Announcements

UTAH CHILDREN'S WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS

Announcement List--August 12, 2002

Happy Birthday Cecil B. DeMille, William Goldman, and Cantinflas.


CONGRATULATIONS!

to Ann Cannon, whose book CHARLOTTE'S ROSE received a starred review in Kirkus.


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COMING SOON

September
from Ann Cannon, CHARLOTTE'S ROSE, Random House, middle grade.
from Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson, book 10 in their National Parks Mystery series.
from Cara Buehner, illustrated by Mark Buehner, SNOWMEN AT NIGHT, Phyllis Fogleman Books, picture book.

October
from Randall Wright, A HUNDRED DAYS FROM HOME, Holt, young adult.
from Kim Williams-Justesen, NAPOLEON AND THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE IN WORLD HISTORY, Enslow, non-fiction.
from Mark Buehner, CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING, HarperCollins, picture book, text by Pearl S. Buck.

November
from Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson, book 11 in their National Parks Mystery series.

January, 2003
from Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson, book 12 in their National Parks Mystery series.

Spring, 2003
from Michael Tunnell, THE PRYDAIN COMPANION, a guide to Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles, Henry Holt.


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RECENT SALES

Carla Morris, a picture book, THE BOY WHO WAS RAISED BY LIBRARIANS, to Peachtree Press.

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APPEARANCES AND EVENTS

August 13--Rick Walton will be reading his books during storytime at the Orem Library, from 10:30-11:00 am.

August 15--Rick Walton will be signing at the LDS Booksellers Association Convention, 10:30-11:30 am.

August 17--Julie Olson will be speaking at the SCBWI Illustrators Conference on August 17th at UVSC. The conference goes from 9:30-12:45. Julie's most recent illustrations appear in the new book HERD OF COWS, FLOCK OF SHEEP, by Rick Walton.

August 20--The King's English bookstore will host a pirate pajama party to celebrate the publication of Ann Cannon's ON THE GO WITH PIRATE PETE AND PIRATE JOE. There will be a treasure hunt as well as limbo and sword-rattling contests. 7:00 pm.

August 23--Ron Woods will be signing at the BYU Bookstore during Education Week, from 2-3:30 pm.

August 29-31--Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Storytellers include Willy Claflin, Donald Davis, Carmen Deedy, Rex Ellis, Beth Horner, Jay O'Callahan, Laura Pershin, Storycrafters, and Betty Ann Wylie. Go to www.timpfest.org for more information. Randall Wright will be one of the guest storytellers. He will do two sessions on Friday and one on Saturday.

August 31--Kimberley Heuston will be signing THE SHAKERESS at the Fort Union Barnes and Noble from 1-2:30 pm.

September 10--Ann Cannon will be signing and reading from her book CHARLOTTE'S ROSE at the King's English bookstore, from 4-5:00 pm.

September 13-15--The Great Salt Lake Book Festival 2002. Events on the 13th (Friday) will be at Salt Lake Community College's South State Street Campus in the morning and the West Jordan Campus in the afternoon. Events on September 14th and 15th will be held at Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 East. 

On Friday, speakers will include Ken Baker, Mary Bangerter, Tess Boone, Laurel Brady, Ann Cannon, Chris Crowe, Glenda Cundiff, Rodayne Esmay, John Funk, Christine Gonzales, Rachel Haab, Sherri Haab, Rick Kirschner, Diane Krehbiel, Nancy Livingston, Sandi Martin, Sister Maryam, Anne Nabaum, Huy Ngo, Michelle Niska, Loa Niumeitoia, Laura Numeroff, Sonia Parker, Melissa Payne, Patty Steed, Laura Torres, Olene Walker, Sue Walker, Rick Walton, Thelma Weiss, Carol Williams, Drew Williams, Randall Wright. For times and locations, go to the website closer to the date of the event

On Saturday, the following children's authors will be speaking:
11:00-11:50--Laura Numeroff
11:00-11:50--Bruce Hucko
11:00-11:50--Louise Plummer and Kimberley Heuston
12:00-12:50--Mike Tunnell and Dean Hughes
1:00-1:50--Allen Say
3:00-3:50--Francisco Alarcon
3:00-3:50--Karen Sulkin

On Sunday, the children's authors will include:
12:00-12:50--Gloria Skurzynski
1:00-1:50--Sandi Martin and Dana Tumpowsky
2:00-2:50--Hazel Barton

For more information go to http://www.utahhumanities.org/bookfestival/bookfestival2002.php

September 28--The Read Leaf bookstore in Springville will be hosting a book release party for Randall Wright's A HUNDRED DAYS FROM HOME. 12:00-3:00 pm. There will be cookies and punch.

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WEBSITE RESOURCES

Teachers can find the following lesson plans on Ken Baker's website (www.bravemonster.com)
--Story Creation Magic: Character, Setting, and Plot (Grades 1-6)
--Monster Fun Learning the Five Senses (Pre-2)
--Being Brave and Dealing with Fear (Pre-2)

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LOOKING WAY AHEAD

November 21-26, 2002--National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia

February 13-15, 2003--Life, the Universe, & Everything XXI, BYU, http://humanities.byu.edu/ltue

March 21/22, 2003--UVSC Children's Literature Conference

May 4-8, 2003--International Reading Association, Orlando, Florida

May 23-25, 2003--Conduit 13: Salt Lake's Science Fiction Weekend

May 30-June 1, 2003--Book Expo America, Los Angeles

June 19-25, 2003--American Library Association annual conference, Toronto, Canada

July 7-11, 2003--BYU Writing for Young Readers Workshop

July 18-19, 2003--BYU Books for Young Readers Symposium--Guests include Bethanne Anderson, Franny Billingsley, Susan Fletcher, Russell Freedman, David Small, Laurence Yep.


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