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Featured Announcement
Author/Illustrator Eric Velasquez has won the Pura Belpre illustrator award for his book,
Grandma's Gift! A well deserved honor, Eric unveiled and read, for the first time,
Grandma's Gift at a book launch on the campus of NJCU on November 2, 2010!
Upcoming Events
For more details about any of the events below, please contact Ms. Jeanine Joyce at 201-200-3548 or weisscenter@njcu.edu.
FORTHCOMING
Thursdays, July 26, August 2, August 9, and August 16, 2012
STORY TIME
Story Time is for youngsters ages 4-8.
All youngsters must be accompanied by an adult. Space is limited. Preregistration is required.
There is no registration fee. Prompt arrival is important.
Time: 9:00-9:45 a.m.
Date:
July 26, August 2, August 9, and August 16, 2012
Location: M. Jerry Weiss Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Click here for directions)
To learn more, click here.
Click here to register for Story Time.
July 2012
Eric Velasquez, author of Grandma's Records
and Grandma's Gift
1st Annual Children's Picturebook Illustration Summer Intensive
July 2012, More details to follow.
Previous Events This Academic Year
Monday, October 3, 2011 - Friday, October 11, 2011
William Low and NJCU Art Students
Art Exhibit Featuring Illustrations Created by NJCU Students at Ellis Island
Monday, October 3: Opening Reception for the Art Exhibit
Location: Gilligan Student Union Building Art Gallery (Click
here
for directions)
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
WEISS CENTER'S 5th ANNIVERSARY
Richie Narvaez (NJCU English adjunct), Carlos Hernandez, and Sergio Troncoso, contributors to
You Don't Have a Clue: Latino Mystery Stories for Teens (
Arte Publico Press)
Time: Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Reading and discussion, professional development, book signing
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Daniel Nayeri, author of Strawhouse, Woodhouse, Brickhouse, Blow
and co-author of Another Pan
and Another Faust
(
Candlewick Press
)
Time: Thursday, October 13, 2011, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Gothic Lounge, Hepburn Hall 202 (Click here for directions)
Lecture, professional development, book signing, and discussion
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Co-Sponorsed by the English Department
Sergio Troncoso, author of the forthcoming
From T
his Wicked Patch of Dust (University of Arizona Press) and
Crossing Borders: Personal Essays (Arte Publico Press)
Time: Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 7:00 pm
Lecture and book discussion, book signing
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
C. Alexander London, author of
We are Not Eaten by Yaks and the forthcoming
We Dine with Cannibals of the
Accidental Adventures (Navel Twins) series
(Philomel Books)
Time: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Gothic Lounge, Hepburn Hall 202 (Click here for directions)
Lecture, professional development, book signing, and discussion
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Time: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Lecture, professional development, book signing, and discussion
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
5th Anniversary Lecture Series
Laura Godwin, author of
One Moon, Two Cats
Time: Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Lecture, professional development, book signing, and discussion
Previous Events in 2010-2011 Academic Year
Mike Wimmer, well known illustrator, for our first Children's Picturebook Summer Intensive (co-sponsored by the Friends of Illustration), July 11-14, 2011
Mike Wimmer, well known illustrator, for our first Children's Picturebook Summer Intensive (co-sponsored by the Friends of Illustration), July 11-14, 2011
Sarah Cortez, Richie Narvaez, Carlos Hernandez, and Sergio Troncoso, contributors to
You Don't Have a Clue: Latino Mystery Stories for Teens published by Artie Publico (Co-Sponsored with the English Department), Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Yvonne Thornton, Medical Doctor and Author of
Something to Prove
and
The Ditch-Digger's Daughter (Co-Sponsored with the
Pathways to Wellness Committee), Wednesday, April 13, 2011
William Low, Illustrator/Author of Old Penn Station, Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Walter Dean Myers, Co-Author of Kick and notable author of many other titles, Monday, April 4, 2011 (University Lecture Series) Tonya Bolden, Author of Finding Family, March 22, 2011 T. A. Barron, Author, September 23, 2010
Sarah Cortez, Richie Narvaez, Carlos Hernandez, and Sergio Troncoso, contributors to
You Don't Have a Clue: Latino Mystery Stories for Teens published by Artie Publico (Co-Sponsored with the English Department), Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Yvonne Thornton, Medical Doctor and Author of
Something to Prove
and
The Ditch-Digger's Daughter (Co-Sponsored with the
Pathways to Wellness Committee), Wednesday, April 13, 2011
William Low, Illustrator/Author of Old Penn Station, Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Walter Dean Myers, Co-Author of Kick and notable author of many other titles, Monday, April 4, 2011 (University Lecture Series) Tonya Bolden, Author of Finding Family, March 22, 2011 T. A. Barron, Author, September 23, 2010
Speakers from Previous Academic Years
(in alphabetical order) Mohieddine Ellabbad, author of The Illustrator's Notebook
Paul Fleischman, author of
Seedfolks
and other titles
Gregory Galloway, author of
As Simple as Snow
Mel Glenn, author of
Who Killed Mr. Chippendale
and
Jump Ball
Betsy Lewin, illustrator of Doreen Cronin's
Click, Clack, Moo
and other titles
Ted Lewin, author/illustrator (along with Betsy Lewin) of multiple non-fiction titles Peter Maloney and Felicia Zekauskas, author/illustrator of Redbird at Rockefeller Center , Belly Button Boy , The Magic Hockey Stick , among other titles Todd Strasser, author of If I Grow Up , Give a Boy a Gun , T he Wave , Can't Get There from Here , and other notable titles Mark Teague, author of the LaRue books ( LaRue for Mayor ) among many other titles Laura Vaccaro Seeger, author of Dog and Bear books among many other titles Jacqueline Woodson, author of Feathers, If You Come Softly , Behind You, and other notable titles
Announcements
Advisory Board Member, Walter Dean Myers, and Honorary Board Member, Jerry Pinkney, win awards:
(Excerpts cited from linked websites)
Walter Dean Myers - first winner of Coretta Scott King-Virgina Hamilton Award (ALA)
Walter Dean Myers is the winner of the first Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The announcement was made today by the American Library Association (ALA), during the ALA Midwinter Meeting held Jan. 15 – 19 in Boston. F
or full article, click here:
Jerry Pinkney - winner of 2010 Caldecott Award (ALA)
Rebecca Stead, author of “When You Reach Me” and Jerry Pinkney, illustrator of “The Lion & the Mouse,” are the 2010 winners of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott Medals, the most prestigious awards in children’s literature. Rebecca Stead and Jerry Pinkney were among the award winners announced Jan. 18 by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston, Jan. 15 - 19. The Newbery and Caldecott Medals honor outstanding writing and illustration of works published in the United States during the previous year. For full article, click here:
http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2010/
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