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Save the Date: Arbuthnot Lecture on May 3, 2014

2014 Arbuthnot Lecturer Andrea Davis Pinkney
Andrea Davis Pinkney (image courtesy of Scholastic)
Want to see Andrea Davis Pinkney in Minneapolis for free?

ALSC encourages you to save the date of Saturday, May 3, 2014. On that date, author Andrea Davis Pinkney, vice president and editor at large of Scholastic’s Trade Books, will deliver the 2014 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture.

Andrea Davis Pinkney is a New York Times best-selling writer of more than 20 books for children and young adults including picture books, novels and nonfiction. During the course of her career, Pinkney has launched many high-profile publishing and entertainment entities, including Hyperion Books for Children/Disney Publishing’s Jump at the Sun imprint, the first African American children’s book imprint at a major publishing company.

The lecture will take place at the University of Minnesota Children’s Literature Research Collections. Doors open at 7:00 pm. Tickets will be available soon.

2014 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture
Featuring Andrea Davis Pinkney
University of Minnesota Children’s Literature Research Collections
Willey Hall, University of Minnesota, West Bank Campus
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Doors open at 7:00pm
Ticket information will be available soon!

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