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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. Margaret McElderry, Ashley Bryant, Katherine Paterson, Lois Lowry, Robert Cormier, Virginia Hamilton and Kevin Henkes are previous Sayers Lecturers.

February 10, 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.

Sayers Lecturers

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

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 - Printable Order Form
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 Progny's Progress

1998 - Robert Cormier - Prowling the Dark Cellars of the Teenage Heart - and Finding Light There!"

Accompanying book: 1999/27 pages/softbound/$15 - Printable Order Form
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 - Printable Order Form
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 - Printable Order Form
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.

1995 - Ashley Bryant

1994 - Margaret McElderry
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