November
17: Back by popular demand,
“Stinky Cheese” Author Jon Scieszka
To Host Popular 2009 NBA Teen Press Conference
Featuring 2009 National Book Award
Finalists:
Deborah
Heiligman, Charles and Emma: The Darwins’
Leap of Faith
(Henry Holt) Phillip
Hoose, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux) David
Small, Stitches (W. W. Norton & Co.) Laini
Taylor, Lips Touch: Three Times (Arthur A.
Levine Books/Scholastic) Rita
Williams-Garcia, Jumped (HarperTeen/HarperCollins)
On
Tuesday, November 17, the Library of Congress’s National
Ambassador of Young People's Literature, “Stinky Cheese”
author Jon Scieszka will welcome middle and high school students
from New York City public and private schools to the Celeste
Bartos Forum of The New York Public Library for the Foundation’s
popular National Book Awards Teen Press Conference.
Students
prepare for the event by reading one of the five Finalists'
books and drafting questions based on the text, the writing
life, and what it means to be a National Book Award Finalist.
At the event, each participating student will receive a professionally
designed press kit with biographical information on each author,
excerpts from their books, and materials related to the National
Book Awards.
2008 Moderator Jon Scieszka. 2008
YPL Finalists: (L to R) E. Lockhart, Laurie Halse Anderson,
Winner Judy Blundell, Finalists Kathi Appelt and Tim Tharp.
Authors will read from their work
before the floor is turned over to the students for the Press
Conference. Students have the opportunity to meet the authors
and have their books signed at a reception following the event.
Funding for this program
is made possible through a generous grant from Con Edison.
On
Tuesday, November 17, the Library of Congress’s National
Ambassador of Young People's Literature, “Stinky Cheese”
author Jon Scieszka will welcome middle and high school students
from New York City public and private schools to the Celeste
Bartos Forum of The New York Public Library for the Foundation’s
popular National Book Awards Teen Press Conference. 
