FIFTH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Experts Reveal Their Secrets To Writing Children's Literature 

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 27 -- The Fifth Annual
Celebration of Children's Literature will be held Friday, Aug. 9,
from 8:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. at the Learning Resource Center
auditorium on the campus of Virginia Highlands Community College in
Abingdon.
	The workshop is designed to help elementary teachers and
public and school librarians strengthen children's appreciation of
literature. They will have the opportunity to hear nationally
recognized children's writers speak on the process of writing and
what they hope to achieve with their stories.  The day will include
hands-on activities for use in classrooms and libraries.
	Sessions throughout the day will be conducted by Janet
Hickman, Boston Globe/Horn Book Honoree; Lynn Reiser, psychiatrist
and author; Judith Rosenfeld, book reviewer and editor of the "Open
Book," a quarterly review of new children's books and developer of
the Celebration of Children's Literature; Suzanne Reid, author of
two books profiling children's authors and Lawrence Yep, Newbery
honored author-illustrator. 
	The Celebration of Children's Literature, held each year
during the Virginia Highlands Festival, is sponsored by the
University of Virginia Southwest Center and the Creative Writing
Committee of the Virginia Highlands Festival in cooperation with
Virginia Highlands Community College.
	Advance registration is required. Tuition is $55 per person
and includes lunch. For registration contact: University of Virginia
Southwest Center, P.O. Box 1987, Abingdon, VA 24212, 1-800-792-3683
or (540) 628-6327 or fax (540) 628-3447.
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July 26, 1996



	FIFTH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
LEARNING RESOURCES CENTER AUDITORIUM
Virginia Highlands Community College
Abingdon, VA
Aug. 9, 1996

Agenda
Morning Session

8 a.m.		Registration, book sales and autographing
		Nursing Building 

8:45 a.m.	Welcoming Remarks

9 a.m.		Keynote Address: "The Road to Jericho"	
		Janet Hickman, winner, Boston Globe/Horn Book 
		Honor Book, 1995

10 a.m.	Concurrent Sessions

		"Reading Books by Janet Hickman in the Classroom"
		Moderator: Helen Bowman, teacher, Towne Acres
Elementary School

		"Best Children's Books of 1995-96"
		Presenter: Judith Rosenfeld, Librarian, St. Anne's
School

11 a.m.	Live Audio Teleconference with Lawrence Yep

11:45 a.m.	Autograph sessions, book sales and lunch
		Nursing Building


Afternoon Session

1 p.m.		Concurrent Sessions

		"Encouraging Children's Response to Literature in
the Classroom" -- Janet Hickman

		"Illustrating Children's Books: From Vision to
Bookstore" -- Lynn Reiser, author and 		illustrator


2 p.m.		Concurrent Sessions

		"Illustrating Children's Books: From Vision to
Bookstore" -- Lynn Reiser, author and 		illustrator

		"Best Children's Books of 1995-96" -- Judith
Rosenfeld

2:45 p.m.	Book Sales

3 p.m.		"What Authors Say About Themselves and Their Books"
		Suzanne Reid

3:45 p.m.	Final Remarks and Evaluation