Concurrent Session 1
0 Welcome To the Thirty-Sixth Annual Children’s Literature Association Conference For the third time, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte welcomes you to the 36th annual Children’s Literature Association Conference held in Charlotte, North Carolina. In the world of children’s literature, the number three has special connotations. The third pig has the best house, the third wish is the best wish, and the third bear has the best stuff. Thus, in keeping with this tradition, the theme for this year’s conference is: The Best of Three Sponsored by: The Children’s Literature Association UNC Charlotte’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences3 UNC Charlotte’s Department of English UNC Charlotte’s Uptown Center ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center The Levin Museum of the New South Conference Organizers Co-Directors: Mark I. West and Paula T. Connolly Paper Selection Committee: Elizabeth Gargano, Michelle Martin, and Laureen Tedesco Publication and Web Site Designer: Tammy Mielke Special thanks for to the following people who helped make the conference possible: Dr. Nancy A. Gutierrez, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UNC Charlotte Dr. Malin Pereira, Chair, English Department, UNC Charlotte Dr. Bill Siegfried, Director, UNC Charlotte Uptown Center Ms. Lois Kilkka, Library Manager, ImaginOn Dr. Tom Hanchett, Staff Historian, Levine Museum of the New South and, above all others, Ms. Kathy Kiessling, ChLA Administrator 1 ChLA Officers and Executive Board Officers Adrienne Kertzer, University of Calgary, President Martha Hixon, Middle Tennessee State University, Past President Lisa Rowe Fraustino, Eastern Connecticut State University, Vice-President, President-Elect Kathryn Graham, Virginia Tech, Secretary Mike Cadden, Missouri Western State University, Treasurer Board Members Karen Coats, Illinois State University Paula Connolly, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Leona Fisher, Georgetown University Tina Hanlon, Ferrum College Rosemary Ross Johnston, University of Technology Sydney Kara Keeling, Christopher Newport University Michelle H.
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