Authors Featured at Previous Seminars
2011
Holly Black (author) - On the Edge: Reading, Teens, Transformation
Eli Neiburger (IT associate director, author) - Text, Tech & Teens in This Century
Barry Goldblatt (publisher) - Content and Changes
Cindy Dobrez & Lynn Rutan
2010
Cynthia Leitich Smith (author) - Crossing Borders in Native Fiction
Debbie Reese (author, instructor)
Gillian Engberg (managing editor) - Me, You, Us: Breaking Down Borders with Books for Kids
Maria Pérez-Stable and Beth Amidon (educators)
2009
Lisa McMann (author) - I Want To Believe
James A. Owen (illustrator, storyteller, author) - Drawing Out the Dragons: A Meditation on Art, Destiny, and the Power of Choice
2008
Kadir Nelson (artist, illustrator, author) - Picture Books for the Ages
Sharon Flake and Angela Johnson (authors) - Teens on Track
2007
Paul O. Zelinksy and Steven Kellogg (authors/illustrators) - Books Tell the Story
John Green and M.T. Anderson (authors) - Guys Read, Too!
2006
Pat Mora (author) - Share Bookjoy!
Ron Koertge and Sonya Sones (authors) - All Teens Read
2005
Denise Fleming (author/artist) - Step Into the Picture
Laurie Halse Anderson and Terry Trueman (authors) - Hearing the Silent Scream: Detecting Teens in Distress
2004
Wong Herbert Yee (author/illustrator) - Stories for Our Eyes
Jacqueline Woodson (author) - Igniting Teen Activism in a Diverse World
2003
Kate DiCamillo (author) - The Story of Story and Me
Chris Crutcher (author) - Turning Real Life into Fiction
2002
Naomi Shihab Nye (author & poet) - Poetry, Peace and Unity
2001
Gloria Whelan and Janie Lynn Panagopoulos (authors) - Journey Through Michigan
2000
Patricia Lee Gauch (author/editor), Judith St. George (author), and David Small (author/illustrator) - So You Want to Make a Book
1999
José-Luis Orozco (storyteller/musician) - Lyrical Learning
1998
Rafe Martin (author/storyteller) - A Storyteller’s Tale
1997
Jerry (illustrator), Gloria Jean (author), and Brian (author/illustrator) - Pinkney In the Family Tradition
1996
Christopher Paul Curtis and Carol Fenner (authors) - The Writing Life: Michigan’s 1996 Newbery Connection
1995
Miriam Bat-Ami (author), Wendy Anderson Halperin (author/illustrator), and Ellen Howard (author) - Many Voices, Many Visions
1994
Floyd Cooper (illustrator) - Painting Backwards: A Visit with Floyd Cooper
1993
Patricia Polacco (author/illustrator) - Growing Up in a Multicultural World
1992
Richard Brown (photographer) and Joan Donaldson (author) - The Life of the Child in the 1830s
1991
David Small (author/illustrator) and Sarah Stewart (author) - A Creative Partnership
1990
Jack Prelutsky (poet) - A Poetry Celebration
1989
Julius Lester (author) - The Author as Storyteller
1988
Jerry Pinkney (illustrator) - Personal Vision
1987
Rikki Levinson (author) - How a Book Is Made
Patricia Lee Gauch (author/editor) - This Time
1986
Tasha Tudor (author/illustrator) - A Day with Tasha Tudor
1985
David Small (author/illustrator) - The Christmas Box
1984
David Small (author/illustrator) and Burr Tillstrom (puppeteer) - A Day with Burr Tillstrom and His Friend David Small
1983
Steven Kellogg (author/illustrator) - The Art of the Picture Book
1982
Anne Pellowski and John Langstaff (storytellers) - World of Storytelling
1981
George Latshaw (puppeteer) and Spencer Shaw - Animating Images: The Power of the Puppeteer
1980
Mort Schindel (animator from Weston Woods) - Putting Children’s Literature in Motion
1979
Annie Geiger (storyteller) and Carol Fenner (author) - Magic Carpet Ride
1978
Caroline Feller Bauer (storyteller) - Creative Ways to Introduce Literature to Children