Frances Clarke Sayers Lecture Series
This lecture series honors Frances Clarke Sayers (1897-1989), distinguished children’s librarian, inspiring master teacher, author, storyteller, and member of the UCLA Department of Library and Information Science faculty from 1960-1989.
February 12, 2012 - Allen Say, Caldecott Medal recipient and author of Home of the Brave - Event Flyer
2011 - A film screening of Library of the Early Mind: A grown-up look at the art of children's literature, followed by a question and answer with the Director, Edward J. Delaney
2010 - Jules Feiffer
2009 - Brian Selznick, winner of the 2008 Caldecott Medal for The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
2008 - A Celebration of Award-Winning Southern California Authors and Illustrators - A conversation moderated by Michael Cart with Caldecott medalist David Diaz, Newberry medalist Sid Fleischman, and Newberry medalist Cynthia Kadohata. - Photos from the 2008 lecture - Frances Clarke Sayers Lecture Brings Children's Authors and Illustrators to UCLA (GSE&IS Forum Winter 2009)
2007 - Chris Raschka - Looking for a Visual Voice: Trying to Find the Style That Supports the Text
2006 - Linda Sue Park - Writing for Children: A Responsibility and an Art?
2005 - Jim Murphy - The Accidental Book
2004 - Sharon Creech - The Words We Choose to Say
2003 - Richard Peck - Preparing the Literate for Change
2002 - Walter Dean Myers
2001 - Kevin Henkes
2000 - David Macaulay - The Road to Rome
Accompanying book: 2000/96 pages/softbound/$40
For many completed works, writers produce early drafts which never make it to print. Not so with David Macaulay, however. This book beautifully captures 50 of the preliminary illustrations that eventually evolved into Macaulay¹s recent work Rome Antics.
1999 - Virginia Hamilton - Looking for America: A Progeny's Progress
1998 - Robert Cormier - Prowling the Dark Cellars of the Teenage Heart - and Finding Light There!
Accompanying book: 1999/27 pages/softbound/$15
In this lecture delivered in 1998, Robert Cormier touches on death and life-changing incidents from his childhood that later influenced his writings. Among Cormier¹s most well-known works are The Chocolate War, I Am the Cheese, and Heroes.
1997 - Lois Lowry - One Small Thread
Accompanying book: 2000/27 pages/softbound/$15
Reminiscing about her childhood and the "bridges" all people must cross as they grow older, Lois Lowry describes the importance of books like The Yearling, Charlotte¹s Web, and her own The Giver. Lowry¹s other works include Autumn Street, Number the Stars, and the Anastasia Krupnik series.
1996 - Katherine Paterson - Still Summoned by Books
Accompanying book: 1998/31 pages/softbound/$15
Calling books "touchable treasures," Katherine Paterson celebrates the power of reading and literature. Paterson is the author of Jacob Have I Loved, Bridge to Terabithia, The Master Puppeteer, and The Great Gilly Hopkins.
