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Children's Literature Festival
Save March 2 & 3, 2012 For the 16th Annual Charlotte S. Huck Children's Literature Festival!
Children’s Literature Festival 2012 promises to be a glorious, stimulating weekend filled with the best of children’s books and their creators. It is the Festival’s goal to bring to life words of teacher E. Mayne from 1915. “It should be the teacher’s aim to give every a child a love of reading, a hunger for it that will stay with him through all the years of his life. If child has that, he will acquire the mechanical part without difficulty.”
Award winning speakers scheduled for 2012 include: Brian Pinkney, Eric Kimmel, George Ella Lyon, J. Patrick Lewis, Steven Layne, Caroline Arnold, and Kristine O’Connell George. Marilyn Carpenter will return to share the best books of the past year. Children’s Literature Festival 2012 will also feature Small Group presentations by educators, librarians, authors, illustrators, and scholars in the field of children's literature.
2012 Literature Festival Schedule
Why do people come—and keep coming back? Each year, the festival brings together educators, students, illustrators, authors, librarians, editors, and all those interested in children’s literature. In the words of past participants, it is “a small, intimate conference where you can spend time with the authors and illustrators.” “Unrushed.” “A unique opportunity to spend time with others who share a passion for children’s books and their creators.” As one attendee said, “This conference is great. I never know what will happen, but it is always what I needed. It just keeps getting better and better.” Plan now to be a part this exciting event.
Once again the Ayres Hotel is partnering with the University to offer room rate of $59 per night for Festival participants. Call them at 909-335 9024 and start planning your weekend getaway now!
Registration opened on July 1, 2011. Register online or download a copy of the registration form and mail it to us. We are offering a special package for SCBWI members and for published authors. Click here for more information. Register with two friends and share this inspiring weekend with a savings of $25 each!
"I believe that if you present the right books to children, they will read and enjoy them. So, bringing children and books together really means getting them excited about reading." - Charlotte Huck
Artwork from Max Found Two Sticks ©1994 used with permission of Brian Pinkney
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For Additional Information
Contact festival secretary Colleen Quesada at (909) 748-8791 or email the festival coordinator Marjorie Arnett.
“The idea in creating true readers is that we teach the ‘skill’ and we teach the ‘will.’“ Steven Layne