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• Featured New Releases of Local and LDS Authors & Illustrators:
  Posted September 21, 2009 by Juvenile Reference

  The Adventures of Hashbrown Winters (Juvenile 4183501.1) by Frank Cole

  The Amaranth Enchantment (Juvenile 813 B4594111a) by Julie Berry
  The Chosen One (Juvenile 813 W6712cho 2009) by Carol Lynch William
  Everything Is Fine (Juvenile 813 St8242r ) by Ann Dee Ellis
  Forest Born (on order) by Shannon Hale

  Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (Juvenile 813 M91111fabc) [...]

• Stories from Around the World -For preschoolers and young children
  Posted September 14, 2009 by Juvenile Reference

  September 11-December 11, 2009 at Museum of Peoples and Cultures (700 N 100 E Provo)
  Visit the Museum of Peoples and Cultures every Friday at 11am for stories from around the world.
  Listen to folktales from other cultures and make a craft to take home or share with others. Admission is free.
  -For more information, contact the Museum [...]

• Upcoming Events- Masculine Reading
  Posted by Juvenile Reference

  September 22, 2009. 58 N. State St., Orem at 7 p.m.
  Finding books and reading strategies for boys can be a challenge for teachers and parents. Join award-winning young adult author Ann Cannon as she discusses strategies and books to help young boys love reading. Part of the Utah Humanities Council’s Public Square programs, [...]

• Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Workshop
  Posted March 13, 2009 by Juvenile Reference

  The 10th Annual Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Workshop is scheduled June 8-12, 2009. During this intensive five-day workshop, workshop participants will be tutored in small-group sessions by published authors and artists. More information is available at http://ce.byu.edu/cw/writing.

• BYU Symposium on Books for Young Readers
  Posted March 6, 2009 by Juvenile Reference

  On Thursday and Friday, July 16 and 17th of 2009, BYU 22nd Symposium on Books for Young Readers will be held. This symposium is geared towards librarians, teachers, parents and anyone else who enjoys children’s literature. Among the nationally acclaimed authors and illustrators that will be speaking are Susan Campell Bartoletti, Gennifer Choldenko, Jessica Day [...]

• Beehive Award Dinner
  Posted by Juvenile Reference

  The Children’s Literature Association of Utah (CLAU) has scheduled its annual Beehive Awards Dinner on Friday, April 24, 2009 at 6:30pm at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building Wasatch Room in Salt Lake City. Jessica Day George, author of Dragon Slippers and Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow, will be the guest speaker. For more information [...]

• Read Across America
  Posted February 24, 2009 by Juvenile Reference

  “On March 2, the National Education Association is calling for every child to be reading in the company of a caring adult.” On Dr. Seuss’ birthday (March 2), the National Education Association sponsors Read Across America day.  This celebration is the perfect chance for children and adults to rediscover a love of reading good books.  [...]

• Explore Visual Literacy: The Walter Wick Exhibit
  Posted February 14, 2009 by Juvenile Reference

  Families who visit the Brigham Young University Museum of Art’s newest photography exhibition will find themselves surrounded by a familiar make-believe world created from buttons, dice, marbles, rubber frogs, toy robots, and other whimsical items.
  “Walter Wick: Games, Gizmos, and Toys in the Attic” will feature the work of Walter Wick, author and photographer of more [...]

• Utah Children’s Book Illustrators Art Exhibit
  Posted September 11, 2008 by Juvenile Reference

  The Springville Museum of Art’s new exhibition is a collection of illustrations from children’s literature done by Utah authors and illustrators. The illustrators will be at the grand opening and visit the exhibition during other times to read from their books. The exhibition will have it grand opening on September 13, 2008 and will be [...]