Inventing Worlds Imaginary and Real - Youth literature debut

June 17-19, 2010 

Campus Center  - UH Manoa 

Children’s Literature Hawai‘i and the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa present: 

The 15th Biennial Conference on Literature and Hawai‘i’s Children  

This three-day conference is a celebration for parents, teachers, librarians, writers, illustrators, and others interested in children’s literature. Since 1982, internationally recognized authors and illustrators have inspired and educated participants at the conference, which is the longest running event in Hawai‘i exclusively devoted to literature for children. The Fifteenth Biennial Conference features Newbery Award winner Linda Sue Park and Caldecott Award winner Brian Selznick. 

The conference consists of three strands of presentations and discussions, which you may interweave to suit your particular interests: 

 •Interpreting Literature - emphasizes different ways of reading children’s literature. 

 •Using Literature - provides activities to use with children at home, at school, or at the library.

•Creating Literature - helps you produceand publish your own work.

Session descriptions follow; more detailed information will be provided in the conference packet. Please note the one-day sessions for teenagers and the Saturday afternoon “Story Magic” Children’s Activities!