THE SIXTH ANNUAL CHILDREN'S LITERATURE CONFERENCE FEATURES
THREE NEWBERRY AWARD WINNERS

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 20 -- Featured speakers at the
sixth
Annual Celebration of Children's Literature will include three
Newberry
Award winners and a book editor. The conference, co-sponsored by
University
of Virginia Continuing Education, will be held Monday, Aug. 4, 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, Va.
	Designed to help elementary teachers and public and school
librarians strengthen children's appreciation of literature, the
program
will feature nationally recognized children's writers speaking on the
process of writing and what they hope to achieve with their stories.
	Session highlights:
	Charlotte Huck, editor of the classic "Children's Literature
in the
Elementary School" and author of "Princess Furball" and "Toads and
Diamonds," will give the opening and closing addresses. Huck is a past
winner of the prestigious Newberry Award of the American Library
Association for her lifetime contributions in the field of children's
literature.
	Anita Lobel, award winning illustrator, will speak on the "art
of
illusion." Her books have appeared on the New York Times and American
Library Association "best books" lists. She has collaborated with Huck
on
two books and won the Caldecott Honor Book Award.
	Author Bruce Brooks, will expand the scope of the conference
to
include young adult literature. His first book, "The Moves Makes the
Man,"
won both the Newberry Honor Award and the Boston Globe/Horn Award for
1985.
	Susan Hirschman, editor-in-chief of Greenwillow Books, will
talk
about "what one
over

editor looks for" in a manuscript. She was recognized in 1997 by the
Newberry committee for her lifetime contributions to children's
literature.
	Panel participants will cover topics that include challenging
books
being published for young adult readers and the best children's
literature
of the last two years.
	The Celebration of Children's Literature, held each year
during the
Virginia Highlands Festival, is sponsored by the University of
Virginia
Southwest Center, the Library of Virginia, and the Creative Writing
Committee of the Virginia Highlands Festival in cooperation with
Virginia
Highlands Community College.
	Advance registration is required. Tuition is $40 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.
The fax number is 540-628-3447.


June 19, 1997