Children’s Literature Hawai‘i and the University of Hawai‘i at M¯anoa present The Fifteenth Biennial Conference on Literature and Hawai‘i’s Children June 17-19, 2010 Inventing Worlds, Campus Center University of Hawai‘i at Manoa,¯ Imaginary AND Real Honolulu his three-day conference is a celebration for parents, teachers, librarians, writers, illustrators, and T 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: Authors and Illustrators Featured at Past Conferences: Eleanor Cameron Lois Lowry and • Interpreting Literature emphasizes different and Peter Spier (1982) Trina Schart Hyman (1996) ways of reading children’s literature. Jane Yolen and Eve Bunting and Arnold Lobel (1984) Dennis Nolan (1998) • Using Literature provides activities to use with Jean Fritz and Patricia MacLachlan children at home, at school, or at the library. Michael Hague (1986) and Ed Young (2000) • Creating Literature helps you produce Katherine Paterson and Christopher Paul Curtis Nancy Ekholm Burkert (1988) and William Joyce (2002) and publish your own work. Patricia Wrightson Nancy Willard and Session descriptions follow; more detailed and José Aruego (1990) Paul O. Zelinsky (2004) information will be provided in the conference Susan Cooper and Karen Hesse and packet. Please note the one-day sessions for Gerald McDermott (1992) Jerry Pinkney (2006) teenagers and the Saturday afternoon “Story Magic” Laurence Yep and Ralph Fletcher and Tomie dePaola (1994) Barry Moser (2008) Children’s Activities! bout OUR A Special Guests Linda Sue Park Brian Selznick Linda Sue Park was born in Brian Selznick was born in Urbana, Illinois, on March 25, East Brunswick, New Jersey, 1960, and grew up outside on July 14, 1966. He has a Chicago. The daughter of sister who is a teacher, a Korean immigrants, she has brother who is a brain sur- been writing poems and sto- geon, five nephews and one ries since she was four years niece. old; her favorite thing to do Brian studied at the Rhode as a child was read. Island School of Design, and Linda Sue wrote her first he was interested in becom- published poem at age four; during elementary and high ing a set designer for the theater. school, she had several more poems published in magazines After graduating from college, he worked at Eeyore’s Books for children and young people. She went to Stanford Univer- for Children in New York City. Brian says that while working at sity, competed for the gymnastics team, and graduated with the bookstore, he learned all about children’s books from his a degree in English. Then she took a job as a public-relations boss, Steve Geck, who is now a children’s book editor. While writer for a major oil company. he was working at Eeyore’s he painted the windows for all the When a handsome Irishman swept her off her feet in 1983, holidays and also designed the windows for book events. Linda Sue left her job and moved to Dublin. She studied In 1991, while still working at the bookstore in Manhattan, literature, moved to London, worked for an advertising Brian’s first book, The Houdini Box, was published. He wrote agency, married that Irishman, had a baby, taught English and illustrated this book. Since then, his books have won as a Second Language to college students, worked as a food many awards and distinctions including the Caldecott Medal, journalist, and had another baby. the Caldecott Honor, the Texas Bluebonnet Award, the Rhode In 1990, she and her family moved back to the U.S. Linda Island Children’s Book Award, the Christopher Award, an Sue continued teaching English to foreign students. In 1997, ALA Notable Children’s Book, a Book Sense Honor Book, she started writing her first book, Seesaw Girl. It was accepted and a Robert F. Sibert Honor. that same year and published in 1999. Brian writes and illustrates his own books such as the Calde- The Kite Fighters came out in 2000. This was especially excit- cott-winning The Invention of Hugo Cabret, and he also illus- ing because the chapter-heading illustrations were done by trates books for other authors. This distinguished list includes: Linda Sue’s dad. Frindle by Andrew Clements, The Doll People by Ann Martin A Single Shard was published in March 2001 and was award- and Laura Godwin, Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam ed the 2002 Newbery Medal. Since then, Linda Sue has pub- Muñoz Ryan, and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by lished several other novels, as well as picture books, poems Barbara Kerley, which received a 2001 Caldecott Honor. and short stories. Brian lives in Brooklyn, New York, and San Diego, California. Linda Sue now lives in upstate New York with the Irish- He also travels to do research for his books. He has been to man, their two children, and a Border Terrier named Fergus. France and England and even lived in Washington, D. C., for Besides reading and writing, Linda Sue likes to cook, travel, six months while working on the book When Marian Sang. watch movies, and do the New York Times crossword puzzles Brian continues to be a monster movie fan (as a kid his fa- (daily and Sunday). She enjoys baseball and soccer (watch- vorite was “The Phantom of the Opera”), and he still loves to ing); board games (playing Scrabble and trivia games are her dress up for Halloween. favorites); and video games like Tetris and Dr. Mario. SCHEDULE of EVENTS A SESSIONS Friday, June 18, 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Thursday, June 17 SPECIAL PROFESSIONAL INTERPRETING LITERATURE interested and involved in the Opening Festivities SESSION Hunting Snarks and world the author has created. 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. A3 Boojums: Tracking, Michael W. Limatoc, English, A1 Illustrating Children’s Capturing and University of Hawai‘i at M¯anoa Celebrate children’s literature with Literature Identifying Comics an evening’s festivities for the whole CREATING LITERATURE Brian Selznick Much is not known about this family, including a performance by Setting: The Heart of the the Young Women’s Korean Drum $25 FEE REQUIRED strange species referred to as Story Dancers, presentations by special ($20 FOR CLH MEMBERS) “comics.” In this session, the guests Linda Sue Park and Brian speaker takes the audience A4 This is an interactive writ- Selznick, and adaptations from our ing workshop suitable for guests’ works by Nyla Fujii-Babb, through a short history of comics, Yuki Shiroma, and Vicky Dworkin. from cave paintings and hiero- writers age 12 to adult, working Admission is free. glyphics to the many varieties of in fiction, memoir, and narrative “sequential art” available today. non-fiction. We will explore how Friday, June 18 The interactive presentation solicits to craft a setting that is integral to 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. responses to the question “what is the lives of the characters and en- a comic?” to bring the audience hances the action of the plot using 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. to an improved understanding of group activities and discussion, Vendor and Display Area what the medium comprises, and individual writing exercises, and 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. the wide spectrum of its educa- readings from Heart of a Shep- Illustration from The Invention of Hugo Cabret tional uses. Registration and Packet Pickup copyrightq2007 by Brian Selznick. herd by Rosanne Parry and Diary Reproduced by permission of the artist. John McClain, English, Univer- 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman sity of Hawai‘i at M¯anoa Alexie. Welcome by Christine So- INTERPRETING LITERATURE rensen, Dean, College of and Rosanne Parry, Teacher and Education, University of A Silent Film on Paper: Author, Random House—Saturday A2 The Invention of Hugo On Wings of Flame: The Academy Hawai‘i at Manoa¯ Cabret Varying Roles of Dragons 8:45 – 10:00 a.m. in the Fantasy Genre In The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Keynote Address: Brian Selznick seeks to convey the This session will examine three Linda Sue Park wonder of silent film in the form of very different roles that dragons 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. a book filled with pages of word- play in fantasy literature: reli- Response Groups (adults) less pictures interspersed with text. gious/supernatural icon, beasts of burden strictly for human purpos- Hugo is an orphan hidden in a 10:15 – 12:30 p.m. es, and destructive force of nature train station, stealing to survive. Teen Writing Workshop: that human beings are meant to This session explores Selznick’s Linda Sue Park conquer and overcome. We will use of visual and textual referenc- (see Teen Track description) not only explore these themes in es to iconic images of early film, modern fantasy literature but also 10:45 – 11:00 a.m. especially Georges Méliès and his Break (adults) delve into historical myths and dreamlike 1902 film “A Trip to the legends where these themes are 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Moon.” also prevalent. In doing so, we Presentations, Vicky Dworkin, Hawai‘i State will consider the importance of Illustration from The Invention of Hugo Cabret Discussions, and Library, Edna Allyn Room for research in writing, even in a fan- copyrightq2007 by Brian Selznick.