The ACKERMAN / TELL Summer 1998 Conference

The ACKERMAN / TELL Summer 1998 Conference on Democratic Citizenship and Literature for Youth. This year's theme is "Coming to America: Ethnicity and Citizenship." The site includes information about the conference and a call for papers. The conference is coordinated by Jill May. http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/~may1/TELL/acker.html

Conference in Salisbury, Maryland July 12-14 2000. With Eleanora Tate, Jack Gantos, Pat Mora ... The conference will also feature the International Board on Books for Youth's "Outstanding Books for Children with Disabilities" exhibit. http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~elbond/conference.htm

University of Southern Mississippi's Children's Book Festival. In 1999, the Festival will be held on March 24-26. Speakers include Russell Freedman, Kevin Henkes, and Pat Cummings. http://avatar.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/CBF.htm

The Ohio State University's Annual Children's Literature conference. This year's conference takes place in early Feb. lasting three days with 2000 participants. http://home.earthlink.net/~elbond/lc.html

The 1999 Third Biennial Conference on Modern Critical Approaches to Children's Literature was held March 25, 26, & 27. The keynote speaker was Peter Hunt. The conference hotel is the ClubHouse Inn ($79 for a single and $89 for a double). Registration fee $55. http://www.mtsu.edu/~wolf/cl/home.html

Shenandoah University's Children's Literature Conferences take place in July. In 1997 there were two four day sessions. Speakers included Mem Fox, Shonto Begay, Russell Freedman, and James Ransome. http://www.su.edu/academic/clc/clcmain.htm

The Eighth Montreal Conference on Children's Literature will take place on April 17-18, 1999 at Vanier College in St-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. The keynote speaker is Philip Pullman. Other speakers include Joan Bodger, Janet Lunn, Tim Wynne-Jones, and storyteller Mike Burns. http://members.xoom.com/ChildLitConf

The longest-running multicultural children's literature conference. The conference is held each April at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This year's speakers include Jerry Pinkney, Julius Lester, and Nikki Grimes.

http://www.kent.edu/virginiahamiltonconf/index.htm

Programs and Courses

Children's Literature ELED 408: Salisbury State University

http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~elbond/408.htm

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/childlit/edirectory.htm 

Includes online classes of interest to both young writers and writers of young adult fiction. http://www.paintedrock.com/index.html

Includes lecture notes. http://lupus.northern.edu:90/hastingw/kidlitpg.htm#lecture

http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~elbond/409.htm