You're Invited!

October 15, 2010

The Hispanic Division and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress invite CBC members to the presentation of
 
The Americas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
 
by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP)
 
toCarmen Tafolla (author)and Magaly Morales (illustrator)
for
What Can You Do with a Paleta? / Que puedes hacer con una paleta? (Tricycle Press, 2009)
 
and
 
Julia Alvarez
for
Return to Sender (Knopf/Random House, 2009)
 
 
Saturday, October 23, 2010
10am-noon
Mumford Room, James Madison Memorial Building
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C.
 
R.S.V.P.
202-707-1616 or specialevents@loc.gov
 
Continental breakfast at 9:30 a.m.   
 
Accommodations for individuals with disabilities are available upon request.
 
The Americas Award is given in recognition of U.S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction (from picture books to works for young adults) published in the previous year in English or Spanish that authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.  See:  http://www4.uwm.edu/clacs/aa/index.cfm

Additional financial support provided by Random House Children’s Books and by Latin American Studies centers at:  The Ohio State University, Stanford University, Tulane University, Vanderbilt University, Yale University, University of Connecticut, University of Florida, University of New Mexico, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee