Welcome to Richmond!
The ChLA International Committee and Conference Planning Committee are thrilled to welcome you to the 42nd Annual Children's Literature Association Conference in Richmond, VA.
Please join us for two exciting panels discussing Italian Children's Literature and featuring our International Distinguished Scholars and Italian Illustrator Fabian Negrin.
7B: Italian Children's Literature, Sponsored by the ChLA International Committee
Friday, June 19
3:30-4:45pm
James River B
Giorgia Grilli, University of Bologna, Italy
“Italian Children’s Literature: Past History and Present Challenges”
Maria Rosa Truglio, Pennsylvania State University
“A Beatrice for Modernity: Girls in Italian Children’s Literature, 1890-1921”
Lindsay Myers, The National University of Ireland, Galway
“Historicized Fiction or Fictionalized History? Lia Levi’s First-World War Novel Cecilia va alla guerra (2000)”
13A: The Craft of Pictures: Meet the Italian Book Illustrator Fabian Negrin
Friday, June 19
11:00-12:15pm
James River A
Co-Chairs:
Andrea Schwenke Wyile, Acadia University
Marina Balina, Illinois Wesleyan University
Respondent:
Fabian Negrin
Joint session of the ChLA International Committee and the Phoenix Picture Book Award Committee
For more information about our distinguished panelists and the 2015 International Committee panel, please visit our conference page.
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