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The 5th Annual Reading the World Conference will take place at the University of San Francisco on March 1-2, 2003. The conference planning committee has assembled one of the most distinguished cadre of multicultural children literature authors, artists, speakers and presenters that is unparalleled to date at any conference of this nature. READING THE WORLD: A Conference celebrating multicultural literature for children and young adults has a track record of creating excellent events. This 2003 Conference on March 1st and 2nd at the University of San Francisco will be an extraordinary, once in a lifetime event. For exceptional circumstances, specifically the vision and generosity of the International

Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) the original group of presenters which includes:

• Caldecott Award Winners: Lee and Diane Dillon
• Caldecott Award winner: Gerald McDermott
• Poets: Naomi Shihab Nye and Pat Mora
• Author-Illustrator: Hudson Talbott
• Author-educator: Herb Kohl
• Pura Belpré Award Winner: Alma Flor Ada

and a number of other authors including Ji-Li JIan, Millyy Lee, Walter Mayes, Ruth Stotter, Audrey Shabbas, Melba Patillo-Beals will be enriched with a winner of the Andersen Award (the Nobel Price of Children’s Literatute), who will be the dinner speaker:

•Andersen Award Winner: Ana María Machado (from Brazil) as well as authors, illustrators and scholars from many countries around the world including:
•Yunko Yokota – who will moderate the round table of the international speakers
•Jane Gilchrist – Library of Congress
•Barbara Schariotih – Germany, International Youth Library, Munich
•Liliana Santirso –Mexico/New Zealand
•Pablo Barreda – Fundación G. Sánchez Ruipérez, Salamanca, Spain

plus representatives from Ukraine, Slovenia, Iran, and several other countries. There will be more than 40 workshops -Please go to the following URL, www.soe.usfca.edu/childlit and consult the full conference program, obtain registration information, and learn about logistical information for the conference, such as, lodging, transportation, parking, etc. Group Registration Discounts are available for 5 or more teachers coming from the same school, and ever greater discounts for larger groups.

You may also contact the following individuals for additional information:
Beverly Voughn Hock, Conference Chair, bevvhock@erthlink.net
Christianne Gautier, Conference Registrar, (415) 422-5110; rtwconf@socrates.usfca.edu
Barbara Hood, Assistant Conference Registrar, (415) 422-6878; hood@usfca.edu

Looking forward seeing you there and thanking you for sharing this information with others,

All the best,