Literary Lights for Children

September 27, 2009
Bates Reading Room
Boston Public Library

The Associates of the Boston Public Library (BPL) will present the eleventh annual “Literary Lights for Children” awards ceremony and tea party at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 27, 2009. The award winners – Sook Nyul Choi, Katherine Paterson, Brian Selznick, David Small and Sarah Stewart will be honored for their wide-reaching contributions to children’s literature. The authors chosen as this year’s “Literary Lights” have collectively won dozens of major awards for their inspiring books, written for children and young adults.

Sook Nyul Choi	Katherine Paterson	Brian Selznick	David Small	Sarah Stewart

“Literary Lights for Children” seeks to raise awareness of Children’s literature, promote literacy, honor children’s authors, and raise money for the Library’s children’s services and collections. The event will begin with the awards presentation at 2:00 p.m. in the historic Bates Reading Room of the Boston Public Library. Four students selected from Boston area schools will present the awards to each of the honored authors. The honorees will discuss their writing careers and share their love of books with the audience of over 450 children and adults. Tea refreshments will be served. Immediately following the event there will be book sales and signings with the authors. The book sales & signing portion of the program following the event will begin at approximately 3:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Tickets are $50 per adult and $30 per child; children must be accompanied by an adult. Sponsorship opportunities are also available at the Grand Benefactor ($1,000), Benefactor ($500) and Patron ($250) levels. People are encouraged to sponsor children who would otherwise be unable to participate, by purchasing and thereby donating extra tickets to the awards presentation & tea party. Click here for Honorees from previous years. Proceeds from this event will fund children’s services and special programs for children and young adults.

For more information, sponsorship opportunities, or to purchase tickets, please contact
Associates Office 617.536.3886
associates@bpl.org

www.LiteraryLightsforChildren.org

Literary Lights for Children 2008

The Associates of the Boston Public Library is pleased to announce that the tenth annual “Literary Lights for Children” event was a wonderful afternoon held on Sunday, September 28, 2008 in the Bates Reading Room at the Boston Public Library. It was particularly exciting to have the 10th Anniversary in the Library for the first time!

The Associates was happy to have Lois Lowry as a Special 10th Anniversary Guest. Winner of the Newbry Award and author of such classics as The Giver, Number the Stars and the Anastasia Series, Lois shared some of her thoughts on writing and literacy. The honored authors, Susan Cooper, Christopher Paul Curtis, Laura Amy Schlitz and Chris Van Allsburg received awards from Tiffany & Co., and were introduced by Boston area students.

Each author delivered a talk loosely based on their writing careers and their love of books. After the ceremony, book sales and signings and photographs with the authors took place in the Edwin Austin Abbey Room of the Library.

Literary Lights for Children seeks to raise awareness of children’s literature, promote literacy, honor children’s authors, bring attention to, and raise money for, the Library’s children’s services and collections.