Announcements

UTAH CHILDREN'S WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS

Announcement List--November 4, 2002


CONGRATULATIONS!

To Chris Crowe, whose novel MISSISSIPPI TRIAL, 1955 has been nominated for the ALA's Best Books for Young Adults list.

To Sherry Meidell, whose illustration from FULL STEAM AHEAD by Faye Gibbons has been accepted to be published on the Los Angeles Illustrators Illustration West 41 Web Site and to be exhibited in the Pete and Susan Barrett Art Gallery at Santa Monica College's Madison Campus February/March 2003.

To Rick Walton, whose book THE BEAR CAME OVER TO MY HOUSE is a 2002 Missouri Library Association Building Block Picture Book Award Nominee.

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NEW BOOKS

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

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COMING SOON

January, 2003
from Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson, book 12 in their National Parks Mystery series.
from Mette Harrison, THE MONSTER IN ME, Holiday House, middle grade.

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


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APPEARANCES AND EVENTS

November 4--Children's Literature Review Group, Annual Christmas Booktalk, BYU Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium, 4:00 pm. Free to the public. Held in conjunction with Children's Book Week 2002 and the BYU Bookstore sale on select Christmas titles. For questions, call Gabi Kupitz at 422-6735.

November 5--Randall Wright will be visiting Naylor Middle School, Tucson, Arizona, and will be guest at a Teachers Tea at the Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe.

November 7--Gloria Skurzynski will be visiting schools in Ogden.

November 8--Ken Baker will be visiting Pendergast Elementary in Phoenix, Arizona.

November 8--Gloria Skurzynski will be reading at BYU at noon, in the JKHB.

November 10--Gloria Skurzynski will be speaking in the Gould Auditorium, Marriott Library, U of U Campus, 3-5 pm. She will discuss the research and writing of her recent book, ROCKBUSTER.

November 13-16--Ron Woods will be making school and library presentations in Idaho, including Horseshoe Bend, the setting of THE HERO.

November 16--Randall Wright will be signing at Borders in Murray at 1:00 pm.

November 18--Randall Wright will be telling stories at the Orem Public Library, 7:00 pm.

November 21--Ken Baker will be doing a book signing and reading at the Fort Union Barnes & Noble.

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

November 22-December 23--Sherry Meidell's illustrations will be among those featured in the Bountiful/Davis Art Center's Annual Holiday Show.

November 23--Randall Wright will be signing at Borders in Provo, at 1:00 pm.

November 27--Julie Olson will be doing school visits at Evansville, IN.

November 30--Rick Walton will be reading at the Randall Museum in San Francisco, 11:30 am.

December 6--Children's Literature Review Group, Annual Christmas Book Bash (bring treats and favorite Christmas titles and your personal pick for the Newbery and Caldecott 2003--must be a title with 2002 copyright date). BYU Harold B. Lee Library, Farnsworth Juvenile Literature Library's Review Room, 4:00 pm.

January 8--Rick Walton will be one of the presenters at Midvale's Midvalley Elementary's Writers Workshop.

January 13--Rick Walton will be at Manila Elementary in Pleasant Grove.

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

March 21-22--UVSC Children's Literature Conference.

April 8--Rick Walton will be speaking to the Davis School District Librarians at Knowlton Elementary in Farmington, from 4-6 pm.


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REVIEWS

for Ron Woods' THE HERO

"...a wild ride, which leads Jamie to discover what it takes to be a hero and a man." LuAnn Staheli, Spanish Fork Press, Aug. 1, 2002

"...epic....we're left to wonder who is the real hero." Caleb Warnock, The Daily Herald, Aug. 12, 2002

"This is a great book." Chapter a Day Teen Online Book Club, Aug. 2, 2002

"...not just an adventure story....a thoughtful, and often moving
chronicle of a young boy's movement toward maturity....reminiscent of that other great 'raft on a river' novel, Huckleberry Finn....Ron Woods is a very able writer....his language is fresh and lively....The Hero is an interesting blend of hair raising suspense and a sort of quiet, philosophical introspection....a powerful, finely crafted story." Sharlee Glen, AML List, Aug. 2002

"...striking insights about the human condition....although it is meant for young people, the book's moral complexity makes it interesting for adults as well....asks serious questions about the way society defines heroic acts." Eli Briggs on "Friday Focus," KBSU NPR Radio, Boise, Idaho, Sep. 27, 2002

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LOOKING WAY AHEAD

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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