To celebrate our 20th anniversary, this year's event features multi-award-winning writer,
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20th Anniversary Reception 5:30 pm Lecture with JASON REYNOLDS 7:30 pm |
So, I'm a writer. And when I say I'm a writer, I mean it in the same way a professional ball player calls himself an athlete. I practice everyday and do the best I can to be better at this writing thing, while hopefully bringing some cool stories to the world. The stories are kinda like my slam dunks. Except, I'm dunking words.
JASON REYNOLDS
The Charlotte Zolotow Lecture
A distinguished and prolific author and editor of children’s books, the work of Charlotte Zolotow (June 26, 1915-November 19, 2013)
offered even the youngest children an unsentimental but compassionate view of topics like anger, envy and death. Authentic, sensual, kind, and sometimes funny, she never condescended to the emotional lives of her young readers, nor did she diminish the
problems, large and small, they faced.
offered even the youngest children an unsentimental but compassionate view of topics like anger, envy and death. Authentic, sensual, kind, and sometimes funny, she never condescended to the emotional lives of her young readers, nor did she diminish the
problems, large and small, they faced.
Established in 1998, this annual lecture brings a distinguished children's or young adult book author or illustrator to the University of Wisconsin campus to deliver a free public lecture. The Cooperative Children's Book Center, a library of the School of Education of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, administers the event to honor the legacy and work of Charlotte Zolotow, distinguished children's book editor and author. Ms. Zolotow attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison on a writing scholarship from 1933-36 where she studied with Professor Helen C. White. Her prolific career encompassed 38 years with Harper Junior Books as a children's book editor, where she was also the author of more than 65 picture books, including such classic works as
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present (Harper, 1962) and William's Doll (Harper, 1972).
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present (Harper, 1962) and William's Doll (Harper, 1972).
Few writers for small children so empathize with them as does Charlotte Zolotow,” wrote children’s literature critic/scholar Zena Sutherland in Children and Books, noting that Charlotte’s “… understanding of children’s emotional needs and problems, and her ability to express them with candor, make her one of the major contemporary writers of realistic books for small children.”
