morales* *(illustrator) for What Can You Do with a Paleta? / Que puedes hacer con una paleta? (Tricycle Press, 2009)

and

Julia Alvarez for Return to Sender (Knopf, 2009)

Saturday, October 23, 2010 10am-noon Mumford Room, James Madison Memorial Building Library of Congress 101 Independence Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C.

R.S.V.P. 202-707-1616 or specialevents_at_loc.gov

Continental breakfast at 9:30 a.m.

/ Accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request./

The Americas 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

-- 
Julie 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 Wed 01 Sep 2010 12:48:15 PM CDT