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Children's
Literature Council's 2004 Fall Gala
October 9, 2004
Descanso Gardens in La Mirada-Flintridge, California
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Photo
Gallery
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Photographs
by Darrin Nogales
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Photo
of Dorothy C. McKenzie, founder of Children's Literature Council,
with scrapbook of the history of the organization in pictures
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Keynote
Speaker,
author Vicki Cobb is the author of over 80 nonfiction
books for children. She is the recipient of the 2004 Sibert
Award Honor for her book, I Face the Wind.
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Buffet
Breakfast provided by Descanso Gardens caterers
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Guests
listen to author Vicki Cobb speak about how nonfiction
science books are written, illustrated, published and marketed.
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2004 Awards Presentation
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The 2004 Children's Literature Council Award Winners were
presented to the following authors, illustrators, and individuals
for their distinguished contribution to the field of children's
literature:
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Marla
Frazee |
Jerry Stanley |
Deborah Chandra |
Madeleine
Comora |
Hope
Anita Smith |
Dr.
Stephen Krashen |
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Myra
Cohn Livingston Award for Poetry
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Myra
Cohn Livingston is seen on a video of an event that
celebrated the publishing of her 80th book.
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Hope
Anita Smith, author of The Way a Door Closes,
accepts the 2004 Myra Cohn Livinston Award for Poetry.
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"Excellence
and Exuberance in a Picture Book"
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Author
and Illustrator Marla Frazee (left) accepts the
award for "Excellence and Exuberance in a Picture
Book" for her book Roller Coaster from CLC
Awards Committee Member, Laurie Reese (Los Angeles
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Collaboration in Non-Fiction"
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CLC
Awards Committee Member
Stephanie Meyer (Campbell Hall) (left) presents the
award for "Creative Collaboration in Non-Fiction"
for George Washington's Teeth to Madeleine Comora
and Deborah Chandra. |
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"Distinguished Work of Non-Fiction" |
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Author
Jerry Stanley accepts the 2004 CLC Award for "Distinguished
Work of Non-Fiction" for his book, Cowboys and
Longhorns: A Portrait of the Long Drive, from CLC
Awards Committee Member Susan Erickson (San Bernadino
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"Dorothy
C. McKenzie Award"
for Distinguished Contribution to the Field of Children's Literature |
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Dr.
Stephen Krashen, Professor Emeritus,
USC Department of Education, Learning & Instruction,
receives the CLC 2004 "Dorothy C. McKenzie Award
for Distinguished Service" from CLC President, Roger
Kelly (Pasadena Public Library).
Right - The Power of Reading by Dr. Krashen. |
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| Children's
Literature Council Emeritus Award |
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CLC
President Roger Kelly honors
emeritus CLC Board Member and former winner of the Dorothy
C. McKenzie Award, Peggy Miller. |
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2004
CLC Awards Committee Chair and CLC Board Member Marilyn
Taniguchi (Beverly Hills Public Library and CLC
Board Member Ilene Abramson (Los Angeles Public
Library)
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Author
and CLC member Nancy Smiler Levinson, Susan
Dubin, and friend.
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CLC
Emeritus Peggy Miller (center) and friends.
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Author
and CLC member Alexis O'Neill (far right) and
friends. |
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Marguerite
Raybould (left) (Pomona
Public Library) and friend.
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Board Member Lynne Mook (right) and friend. |
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CLC
member Susan Patron (Los Angeles Public Library)
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Author
and CLC member Robin Rector Krupp
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Awards Committee Member Laurie Reese (Los Angeles
Public Library) and CLC Vice President Cathy Ryne
(Sierra Madre Public Library)
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Maida
Wong (South Pasadena Public Library), Stephanie
Meyer (Campbell Hall), and friend
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member Gail Kim (left) (Los Angeles Public Library),
Mara Alpert (right) (Los Angeles Public Library),
and friend. |
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Author
Jerry Stanley (far right) and his family with
his book covers on their shirts!
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Author
and illustrator and CLC member Marla Frazee and
her husband
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Author
Hope Anita Smith (2nd from left) and friends
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Board Members Judith Cantor (University Elementary
School - UCLA) and Susan Erickson (San Bernadino
Public Library)
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Madeleine
Comora
signing
George Washington's Teeth - llustrated by
Brock Cole
( Farrar, 2003) |
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Hope
Anita Smith, winner of the "Myra Cohn Livingston
Award for Poetry"
signs The Way A Door Closes
Illustrated by Shane W. Evans (Henry Holt, 2003)
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Marla
Frazee
signs
Roller Coaster (Harcourt, 2003)
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Dr.
Stephen Krashen
signs The Power of Reading |
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Jerry
Stanley
signs
Cowboys and Longhorns: A Portrait of the Long Drive
(Crown, 2003) |
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