Saturday, April 18th
7:30 – 8:30
Registration: SUB Auditorium
8:30 – 9:30
Keynote I – Mara Rockliff
9:45 – 10:45
Keynote II – William Low
11:00 – 12:00
Autographing: SUB Multipurpose
12:00 – 1:00
LUNCH (on your own)
1:00 – 2:00
ook Reviews – Maurer & Wanamaker
B
PA Key Workshop – Jen Gehringer
Author Chats – McCloskey & Schnell
2:15 – 3:15
Keynote III – Elisha Cooper
3:30 – 4:30
Keynote IV – Gary Schmidt
4:30 – 5:30
Autographing – SUB Multipurpose
Book Reviews: Review the best of 2014 books for K – 4 audience
and 5 – 8 audience.
Author Chats: Local authors Kevin McCloskey: We Dig Worms
and Lisa Kahn Schnell: High Tide for Horseshoe Crabs will share
their new books
ACT 48 APPROVED PROVIDER as of May 27, 2014: 5 hours of
Act 48 Credits available or — for Early Childhood attendees —
a four-hour PA KEY Training Certificate for attending: Rockliff,
Low, Gehringer, & Cooper.
KU Children’s Literature Conference Web site:
kuchildrensliterature.weebly.com
For Additional Info Contact:
Sarah Bryski, Graduate Assistant, 610-683-4627
Registration Form
Featured Authors/Illustrators
Please return to KU by April 6, 2015
Check out their web sites!
Each featured author or illustrator has written or illustrated
these books plus many additional books available for
purchase at the conference.
 Check here if requesting PA KEY certificate
 Check here if a KU Alumni
Name
Gary Schmidt
Home Address
Newbery Honor & Printz Honor winning author:
The Wednesday Wars, Okay for Now, Lizzie Bright and the
Buckminster Boy, and Martin de Porres
Mara Rockliff
— www.hmhbooks.com/schmidt
E-mail
Check one:
— www.mararockliff.com
William Low
Home phone
School District
Golden Kite Award & Charlotte Zolotow Honor winning
Author: Me and Momma and Big John, Gingerbread for Liberty,
Mesmerized, and Get Real
 Early Bird Registration* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60.00
(must be postmarked by 11/19)
 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $70.00
Society of Illustrators Silver Medal winning Illustrator:
Me and Momma and Big John, Willy & Max, Machines Go to Work
in the City, and Chinatown
(after 11/19)
— www.williamlow.com
Elisha Cooper
* Early Bird Registration will automatically be entered in a drawing
for free 2016 registration
Check payable to:
Society of Illustrators Gold Medal winning Illustrator:
Train, A Good Night Walk, Homer, Magic Thinks Big,
and Beach
KU Children’s Literature Conference
— www.elishacooper.com
Autographing
Note: A $20.00 processing fee will be imposed
on returned checks. No refunds. Act 48 credits
are not transferable to another teacher.
Autograph Session:
Tickets are available for the autograph sessions on Saturday morning
and afternoon. Tickets for one author for each session may be
included in your registration packet. Due to the limited number
of tickets, the number and availability is based on the order the
registration is received. There is a two book limit per ticket. If time
permits, participants without tickets may have time for signings.
In each column please indicate in order of preference author/
illustrator you would like to sign your books. (1 through 3)
Morning
11:00 A.M. – Noon
Schmidt
Pre-autographed books can be purchased through
the KU Bookstore at:
Rockliff
Low
www.kubstore.com
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17th Annual Kutztown University
Children’s Literature Conference
2015 Schedule
Cooper
Afternoon
4:30 P.M. – 5:30 P.M. Schmidt
Rockliff
Low
Cooper
Registration Procedure
The Seventeenth Annual
Kutztown University
Children’s Literature
Conference
1. Complete registration form:
2. Select registration fee.
Include a check payable to:
KU Children’s Literature Conference.
3. Enclose a self-addressed stamped business size envelope
for return confirmation letter. If no envelope is enclosed,
no confirmation will be sent.
4. Include choices for autograph sessions.
If time permits you will be able to get additional books
autographed after all ticketed people have finished.
KU Children’s Literature Conference / Sychterz
PO BOX 730
Kutztown University
Kutztown, PA 19530-0730
Lit Conf
4513025430
TO:
5. Mail to:
Kutztown Children’s Literature Conference
Elementary Education Department
Kutztown University
PO Box 730
Kutztown, PA 19530-0730
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Kutztown University
Kutztown, PA