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Children's Literature Festival: 1979

Children's Literature Festival 1979

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Children's Literature Festival 1979


April 20-21, 1979


11th Annual Children's Literature Festival

Central Missouri State University
Warrensburg, Mo

Friday, April 20, 1979

9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.....Education Building

MEET THE AUTHORS

Gertrude Bell                                  Peter Zachary Cohen
Alberta Wilson Constant         Cena Christopher Draper

Jean C. George                                         David Harrison

 Isabelle Holland                                          Dean Hughes 

Jean Karl                                                     Robert C. Lee

David Melton                Charles and Elizabeth Schwartz

Zilpha K. Snyder                                                 Lisl Weil

 Rhoda Wooldridge                                          Wilma Yeo 

Book Sales...............................................................Gymnasium

Dinner
7:00 p.m..............................Hawthorn Room, University Union
Speaker.............................................................Isabelle Holland
Today's Children--Too Old To Be Young

Saturday, April 21, 1979
9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon.................................Education Building
Autograph Reception                                                                  
                                            Book Sales..............................................................Gymnasium                                             

ANNUAL CHILDREN'S LITERATURE LUNCHEON
12:30 p.m............................Hawthorn Room, University Union

Welcome........................................................... Dr. Robert Gard

Introduction of Guests........................................ Philip Sadler

Recognition of Contributions to Children's Literature

Cyril Clemens
Jean C. George
Jean Karl
David Melton
Charles and Elizabeth Schwartz
Zilpha K. Snyder
Lisl Weil

"Three, Four, Open the Door"...............................Jean Karl

Festival Committee

Patricia Barrows, Supervisor, Primary Grades, Laboratory School
Dr. Bette Cook, Head, Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology

Dorothy Daniel, Assistant, Laboratory School Library

Patricia Downing, Instructor in Library Science and Technology

Beula Neuhart, Supervisor, Middle Grades, Laboratory School

James Pullen, Associate Professor, Special Education, Guidance and Counseling

Gertrude Quibell, Supervisor, Middle Grades, Laboratory School

Dr. Kathleen Ranson, Professor, Teacher Education

Dr. Shela Snyder, Assistant Professor, Teacher Education

Ophelia Gilbert, Librarian, Laboratory School, Associate Director of the Children's Literature Festival

Philip Sadler, Assistant Professor, Children's Literature, Director of the Children's Literature Festival