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17th Annual
Hubbs Children's Literature Conference
8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
February 28, 2009
O'Shaughnessy Educational Center
University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, Minnesota
The 17th Annual Hubbs Children's Literature Conference is an annual event for teachers, parents, students, librarians and anyone interested in quality children's literature. Continuing education credits are available.
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Schedule
8:30 - 9 a.m.
Registration and check-in at O'Shaughnessy Educational Center, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Campus
9 - 10 a.m.
Hubbs featured speaker Carole Boston Weatherford
10 - 10:30 a.m.
Break and book signing
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Hubbs featured speaker Warren Hanson
11:30 a.m. - noon
Break and book signing
Noon - 12:50 p.m.
Lunch
1 - 1:50 p.m.
Breakout Sessions 1
2 - 2:50 p.m.
Breakout Sessions 2
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Participants sign up for breakout sessions during conference check-in. Please have a first and second choice ready. Breakout sessions are limited to 25 participants.
All breakout sessions, including those conducted by featured speakers, will be offered at both 1 and 2 p.m.
Featured Breakout Sessions
A conversation with Carole Boston Weatherford
Bending Genres, Bridging Generations
Award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford discusses how she uses poetry to celebrate history and heroes.Through poetry and prose, Carole Boston Weatherford celebrates family ties, fading traditions and forgotten struggles. Her 30-plus books have garnered many honors. Her latest title and her young adult debut, the fictional verse memoir Becoming Billie Holiday, pays tribute to the jazz legend who is her muse. Birmingham, 1963, a fictional eyewitness account of a KKK church bombing, won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, the Jefferson Cup, Jane Assams Children's Literature Award Honor. and the The Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry Honor. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, which traces Tubman's faith journey, won a Caldecott Honor, the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration and the NAACP Image Award. Two of her titles--Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People and Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins--won the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award. The recipient of the Ragan Rubin Award from North Carolina English Teachers Association, Carole teaches children's and adolescent literature at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. The Baltimore native holds an M.A. from the University of Baltimore and M.F.A. from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.
A conversation with Warren Hanson
Making It Up, Then Making It Real
Warren Hanson has spent his long career using his imagination. But he can't stop there. Those wonderful ideas we all have must get put into a form that people can see and understand and believe. Come and hear Warren's freewheeling presentation about where his ideas come from, how he takes care of them to make them grow, and how he finally turns them into books for everyone to enjoy.
Breakout Sessions
Top Picks for 2009
Donna Nix, reference/curriculum librarian in Keffer Library, University of St. Thomas
Attend this session to learn about the award-winning children's and young adult books for 2009. Donna Nix will introduce you to the award winners and selected honor books for the Caldecott, Newbery and other American Library Association Awards for this year.
New Multicultural Books: Books and Ideas for Teaching about Diversity: Elementary and Middle School
Sally Hunter, author and associate professor, University of St. Thomas
Join Sally Hunter, an Anishinabe (Ojibway) from White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, for a discussion of dynamic multicultural books, bilingual books and books dealing with diversity and social justice for children.
Becoming a Professional Writer
Heather Bouwman, author and associate professor, University of St. Thomas
Heather Bouwman, who published this year her first children's novel, The Remarkable & Very True Story of Lucy & Snowcap, will talk about ways to approach one's own writing (and to keep writing ove the long haul). She will also speak about the publication process - both for those who would like to publish someday and for those who just want to learn more about how a book moves from idea to finished product.
A Story-Writing Recipe for Kids
Lisa Bullard, author
Award-winning author Lisa Bullard presents several activities to jumpstart student story-writing. The activities have all been "kid-tested and teacher-approved" during Bullard's many years of making author visits, and focus on creating characters, building story conflict, and developing problem-solving skills.
Creative Story Telling
Aimee Bryant, spoken word artist
Aimee Bryant will deconstruct a familiar piece of children's literature, utilizing it as a spring-board for poetry, self-generated storytelling, and song creation. Participants will gain insight and ideas for applying these techniques for either classroom or community involvement application
Following your Passion Around Education and Childhood Literacy
JoAnne Pastel and Kakie Fitzsimmons, authors
Hear from the award winning authors of the Bur Bur and Friends children's books series who followed their dreams after discovering an unfulfilled niche in the market. Bur Bur and Friends is an award winning book series that uses a cast of multicultural characters who educate kids about sports and outdoor exploration through their experiences. Pastel and Fitzsimmons launched their brand at the Mall of America in 2007 and have received national media attention for this concept. In this session, they will share information about their journey and how following their passion led to success.
