Children's Literature New England
 In 1997, to celebrate CLNE's tenth anniversary, Margaret K. McElderry Books published ORIGINS OF STORY: ON WRITING FOR CHILDREN, which collects essays and lectures delivered at CLNE institutes. |
Prior ProgramsIn addition to occasional free public lectures, the primary work of CLNE has been conducted through annual summer institutes.Over the years, many luminaries in the world of Children's books have spoken at CLNE institutes. A sampling includes Sven Birkets, Quentin Blake, Eleanor Cameron, Tom Feelings, Virginia Hamilton, Ursula K. Le Guin, Madeleine L?Engle, Penelope Lively, Margaret Mahy, Jan Mark, Patricia MacLachlan, Margaret K. McElderry, David McCord, Walter Dean Myers, Scott O?Dell, Philippa Pearce, Robert McCloskey, Maurice Sendak, William Jay Smith, Yoko Kawashima Watkins, Jane Yolen. The themes and locations of the institutes:--1987: ROBINSON CRUSOE AND HIS HEIRS: SURVIVAL AND CONQUEST IN Children's BOOKS: Harvard University, Cambridge --1988: THE HEROIC IDEAL IN Children's BOOKS: LEGACY AND PROMISE: MIT, Cambridge --1989: TRAVELERS IN TIME: PAST, PRESENT, & TO COME: Newnham College, Cambridge, England --1990: HOMECOMING: St. Michael's College, Burlington VT --1991: ROGUES AND REBELS: SYMBOLS OF RESISTANCE: Williams College, Williamstown, MA --1992: WORLDS APART: Keble College, Oxford, England --1993: SWORDS AND PLOUGHSHARES: Harvard University, Cambridge --1994: IMAGE AND WORD: PATTERNS OF CREATIVITY: Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA --1995: WRITING THE WORLD: MYTH AS METAPHOR: Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland --1996: ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS: THE SHAPE OF STORY: Harvard University, Cambridge --1997: LOOKING FOR THE VILLAGE: THE CHILD AND COMMUNITY: St. Michael's College, Burlington, VT --1998: LET THE WILD RUMPUS START: PLAY IN Children's BOOKS, Newnham College, Cambridge, England --1999: PATHFINDERS: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA --2000: THE GREEN PREHUMAN EARTH: Silver Bay Conference Center, Lake George, NY --2001: CONSIDERING BOUNDARIES: Victoria College, Toronto, Canada --2002: AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA --2003: WHAT A GAMBLE FRIENDSHIP IS!: Newnham College, Cambridge, England --2004: THE WORLD IS ALL GROWN STRANGE: Williams College, Williamstown, MA --2005: THE FAIRY TALE BELONGS TO THE POOR: The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Cambridge, MA --2006: THE HEROIC IDEAL REVISITED: St. Michael's College, Colchester, VT  Art by Sofia Zarabouka, from O Megalexandros. Used with permission. THE HEROIC IDEAL REVISITED JULY 30 - AUGUST 5, 2006, COLCHESTER, VERMONT Children's Literature New England's twentieth and culminating annual summer institute was held at Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont (outside of Burlington). Participants considered Paul Hazard's question "How would heroism be kept alive in our aging earth if not by each fresh, young generation that begins anew the epic of the human race." Participants heard from an unusually robust roster of speakers gathered to celebrate the anniversary. Speakers and presenters included Rita Auerbach, M. T. Anderson, Natalie Babbitt, Mary Brigid Barrett, Therese Bigelow, Ashley Bryan, Susan Cooper, Emma Dryden, Sarah Ellis, Nikki Giovanni, Virginia Golodetz, Barbara Harrison, Kathleen T. Horning, Kathleen Isaacs, Steven Kellogg, E. L. Konigsberg, Ginny Moore Kruse, Jane Langton, Betty Levin, Joanna Rudge Long, David Macaulay, Patricia MacLachlan, Gregory Maguire, Margaret Mahy, Katherine Paterson, Jill Paton Walsh, Meg Rosoff, Leda Schubert, Barbara Scotto, Suzanne Fisher Staples, Robin Smith, Deborah Taylor, John Rowe Townsend, Martha Walke, Yoko Kawashima Watkins, Tony Watkins, Virginia Euwer Wolff, and Tim Wynne-Jones. |
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