2012 Children's Literature Festival, March 18-20, 2012   Tags: authors, children's_literature_festival, illustrators  

44th Annual

 Children's Literature Festival

For Children in Grades 4-10

2012 Festival

dates are: 

March 18, 19 & 20

Registration Fees
Adults: $15.00 and Children: $8.00

Sunday Luncheon $25.00

Pre-Registration for all festival events required

For More Information:

Naomi Williamson

Telephone: 660-543-4306

Email: clfreg@ucmo.edu

2444 James C. Kirkpatrick Library
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg MO 64093

New author added to replace cancellations - Leslie Wyatt, see below 

C. S. Adler

William Anderson

Marlene Brill

Elizabeth Bunce

Elisa Carbone

Janet Carey

Joan Carris  Cancelled

Mary Casanova

Henry Cole

Sneed B. Collard

Jan Greenberg

Mary Downing Hahn

Cheryl Harness

David Harrison

Patricia Hermes

Ard Hoyt

Jeanette Ingold

Antony John - Sunday & Monday only

Veda Boyd Jones

Brian Katcher

Claudia Mills

Dorinda Nicholson

Barbara Robinson has cancelled

Lois Ruby

Ruth Sanderson

Brenda Seabrooke has cancelled

Marie Smith

Roland Smith

Brad Sneed

Mike Spradlin

Stephanie Tolan

Roderick Townley

Terry Trueman

Vivian Vande Velde

June Rae Wood

Leslie Wyatt

Judy Young

If you have questions

about the festival

please email

Naomi Williamson at:

clfreg@ucmo.edu

Information regarding

 the 2012 festival

 will be mailed on

 January 3, 2012. 

 Registration begins 

 January 4, 2012

Use the tabs above

to access the

festival brochure 

and

registration form

Featured speakers at the luncheon will be

Mary Casanova and Ard Hoyt,

 winners of the

2010 Show Me Award

 for Some Dog

They will speak on the theme

 "Read Like an Outlaw!!"

Want to work

 as a volunteer at the

 2012 festival?

Contact Carol Smith at:

csmith@ucmo.edu

Marlene Brill will present

a workshop on:

Sense of Place in Writing

Brill will talk about how researching & writing more locally these days has inspired and enriched her stories.  She will give an overview of her journey into writing & connect readings with where the information originated with some tips for teachers.