Event: Library of the Early Mind 10/19

There's an event at the Grad School of Education about children's literature!

Premiere of Library of the Early Mind
Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 5:30 – 8pm

Location	13 Appian Way Cambridge, MA 02138
Type of Event	Discussion, Film, Forum, Question & Answer Session, Reception
Building/Room	Askwith Hall
Contact Name	Amber Haskins
Contact Email	askwith_forums@gse.harvard.edu
Contact Phone	617-384-9968
Sponsoring Organization/Department	Harvard Graduate School of Education
Registration Required	No

Premiere of Library of the Early Mind

Moderator: Lolly Robinson, adjunct lecturer, HGSE

Panelists: Filmmakers Edward Delaney and Steven Withrow; Roger Sutton, editor in chief of Horn Book Magazine; and children’s authors Lois Lowry, Lesléa Newman, Jerry Pinkney and Padma Venkatraman.

Library of the Early Mind is a documentary exploring the impact of children’s literature. A Q&A session, book signing and reception will follow the screening.

http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/events/index.html#/?i=1

Read more about it here: http://libraryoftheearlymind.com/

Discuss: Which children's writer or book has had the most impact on your life?

Children's Books and Absent Parents

Earlier this summer, NPR interviewed YA author Lesley M. Blume, who shared her list of must-read children's books and, appropriately, her thoughts on children's stories that don't mention parents -- just like ours.

NPR writes, "Her book list includes a fair number of books about orphans, because, as Blume says, kids seem naturally drawn to stories in which the parents are absent: "Any child can relate to the fantasy of creating a kids-only utopia from scratch in the woods... This is something you see over and over again in classic literature and films. No rules, no baths, no schoolwork."

Find the list at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111776666 and see if some of your favorites made the cut!

Discuss: What would you have put on the list?