[LM_NET] Upcoming workshop with Katherine Paterson in Troy, NY

[Nancy Gifford <ngifford@SALS.EDU>]

Join the Children's Literature Connection (CLC) in Troy, NY for a multi-faceted 
look at history in children's literature!

The Threads of History, a Children's Literature Symposium sponsored by the Hudson 
Valley Community
College English Department will present keynote speaker, Katherine Paterson on 
October 29, 2005
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bulmer Telecommunications and Computations Center 
Auditorium at the
Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY. Katherine Paterson is the noted author 
of many award
winning titles, as well as the historic JIP and LYDDIE.  Also speaking will be 
Caldecott Award Winner
Emily Arnold McCully, illustrator of THE BOBBIN GIRL and THE BALLOT BOX BATTLE; 
editor Frances Foster; librarian Kathleen Isaacs; and bookseller Carol Chittenden.

Symposium fees are $85 for CLC members, and $115 for non-members.

Registration application is at: 
http://www.childrensliteratureconnection.org/news.asp
Registration Deadline is October 26

BOOK DISCUSSION! Prior to the symposium, join us in a discussion of the following 
books: JIP, HIS STORY and LYDDIE by Katherine Paterson, and Emily Arnold McCully's 
THE BOBBIN GIRL and THE BALLOT BOX BATTLE. October 4, 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. at the 
Guilderland Public Library, 2228 Western Ave., Guilderland, NY 
http://www.childrensliteratureconnection.org/calendar.asp

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