Conference Program

IBBY Regional Conference Program
11th IBBY Regional Conference
Through the Looking Glass:
Exploring the Wonderland of International Children's Literature
The Léman Manhattan Preparatory School
New York City - October 16-18, 2015
Introduction
As this program leads you "through the looking glass" of the 11th IBBY Regional Conference in
search of books, ideas, and people who both reflect similar ideas and present unique perspectives
around children's literature, we invite you to enter with an imagination that has no boundaries.
-Janelle Mathis, USBBY President
1:00-6:00
Thursday, October 15, 2015
USBBY Board Meeting……………………….Broad Street Ballroom Conference Room
Friday, October 16, 2015
10:00-12:00
2:00-4:00
2:00
4:30
4:30-9:00
4:30-7:00
4:30-7:00
5:30-7:00
7:00
7:30
7:45
8:15
Pre-Conference Tour: Picture Book Bohemia: A Children’s Walking Tour of Greenwich
Village with Leonard Marcus - Preregistration Required
Pre-Conference Event: Jane Addams Book Award Ceremony held at the Jane
Addams Peace Association Headquarters, 777 United Nations Plaza
no registration required for this free event
Volunteer Meeting…………………………………………………Broad Street Ballroom
Ballroom Gallery Open
Registration……………………………………………………………….Broad Street Ballroom
Exhibits and Poster Sessions……………………………………………Broad Street Ballroom
Bookstore Open………………………………………………………….Broad Street Ballroom
Social Gathering, Poster Sessions, Buffet dinner, Cash bar…………Broad Street Ballroom
FIRST GENERAL SESSION…………………………………………….Broad Street Ballroom
Welcome and Introductions: Janelle Mathis, USBBY President
Recognition of speakers, local authors, Executive Board and IBBY guests
IBBY Welcoming Remarks: Wally de Doncker, IBBY President
Anaarestan Exhibition with Dr. Christiane Raabe, Director, International Youth Library
Introduction of Kate DiCamillo: Luann Toth…………………………Broad Street Ballroom
A Conversation with Kate DiCamillo, National Ambassador for
Young People's Literature
Introduction of Local Authors…………………………………………..Broad Street Ballroom
Celebration of New York Authors/Illustrators Roundtables…………Broad Street Ballroom
Autographing: Kate DiCamillo and local authors…………………Broad Street Ballroom
©Lisbeth Zwerger from ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Published by minedition
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Léman Manhattan Upper School, 1 Morris Street
6:30-8:00
7:30-8:15
7:30-8:30
7:30-8:30
8:30
9:00
10:00-10:30
Breakfast on Your Own
Registration…………………………………………………………………….Gallery 19th Floor
Bookstore Open…………………………………………………………..Gallery 19th Floor
Meet and Greet……………………………………..Network Commons Reception Area
outside Auditorium 21st Floor
SECOND GENERAL SESSION
Presiding: Doris Gebel, Conference Chairperson……….Auditorium 21st Floor
IBBY Activities and Projects: Liz Page, IBBY Executive Director
Introduction of Speaker: Kathy Short
From Wonderland to the Lands Beyond………………………….Auditorium 21st Floor
Alice, Milo and the Freedom to be a Child-Leonard Marcus
Morning Break…………………………………………………………….Gallery 19th Floor
Bookstore Open…………………………………………………………..Gallery 19th Floor
Thank you to Eerdmans Books for Young Readers and Publisher Spotlight for
co-sponsoring the break
Network Commons………………………………….Reception Area outside Auditorium
Autographing: Leonard Marcus and Authors from Breakout Session A…..Auditorium
10:30-11:30
Floor
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A-12
BREAKOUT SESSIONS A……………………………………….Classrooms on 21st
All Things Alice……………………………………………………………………………Room 1
Exploring the Landscape of War………………………………………………………..Room 2
Inuit Cultural Identity and Preservation through Children’s Literature………………Room 3
Lost in Translation: Searching for Pippi and Pinocchio………………………………..Room 4
The Missing Ingredient in International
Children’s and YA Publishing: Nonfiction……………………………………..Room 5
Publishing International Books in the United States:
A Wonderland of Opportunity………………………………………………….Room 6
Reflections of Diverse LGBTQ Experiences in Children's and
Young Adult Literature…………………………………………………………..Room 7
Stepping through the Looking Glass: the Lifetime Impact of the
Short-Term Children’s Literature Study Abroad………………………………Room 8
Stewards of Our Wonderland: Reading Globally, Greening Locally………………..Room 9
Verse Novels: Crossing Borders………………………………………………………..Room 10
White Ravens and the International Youth Library…………………………………..Room 11
Wild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature: Secret Lives,
Scandalous Turns, and Some Very Funny Surprises…………………………Room 12
©Lisbeth Zwerger from ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Published by minedition
11:45-12:45
12:45-2:00
THIRD GENERAL SESSION……………………………………………Auditorium 21st Floor
Presiding and Introduction of Speakers: Patsy Aldana, HCA Jury Pres
Recognition of Mr. Kang and the Minn Family, sponsors of the IBBY HCA Award
A Conversation about Illustration
Moderated by Paul O. Zelinsky, Illustrators: Roger Mello (Brazil),
François Place (France), and Lisbeth Zwerger (Austria)
Lunch…………………………………………………………………………Café 22nd Floor
State Ambassadors Meeting………………………………………..Commodore’s Room
The USBBY State Ambassadors will meet together to share ideas, discuss aspects of
the program, and offer suggestions of ways to enhance the role of the State
Ambassadors. Anyone interested in learning more about the State Ambassador
program is welcome to attend. The meeting will be conducted by Evie Freeman and
Kathy Short, co-chairs.
Lunch ‘n Chat for Students, Recent Grads and First Time Members….Café 22nd Floor
Are you new to USBBY? Do you want to know more about how our national section
works to support IBBY? Join Marion Rocco, Lauren Liang and Wendy Stephens for an
informative meeting about the opportunities available to you as an active member of
the organization.
1:30-2:00
Autographing: Roger Mello, François Place, Lisbeth Zwerger, Paul Zelinsky and
authors from Breakout Session B………………………….Auditorium 21st Floor
2:00-3:00
FOURTH GENERAL SESSION…………………………………….Auditorium 21st Floor
Presiding and Introduction of Speakers: Kathy East
A Conversation about Translation
Moderated by Claudia Bedrick. Translators: Ajia (Chinese),
Laura Watkinson (Danish), and Mara Lethem (Spanish and Catalan)
©Lisbeth Zwerger from ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Published by minedition
3:05-4:05
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS B………………………………………….Classrooms on 21st Floor
Adventures through a Cultural Looking Glass:
Trends in Diverse Children’s Literature and Beyond…………………………………Room 1
The Art and Craft of a USBBY Bibliography: All the World in a Book……………..Room 2
Engaging Young Adult Readers with
Contemporary International Literature……………………………………..Room 3
International Experiences around Disabilities through Literature………………Room 4
Literature in Central and South America:
From Author to Librarians to the Hands of Children…………………….Room 5
The Pizza Guy Killed Our Family: a Eulogy for the Dinner Table……………….Room 6
Princesses and the Pees:
Connections and Disconnections in World Literature………………….Room 7
Stories that Connect Children across the World……………………………….…Room 8
Through the Rabbit Hole: Displacement and Courage………………………….Room 9
The Wonderland of Nami Island:
The Nami Island International Illustration Concours 2015…………….Room 10
Wonderlands of Reading from the World:
USBBY 2015 Outstanding International Books…………………………Room 11
Writing in Gobbledygook for the Children of the Blue Planet?……………….Room 12
4:05-4:30
Afternoon Break…………………………………………………………Gallery 19th Floor
Bookstore Open…………………………………………………………Gallery 19th Floor
Network Commons………………………………….Reception Area outside Auditorium
Autographing : Fourth and Fifth General Session Authors……..Auditorium 21st Floor
4:30-5:30
FIFTH GENERAL SESSION
Presiding: Evie Freeman, IBBY Executive Committee……….Auditorium 21st Floor
A Conversation about Graphic Novels
Moderated by Mark Siegel, author, illustrator, and as the editorial director of First
Second Books (Macmillan). Panel: Gene Luen Yang, author-illustrator of
American Born Chinese; Françoise Mouly, publisher and Editorial Director
of TOON Books with Liniers author of Big Wet Balloon and Na Liu and
Andrés Vera Martínez author-illustrators of Little White Duck.
BREAK: Walk to the Broad Street Ballroom
Social Mingling /Buffet Dinner/Cash bar………………………………Broad Street Ballroom
Exhibits and Poster Sessions……………………………………………Broad Street Ballroom
Book Sales………………………………………………………………..Broad Street Ballroom
Announcements and Awards
Presiding: Janelle Mathis, USBBY President
IBBY/REFORMA Children in Crisis on the Border Project
Patsy Aldana, IBBY Foundation Presiden
Oralia Garza de Cortes, REFORMA, Past President
Alida Cutts Lifetime Membership Award presented to John Mason presented by
Alida Cutts, former USBBY Executive Secretary
5:30-6:30
6:30-8:00
8:00-8:30
©Lisbeth Zwerger from ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Published by minedition
8:30-10:00
DOROTHY BRILEY LECTURE
Introduction of Speaker: Doris Gebel…………………………Broad Street Ballroom
Susan Cooper “Beyond the Walls of the World”
Sponsored by the USBBY Dorothy Briley Fund
Autographing by Susan Cooper after lecture
SUNDAY, October 18, 2015
Léman Manhattan Upper School, 1 Morris Street
6:30-8:00
7:15-8:00
Breakfast on your own
General Membership Meeting……………………………………Auditorium 21st Floor
Presiding: Janelle Mathis, USBBY President
8:00-9:00
SIXTH GENERAL SESSION………………………………………Auditorium 21st Floor
Presiding and Introductions: Junko Yokota, Director, USBBY Secretariat
Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature:
Ellis Vance, USBBY Executive Director
Introducing the 2016 Nominees for the United States Hans Christian Andersen
Award Lois Lowry, USBBY HCA nominee in 2000 and 2004, Newbery winner for
Number the Stars (1990) and The Giver (1994) Chris Raschka, USBBY HCA
Illustration Nominee in 2012, Caldecott winner for The Hello, Goodbye Window
(2006) and A Ball for Daisy (2012) Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books
for Young Readers and Candlewick Press
9:05-10:05
10:10-10:40
SEVENTH GENERAL SESSION…………………………………Auditorium 21st Floor
Presiding: Jeffrey Garrett, IBBY Foundation Board
Eastern European and Russian Children’s Books in the Post -Soviet Era
Moderator: Olga Bukhina; Presenters- Sibylla Shekerdjiska (Bulgaria);
Rob Rayevsky (Russian-American artist); Dorota Michułka,
University of Wrocław (Poland)
Morning Break………………………………………………………………Gallery 19th Floor
Thank you to The Macmillan Children's Publishing Group for sponsoring the
break
Bookstore Open……………………………………….Gallery 19th Floor Network Commons
Reception Area outside Auditorium
Autographing: Lois Lowry and Chris Raschka……………….Auditorium 21st Floor
©Lisbeth Zwerger from ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Published by minedition
10:45-11:45
Book Discussion Groups
Book Discussion 1: Picture Books………………………………………………Room 1
Book Discussion 2: Picture Books………………………………………………Room 2
Book Discussion 3: Picture Books………………………………………………Room 3
Book Discussion 4: Intermediate Level………………………………………..Room 4
Book Discussion 5: Intermediate Level………………………………………..Room 5
Book Discussion 6: Intermediate Level………………………………………..Room 6
Book Discussion 7: Young Adult Readers……………………………………..Room 7
Book Discussion 8: Young Adult Reader………………………………………Room 8
Book Discussion 9: Young Adult Readers……………………………………..Room 9
Book Discussion 10: IF NEEDED……………………………………………….Room 10
Bookbird Discussion Group:…………………………………………………….Room 11
Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature is a refereed journal
published quarterly by IBBY. Meet with the editor, Björn Sundmark, if you are
interested in writing on any topic in the field of international children’s
literature, subscribing to it, or accessing through academic library
subscriptions.
Translator’s Discussion Group:………………………………………………….Room 12
Do you translate children's literature? Meet your colleagues to discuss the
challenges and rewards of translating books for children in this discussion led
by Teresa Mlawer.
12-1:00
FINAL GENERAL SESSION
Presiding: Janelle Mathis, USBBY President……………Auditorium 21st Floor
Introduction of Speaker: Therese Bigelow, USBBY President-Elect
David Almond, winner of the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Award
Announcement of the 2016 IBBY World Congress in Auckland, NZ: Liz Page
Announcement of the 12th IBBY Regional Conference in Seattle: Therese Bigelow
Everyone is invited to attend the 12th IBBY Regional Conference in the Pacific
Northwest. We will gather in Seattle on the Campus of the University of
Washington in the fall of 2017. The Conference theme will honor Eliza Dresang’s
concept of Radical Change with an international twist: "Radical Change Beyond
Borders: The Transforming Power of Children’s Literature in a Digital Age."
1:15
Closing remarks from USBBY President Janelle Mathis
Autographing by David Almond
Conference Closes
©Lisbeth Zwerger from ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Published by minedition
IBBY Regional Conference - Book Discussion Leaders:
Jennifer Brown
Vice President, Publisher, Knopf Books for Young Readers at Random House Children’s Books
Marion Rocco
Librarian, Magellan International School
Brenda Anise Dales
Department of Teacher Education, Miami University
Randall Enos
Youth Services Consultant
Ramapo Catskill Library System
Robbin Friedman
Children's Librarian, Chappaqua Library
Joanna Long
Children’s Book Reviewer
Maria Salvadore
Children's Literature Specialist, Adjunct Faculty, University of Maryland
Martha Walke
Co-Director, Children's Literature New England, Inc.
Books For Discussion:
Young Children
Africa is My Home: A Child of the Amistad by Monica Edinger, illus. by Robert Byrd. Candlewick
The Big Wet Balloon by Liniers. TOON Graphics
Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin by Chieri Uegaki, illus. by Qin Leng. Kids Can Press
Two Parrots by Rashin. NorthSouth Books
Middle Grade
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, illus by Lisbeth Zwerger. Minedition
Flora & Ulysses by Kate Di Camillo, illus. by K.G. Campbell. Candlewick Press
Little White Duck: A Childhood in China by Na Liu, illus. by Andres Vera Martinez. Graphic Universe, an
imprint of Lerner Publishing Group
The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney. illus. by Shane Evans. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Tween/Young Adult
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. First Second, an imprint of Macmillan
Ghost Hawk by Susan Cooper. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
I Love, I Hate, I Miss My Sister by Amelie Sarn. Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
The Tightrope Walkers by David Almond. Candlewick Press
©Lisbeth Zwerger from ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Published by minedition
Pre Conference Tour and Event
Friday, October 16
10:00-12:00
Picture-Book Bohemia: A Children’s-Book Walking Tour of Greenwich Village
Led by historian and critic Leonard Marcus (www.leonardmarcus.com)
Greenwich Village—fabled mecca for cool cat poets, musicians, and artists--was also a
vibrant creative crossroads for children’s literature’s greats. On this walking tour, we’ll see
the place where Where the Wild Things Are, Make Way for Ducklings, and The Very Hungry
Caterpillar were each created; visit the park that H.A. Rey sketched from his living room
window; stop at the school where Goodnight Moon author Margaret Wise Brown learned to
write and at the improbable Wonderland cottage that inspired her classic Little Golden
Book Mister Dog; and inspect the architectural “ghost” where modern American children’s
book publishing began. Pre-registration of $20.00.
Register at executive.director@usbby.org
2:00-4:00
Jane Addams Book Award Ceremony
(http://www.janeaddamspeace.org/jacba/docs/2015savethedate.pdf)
The Jane Addams Book Award is given annually to the children's books published the
preceding year that effectively promote the cause of The 2015 awards will be peace, social
justice, world community, and the equality of the sexes and all races. presented at 777
United Nations Plaza (6th floor) to this year’s winners and honorees: Duncan Tonatiuh, Teri
Kanefield, Jennifer Elvgren, Fabio Santomauro, John Hendrix, Deborah Wiles, and Margarita
Engle. The ceremony will be followed by a wine and cheese reception. This is a free event and
open to the public.
Post Conference Events
Sunday, October 18, 2015
3:30-5:30
La Casa Azul Bookstore, 143 E. 103rd St. El Barrio, NY
La Casa Azul Bookstore is dedicated to providing cultural and educational programs via
literature and art in East Harlem. It is their vision to foster public awareness and appreciation of
the arts by being a focal point where people come to find unique art and books; and participate
in culturally-based programs that celebrate Latino traditions and literature. Take the 6 Train to
103rd Street for this afternoon meet and mingle event with local authors and illustrators. More
information about this bookstore, including shop hours can be found on
their website. http://www.lacasaazulbookstore.com/
This is a free event. Register at executive.director@usbby.org
©Lisbeth Zwerger from ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Published by minedition
Post Conference Events - Continued
10:00-12:00
Monday, October 19, 2015
Literature in Stone and Bronze: Central Park in New York City
Meeting point: Entrance at West 81st Street (Hunters’ Gates)
Duration: 2 hours
Tour Guide: Olga Bukhina, translator, writer, critic, and children’s literature specialist
New York Central Park is an enormous artistic, cultural, and nature masterpiece
created by the geniuses of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Literature, and
especially children’s literature plays an important role here, because so many of the
Park’s visitors are children. We will start at the Shakespearean Theater with its statues
representing The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet; we will walk through the
Shakespearean Garden; we will stroll through the enchanted Rumbles which
lampposts always remind me of the Narnia stories; we will pass by the Lake and the
Angel of Bethesda of the Bible and of Angels in America; and will spend time by the
Conservatory Water Pond where Stuart Little took part in a sailboat competition. We
will see Alice in Wonderland and her friends, the White Rabbit, and the Mad Hatter,
and will sit on the Park bench next to the famous storyteller Hans Christian Andersen
and his Ugly Duckling. So many New York children come here every Sunday to hear
a new story. We will say goodbye to the Park at the Mother Goose statue at 72nd
Street and Fifth Avenue on the Museum Mile, the home of the Metropolitan
Museum, the Frick Collection, and the Guggenheim Museum.
This is a free event. Register at executive.director@usbby.org
©Lisbeth Zwerger from ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Published by minedition
Special Thanks and Acknowledgments
Bank Street Bookstore, 2780 Broadway @ 107th Street, Andrew Laties, manager; Candlewick Press for
sponsoring David Almond, Kate DiCamillo and Chris Raschka; Dutch Foundation for co-sponsoring
Laura Watkinson; Eerdmans Books for Young Readers for co-sponsoring a break; Eerdmans Books for
Young Readers for co-sponsoring Laura Watkinson; Enchanted Lion Books for co-sponsoring Laura
Watkinson; Groundwood Books for contributing to Friday’s Buffet Dinner; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Books for Young Readers for sponsoring Lois Lowry; Lerner Publishing Group, Graphic Universe for
sponsoring Na Liu and Andrés Vera Martínez; Toon Books and Francoise Mouly; Enchanted Lion
Books and Claudia Bedrick for sponsoring Liniers; The Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
sponsoring a break and contributing copies of The Moomintrolls by Tove Jansson; The Macmillan
Children's Publishing Group, First Second, and Marc Siegel for sponsoring Gene Yang Luen
minedition for granting permission to use Lisbeth Zwerger’s art from Alice in Wonderland in the
brochure; NorthSouth Books for sponsoring Lisbeth Zwerger and Rashin Kheiriyeh; Publisher
Spotlight for co-sponsoring a break; Scholastic for providing Conference Bags; Toon Books and
Françoise Mouly for sponsoring Liniers; USBBY Dorothy Briley Memorial Lecture Fund for
sponsoring Susan Cooper; IBBY; Wally de Doncker, IBBY President; Liz Page, IBBY Executive
Director; Patsy Aldana, President of the Hans Christian Andersen Jury; Björn Sundmark, Bookbird
Editor; International Youth Library; Christiane Raabe, Director; Nami Island; Kang, Woo-hyon, CEO,
Nami Island and Nami Island International Concours; Fred Minn, Director of Nami Concours
International Secretariat; Mr. Minn and Ms. Lee, Nami Island Sponsor of Hans Christian Andersen
Award; Léman Manhattan Preparatory School; Drew Alexander, Head of School, Léman Manhattan
Preparatory School; Bill Talbot, Managing Director, Léman Manhattan Preparatory School; Bri
Johnson and Ann Wilberton, Librarians, Léman Manhattan Preparatory School; Julius Blakeny,
Technology Manager, Léman Manhattan Preparatory School; Donna Bradley, Broad Street Ballroom
Manager; IBBY Regional Program Planning Committee; Betsy Bird; Jenny Brown; Elizabeth Fithian;
Doris Gebel; Barbara Genco; Leonard Marcus; John Mason; Caroline Ward; Local Arrangements
Committee; Mary Kemper; Carmen M. Martínez-Roldán; Inhabit Media for sponsoring Neil Christopher
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