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RELEASE
October 5, 2006
Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Eileen Maxwell, emaxwell@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
Institute of Museum and Library Services Sponsors
the
Pavilion of the States at the 6th Annual National Book
Festival
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Click
any image for a larger view. Photos by Corrie Davidson.
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| IMLS Director Anne-Imelda Radice
greets author Richard Peck at the Illinois table. |
The Institute of Museum and
Library Services, for the fifth consecutive year, hosted
the Pavilion of the States at the National Book Festival
on Saturday, September 30th. The National Book Festival
is sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by
First Lady Laura Bush. The festival was free and open
to the public.
The Pavilion of the States promotes reading
and literacy projects as well as the literary traditions
of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S.
territories. Representatives from state libraries throughout
the nation provided information and answered questions
about their state’s writers, libraries, book festivals,
book awards and reading-promotion activities. Click
here to see photos taken at every state library table.
“The Pavilion of the States gets more
and more popular each year,” said Anne-Imelda Radice,
Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
“A visit to the pavilion is like a grand tour around
the whole country. Every state is different, and every
state’s special culture is reflected in writing
of their native authors and in the special programs and
services they promote. But it’s also just a lot
of fun. The kids who visited particularly enjoyed it.”
The authors who visited the Pavilion of
the States included:
Georgia and Missouri
Shelia Moses, The Return of Buddy Bush
Illinois
Richard Peck, Here Lies the Librarian
Texas
Elmer Kelton, Six Bits a Day
North Carolina
Kathy Reichs, Break No Bones
Washington
Terry Trueman, No Right Turn
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| Massachusetts
author Andrew Clements autographs a book for a young
pavilion visitor, while Sharon Shaloo from the MA
Center for the Book looks on. |
Virginia
John McCutcheon, Christmas in the Trenches
Louisiana
Douglas Brinkley, The Great Deluge
Massachusetts
Andrew Clements, A Million Dots
Massachusetts
Tony DiTerlizzi, G is for One Gzonk!
California
Kadir Nelson, Illustrator, Please, Puppy, Please
(by Spike Lee)
Ohio
Sharon Draper, Copper Sun
For more information on the Pavilion of
the States, see: www.loc.gov/bookfest/pavilions.html.
For more information on the National Book Festival, www.loc.gov/bookfest.
More photos (e-mail earnold@imls.gov
for high quality print-resolution versions of any photo):
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Dr. Radice greets representatives
from the Virgin Islands. Left to right: Edgar Lake,
Janice Tutein, Dr. Radice, and Ingrid Bough.
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Bruce Cole, Chaiman
of the National Endowment for the Humanities, says
hello to Dr. Radice. The Endowment also provides support
for the Pavilion of the States. |
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| Karen Starr from the
Nevada State Library shares a local book with Dr.
Radice. |
Stave pavilion maps
offer children a chance to learn about every state. |
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| A pavilion visitor picks up information
at the Louisiana table. |
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