5th Annual Reading the World Conference
A Conference Celebrating Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults
University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, 94117
March 1-2, 2003
Featuring:

Caldecott Winners: Leo & Diane Dillon and Gerald McDermott
Poets: Pat Mora and Naomi Shihab Nye
Author/Illustrator: Hudson Talbott
Pura Belpre Winner: Alma Flor Ada
Hans Christian Andersen Award Winner: Ana Maria Machado
Critic/Author: Herb Kohl
Tribute to Virginia Hamilton by Effie Lee Morris

Plus 40 workshops by educators, librarians, authors, illustrators and scholars in the field of children's literature

Bookstore and author signings

Celebratory dinner on Saturday evening and much more!

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This conference is sponsored by the
Center for Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults at the University of San Francisco.