--Roslyn Wylie
| The Lois Lenski Children's Literature
Lecture Series was instituted in 1994 to honor children's author Lois Lenski,
who gave so generously of her time and her papers to the students of Illinois
State University. Co-sponsored by Milner Library and the Department of
English, the lecture is addressed annually to members of the local and
university communities.
Past lectures have included:
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| 1994 | Nurseries Without Walls: Maurice
Sendak's We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy
George Bodmer Indiana University-Northwest |
| 1995 | Frances Hodgson Burnett and Katherine
Paterson Within an Historical Age
Nancy Huse Augustana College |
| 1996 | Adapting Books to Films: What is Noteworthy
in Disney's Bambi
Jill P. May Purdue University |
| 1997 | Drawn from Life: Lenski and Lovelace
Louisa Smith Mankato State University |
| 1998 | African-American Children's Literature: Back to the Future
Violet J. Harris University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 1999 | What Makes A Children's Classic: Frances Hodgson Burnett's
The
Secret Garden as Case Study
Phyllis Bixler Southwest Missouri State University |
| 2000 | Consuming Passions: The Politics and Poetics of Contemporary
Picture Books
Lissa Paul University of New Brunswick |
| 2001 | Who Stole The Wizard of Oz: L. Frank Baum
and American Children's Literature
Joel D. Chaston Southwest Missouri State University |
| 2002 | Words into Pictures
Eric Rohmann Caldecott Honor Book Award Winner Illinois State University Alumni |
| 2003 | Consolation Prize: Why Children's Poetry is Merely
Funny, Therapeutic, or Utilitarian, and What We Might Do To Save It
Richard Flynn Georgia Southern University |
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--Roslyn Wylie
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