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Americas Award presentation, Library of Congress, September 17, 20=

From: Julie Kline <jkline_at_uwm.edu>
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:43:32 -0500

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Good morning,

The CCBC-net community is invited to the presentation of the Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature on Saturday, September 17, at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Authors Pam Munoz Ryan and Willie Perdomo and illustrator Bryan Collier will all be participating in the event. Details follow below.

best,

Julie Kline Assistant Director, Evaluation and Public Engagement Americas Award Coordinator Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PO Box 413 Milwaukee, WI53201 (414) 229-5986 phone (414) 229-2879 fax jkline_at_uwm.edu http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS


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

The Amйricas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature

by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP)

to ** Willie Perdomo (author)**and**Bryan Collier**(illustrator) for /Clemente!/(Holt, 2010)

and

Pam Muсoz Ryan (author) and**Peter Sнs (illustrator) for /The Dreamer/**(Scholastic, 2010)

Saturday, September 17, 2011 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 Amйricas 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 or find us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/americasaward
Received on Fri 02 Sep 2011 09:43:32 AM CDT