Authors! Authors!
David Loertscher - Keynote speaker on Saturday
Susan Patron - Banquet speaker and Saturday session
...and many more.
"Cultivating Culture: Avoiding Stereotypes"
A panel discussion featuring three authors of different cultural
backgrounds. The panelists also have compiled a list of authors
they think depict cultures without stereotyping.
Sabina I Rascol
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Sabina I. Rascol is a poet and writer. Her first book, The
Impudent Rooster, is adapted from Ion Creanga's original
Romanian story “Pungata
cu doi bani.”
The book is illustrated by award-winning illustrator Holly Berry.
Born in Romania, Sabina came to the United States at the age
of 10. She received her bachelor's degree in English from Bryn
Mawr College. After winning a Fulbright Fellowship to Romania,
she earned a master's degree in Romanian literature from the
University of Bucince second grade and loves reading more than
anything else.
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Baba Wague Diakite
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Baba Wague' Diakite' is both an artist and an
author. Born in Mali, West Africa, he moved to the United States
in 1985. He has had numerous solo exhibitions of hand-painted
ceramics, which have received accolades both nationally and internationally.
His storytelling and writing also have captured children throughout
the Northwest. “Every human, regardless of race or culture,
is a leaf from one giant tree,” Wague says on a Portland
Public Schools website. His picture books include: The Hunterman
and the Crocodile, The Hatseller and the Monkeys, The Magic Gourd, and
the newly published Mee-An and the Magic Serpent. Baba
also illustrated a book written by his daughter PenSeptember 12, 2007ca. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-81102657.html |
“School Library 2.0:
Meeting Kids on Their Own Terms” presented by Aaron Schmidt Want to know what a librarian can do with wikis,
podcasting and video games? Aaron Schmidt will fill you in during
the OASL Fall Conference. Schmidt is the Director of the North
Plains Public Library. He also is the author of the weblog http://walkingpaper.org where
he writes about library technology and usability. He has spoken
internationally on the topics of weblogs, instant messaging and
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Carmen Bernier-Grand
When Carmen T. Bernier-Grand was growing up in Puerto Rick, her teachers told
her she had a great imagination. She wasn't sure how she felt about that, because
her sister said it meant she was a liar. What Carmen and her sister didn't
know was that Carmen was a writer! Some of her books such as Juan Bobo and In
the Shade of the Nispero Tree are set on her native island. More recent
works include books about notable Hispanics such as Cesar Chavez, Roberto Clemente,
and Frieda Khalo. Cesar Chavez: Si se Puede! Yes We Can! Received
a Pura Belpre Honor Book award both for the text by Carmen and for the illustrations
by David Diaz. http://www.hevanet.com/grand |
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