Alma Flor Ada

Presenters

In addition to the addresses by our guest speakers, our conferences have offered many break-out sessions. These presentations have covered a wide variety of topics based on children’s literature. Past topics have emphasized:

• Art
• Award Books
• Bilingual
• Bookmaking
• Cultural Identity
• Drama
• Editing
• Film
• Folklore
• Gender Issues
• History
• Illustration
• Immigration
• International Issues
• Internet
• Libraries
• Music
• Performing
• Poetry
• Publishing
• Social Justice
• Storytelling
• Writing
• Young
  Writers

Here in alphabetical order is a complete list of the talented people who have given presentations at our conferences.

Abascal-Hildebrand, Mary / Educator (I, III)
Abilock, Debbie / Librarian, Nueva School (II)
Ada, Alma Flor / Author, Prof. Emerita-USF School of Education (VIII, IX, X)
Alarcón, Francisco X. / Poet, Professor, Author (I)
Alegria, Malin / Author, Educator, Dancer (X)
Amanzadeh, Baharak / Art Educator, Writer (X)
Angel, Carl / Illustrator, Lakas and the Manilatown Fish (VI, X)
Angus, Carolyn / Director, George G. Stone Center for Children’s Books (X)
Arenas, Rosie / Lecturer, Director, CA Reading and Lit. Project (V, VII)
Argueta, Jorge / Salvadoran Poet, Writer, A Movie in My Pillow (VI)
Arnold, Marsha Diane / Author (VIII, IX)
Ashton, Chuck / Librarian, Storyteller, Member of the Caldecott Committee (I)

Banta, Gratia / Librarian, Artist (IV)
Barger, Doreen / Teacher (VI)
Barrena, Pablo / Author, Fundación SanchezRuiPerez, Salamanca, Spain (V)
Barrett-Dragan, Patricia / Artist, Educator, Author (I, II, III, VI, VIII)
Battino, David / Author, Publisher, Performer (IX, X)
Beals, Melba Patillo / Winner of Congressional Gold Medal, Author (V, VI)
Benedict, Jennifer / Artist, Educator (I, V)
Berg, Jill / Educator (IX, X)
Bernardi, Toni / Coordinator of Children’s Services SFPL (III)
Bernhard, Judith / Educator (X)
Bernier-Grand, Carmen / Author (III, V, VII)
Betancourt, Helia / Editorial Director of Cuentaquetecuento (I)
Blanco, Marivi Soliven / Author, Editor, Educator (II)
Boosalis, Chris / Educator (X)
Bouley-Picard, Theresa M. / Educator (VIII)
Bourdon, Josie / Teacher, Nome Elementary School, Alaska (V)
Bradshaw, Charlotte / Librarian (III)
Brion, Kate / Educator (VIII, IX, X)
Brown, Monica / Author (X)
Brown, Pamela / Children’s Librarian, Storyteller (V)
Bryan, Ashley / Poet, Author, Illustrator (IX, X)

Cabcabin Moran, Edna / Author, Illustrator, Performing Artist (X)
Campoy, Isabel / Author, Translator, Poet (I, II, III, VIII, IX)
Cardone, Debra / Educator (X)
Carinci, Sherrie Thuss / Educator, CSU Sacramento (V, VI)

Casey, Diane / Librarian (III)
Celestin, Marie / Educator, Author, Poet (X)
Cerda, Rebeca / Editor, Graphic Designer, Mexico (IV)
Chagall, Irene / Educator (IX)
Chang, Margaret / Author, Librarian, Educator (IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, X)
Chartier, Joelle / Educator (X)
Chin, Charlie / Actor, Storyteller, Author, China’s Bravest Girl (I)
Chin, Oliver / Artist, Writer, Publisher (X)
Chin-Lee, Cynthia / Author (I, II, III, VIII)
Cho, Eun Mi / Bilingual Spec. Ed, Teacher, Principal (I, V)
Chock, Eric / Poet, Editor, Publisher (Bamboo Ridge Press), Hawaii (VI)
Clemens, Sydney Gurewitz / Author, Early Childhood Educator (I, II, III)
Colato Laínez, Rene / Author (IX, X)
Conrad, Marguerite / Educator, Reading Specialist (VI, VII)
Contreras, Tomasa Duenas / Author (V)
Corpi, Lucha / Author (I)
Coryell, Christine / Educator (VII)
Cosentino, Teresa / Educator (X)
Currier, Katrina / Author, Teacher (VII)

Dalton, Constance / English and Drama Educator (II, III)
Danbold, Jane / Teacher, Fiesta Gardens Int’l. School, San Mateo, CA (VI)
Dariotis, Wei Ming / SFSU, Hapa Issues Forum Co-founder (V, IX)
Day, Frances Ann / Author, Educator (II, III, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X)
Deid, Margaret / Illustrator, A String of Beads (I)
DeFrantz, Anita / Educator, Professor Emeritus, USF (I, II, III)
del Mundo, Janet / Marketing Manager, Children’s Book Press (VIII, IX, X)
DeShay, Claudia Harrington / Author, Librarian, Univ. of Texas, Dallas (V)
Diaz-Mendez, Maria / Author (II, III)
Dowell, Loretta / Manager, Children’s Center, S.F. Main Library (VI, VII)
Downing, Julie / Author, Illustrator (IX)
Dresser, Rocio / Author Educator (VIII)

Ebie, Mora / Educator (V, VIII)
Edmonson, Donna / Teacher (I)
Eliassen / Educator, Curator-Archer Collection (VIII)
Ellis, Sarah / Author, Librarian (X)
Emerson, Caryl / Library Consultant, Musician (II)
Engle, Margarita / Author, The Poet Slave of Cuba (IX)
Erikson, Leif / Director-Youth Community Service (IX)
Ernst, Shirley / Children’s Literature Teacher (VI, VII, VIII)
Escobar, Froilán / Author, Illustrator, Children’s Lit. Specialist (I)
Evans, Lisa / Educator (X)

Faust, Susan / Chronicle Reviewer, Librarian (III)
Fink, Ron / Writer, Music Teacher, Composer (I, II)
Foster, Bweikia / Educator (VIII)
Fox, Susan / Professor, CSU Hayward (I, II, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X)
Franco, Betsy / Author (X)
Freeman, Evelyn / Professor, Dean, Ohio State University (IV)

Galvez-Hard, Ellie / Educator (IX)
Garcia, Monica / MEES leader (II)
Gee, Erica / Educator (VII)
Gelardin, Sally / Higher Ed. Administrator (I)
Gilson, Judy / Educator, USF and SFSU (V)
Glass, Linzi / Author (IX)
Glazer, Joan / Professor, Rhode Island college, Author (IV)
Goldberg, Dana / Editor (X)
Goldich, Terri / Curator-Thomas J. Dodd Research Center (VIII, IX)
Goldsmith, Francisca / Senior Librarian, Teen Services, Berkeley (III)
Gollub, Matthew / Author (III)
Gonzalez, Maya Christina / Artist, Illustrator (V, VII, X)
Grande, Reyna / Author, Educator (X)
Grant-Jackson, Merlette / Educator, Yurok Tribal Member (X)
Graziano, Kevin / Educator, Advocate for Social Justice (VI)
Green, Karen / Educator (VI)
Gross, Ila Lane / Executive director of LEAP (III)

Hale, Christy / Illustrator, Art Director, Educator (V, VI, IX)
Hall, Beth / Co-Director, Pact Adoption Alliance (I, II)
Halpin, Marianne / Librarian, Educator (I, IV, V, IX)
Harris, Vallena Dyson / Librarian (VII)
Heath, John / Professor, Santa Clara University (I, II)
Heffernan, Tracy / Actor, Writer, Librarian, Performing Artist (V, IX)
Heras, Theo / Librarian, Author, Toronto (IV)\
Herrera, Anna / Teacher, Fiesta Gardens Int’l. School, San Mateo, CA (VI)
Herrera, Juan / Poet, Professor (I)
Hock, Beverly Vaughn / Director, Reading the World, Educator (IV)
Hodges, Caryl / Educator, Assoc. Dean USF School of Education (V)
Holliman, Dawn / Educator (I)
Hones, Kay / Librarian (V, VI, VII, IX)
Hongo, Florence / Educator (I, VII)
Hoshino, Felicia / Illustrator (IX)
Huff, Rodd / Educator (X)

Imhof, Heidi / Storyteller, Principal (V)
Ingus, Toyomi / Author (V)
Isaacs, Kathy / Teacher, Coordinator (V, VII, VIII, IX, X)

Jago, Carol / Director, CA Reading & Literature Project, Teacher (III)
Jiang, Ji-Li / Author, Red Scarf Girl (II, III, V)
Jiménez, Francisco / Author, Professor of Modern Languages (I)
Johnson, Katherine / Educator (IX)
Johnston, Lynne / Educator (V)

Kanell, Rita / Educator (I, II, III)
Karlin, Andrea / Educator (VII, IX)
Karpas, Beth / Children’s Librarian, Storyteller, Dollmaker (VI)
Kataoka, Hazuki / Author, Publisher, Performer (IX, X)
Katz, Jordan / Educator (IX)
Katz, Susan / Educator, Professor-USF School of Education (II, III)
Keeshig-Tobias, Lenore / Storyteller (II)
Khisa, Wanjala / Storyteller (I)
Kikuchi, Derrick / Co-founder Reach and Teach (X)
Kimura, Marilyn / Librarian, Nueva School (II)
Kleven, Elisa / Author, Artist (VII)
Knoth, Maeve Visser / Librarian, Critic (III)
Krishnaswami, Uma / Writer, Teacher, Aztec, New Mexico (VI, VIII)

Lacapa, Michael / Author Illustrator, Artist (I)
Langdon, Robert / Director at Children’s Book Press (VI)\
Lango, Deborah / Professor CSUB (II)
Larson, Carole / Artist, Teacher (I, II, III, VI)
Lee, Millie / Author, Retired Librarian (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII)
Lee, Philip / Co-Founder and Editor, Lee & Low Books (VI)
Lehman, Barbara / Associate Professor, Ohio State University (IV)
Lehman, Carolyn / Children’s Advocate (VIII, IX)
Leitich Smith, Cynthia / Author, Jingle Dancer, (V)
Lewis, Erika / Author (X)
Lewis, Valerie / Author, Owner of Hicklebee’s Bookstore (II, VI)
Lindsay, Nina / Librarian (VII)
Liu, Fiona / Translator (VII)
London, Jeanne R. / Educator (III)
López, Miguel / Educator (V, VII, VIII)
Lopez, Monserrat / Author (V)
Lowenthal, Marla / Professor, Menlo College (II, V, VI, X)

Maissen, Leena / Former Executive Director of IBBY (IV)
Manini, Joan / Children’s Librarian, Burlingame (II)
Matheny, Sarah / Educator (VII, IX)
Matsuoka, Jack / Artist (VII)
Mayes, Walter / Walter the Giant Storyteller, Author (I, II, V, VI, VIII)
Mayshark-Stavely, Mary / Storyteller, Educator, New Hampshire (II)
McElderry, Margaret K. / Editor, international children’s literature (IV)
McNeil, MEA / Author, Illustrator (X)
Micheaels, Cathleen / Educator, Artist (VII, VIII, X)
Mistele, Linda / Storyteller (III)
Mixon, Myrtis / Storyteller (III, IX)
Montanaro, Ann / Librarian, Rutgers University, Author (II)
Moore, Kay / Professor, Teacher Education, CSU Sacramento (I)
Moore, Stephanie / Educator (VII, X)
Morales, Rosario E. / Professor, CSU Los Angeles (II)
Morales, Yuyi / Author, Artist (III, VI)
Moreno, Barbara Dubé / Author, Teacher (I)
Morris, Effie Lee / Librarian, Educator, Author, Advocate (III, VI)
Morris, Jill / Writer, Publisher (Greater Glider Prod.), Educator (VI)
Muse, Daphne / Author, Educator (I, II, VII)
Myers, Jen / Educator (VIII)
Myers, Tim / Author, Educator (VII)

Newling, Mary Louise / Educator (I, III)
Norris, Joanne Kyne / Educator (III)
Nye, Marilyn / Professor Emeritus, CSU, Hayward (I)

O’Malley, Judith / Editor, Past President of USBBY (IV)
Oladele, Folasade / Educator (I, II, III)
Older, Effin / Author, My Two Grandmothers (VI)
Ornstein, Robert / Author, Psychologist, Lecturer (V)
Otero, Renée / Librarian (V)

Palmer, Mary / Librarian, Global Reading Challeng Coordinator (IX)
Partridge, Elizabeth / Author, MD (IX)
Patrick, S. Smith / Documentary Filmmaker (VI)
Paz, Leo / Educator (VII)
Paz, Suni / Composer, Author, Singer (II)
Peck, Penny / Senior Librarian, Youth Services, San Leandro PL (III)
Peña, Fernando / Educator (X)
Pereida-Beihl, Barbara / Reading Specialist (I, II, III)
Persiani, Kimberly / Teacher of Early Literacy, CSU, Los Angeles (VI)
Petrakis, Alexandre / Educator (IX, X)
Poe, Elizabeth / Editor, Educator (VIII)
Power, Carolyn / Artist, Teacher, Creative Drama/Children’s Theater (V, VI)
Reedy, Sean / Professor, Maebashi Institute of Tech. Japan, Author (III)

Quiroa, Ruth / Author, Educator (VII)

Ramirez, Armando / Librarian (VIII)
Reisberg, Mira / Artist, Illustrator, Educator (II, III)
Ress, Regina / Storyteller, Educator (III)
Reynolds, Marilyn / Author, Teacher (V)
Ridge, Judith / Australian Editor, Writer, Critic (VI)
Rifo, Maria / Author, worked with Cesar Chavez (VI)
Robledo, Carol / Educator (VIII)
Robles, Anthony / Poet (VI)\
Roldán, Carmen Martinez / Educator, Arizona, Puerto Rico (I, II)
Romkema, Jeanette / Educator, Artist, Canada (I)
Ross, Michael Elsohn / Author, Educator (VII)
Rothman, Rachel / Educator (VIII, IX)
Rudnick, Steven / Author (V)
Rueda, Claudia / Author, Illustrator (VII)
Ruumet, Marika / Educator (II)

Sadler, Norma / Educator, Author, Multicultural connections (V, VII)
Samway, Katherine Davies / Author, Educator (V. VI, VII, VIII, IX, X)
San Souci, Robert / Author (I)
Sanchez, Patricia / Author (V)
Santiago, Chiori / Free-lance Journalist, Author (V)
Savage, Allison / Educator (X)
Savage, Mary / Storyteller, Educator (II)
Scharer, Patricia / Associate Professor, Ohio State University (IV)
Schmid, Michael / Austrian Journalist, Author (VII, VIII)
Schroeder, Alan / Author (II)
Schultz, Armin / President, CA Reading Assoc., Professor (I)
Schur, Maxine Rose / Author, Sacred Shadows (I, II)
Selvidge, Barbara / Artist, Educator (V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X)
Shabbas, Audrey / Educator, Author (V, VI)
Shapiro, Lesley / Educator, Children’s Literature Specialist (II)
Shepler, Kathryn / Elementary School Librarian (VI, VIII, IX, X)
Shigekawa, Marlene / Author Consultant (I)
Shulman, Kelly / Educator (IX)
Sierra, Judy / Author, Folklorist, Children’s Librarian, Puppeteer (VI)
Singh, Rashimi Sharma / Writer, Illustrator (I)
Sloat, Terri / Author, Illustrator, Lecturer (III, VI, VII)
Smith, Doris / President, Massachusetts School Library Media Assoc. (II)
Smith, Jerilyn / Coordinator Child Development Programs, Salinas (II)
Smith, Nancy Jean / Educator (X)
Smith, Nonie / Educator (VIII)
Smith, Rita / Teacher, Nome Elementary School, Alaska (V)
Solis, Guadalupe / Educator (X)
Stan, Susan / Assistant Professor of English (IV)
Steinberg, Gail / Co-Director, Pact Adoption Alliance (II)
Steiner, Joy / Author (V)
Steiner, Stan / Author, Professor, Boise State U. (III, V)
Stevens, Rita / Educator, Counselor (IX, X)
Stiepleman, Peter / Educator (Spanish/bilingual), Oakland USD (V)
Stotter, Ruth / Author, Storyteller, Educator (I, II, III, V, IX)
Sullivan, Charles / Author, Assoc Dean, Professional Studies, USF (I)
Sunwolf / University Professor, Attorney, National Storyteller (VI)

Tafoya, Terry / Storyteller (I)
Terasaki, Stan / Author (VI)
Tibbets, Lorianne / Author
Tillotson, Katherine / Illustrator (VIII)
Titus, Teri / Librarian (III)
Toaquiza, Alfonso / Artist (V)
Tomlinson, Carl / Professor of Literacy Education (IV)
Torres, Carla / Educator (VI)
Torrey, Maria Victoria / Educator (III)
Tovar, Tomasa Duenas / Author (V)
Tracey, Lorraine / CA Reading Assoc., Language Arts Consultant (I)
Turner, Pamela / Author (VII)
Tryon, Leslie / Author, Illustrator, Albert’s Alphabet (II, III)

Vecchione, Patrice / Poet, Educator, Author, Truth and Lies (III)
Ventura, Maria Lourdes / Teacher, Storyteller (VII)
Villaseñor, Patricia / Director at Children’s Book Press (VIII, IX)
Viveros-Lee, Hector / Author, Illustrator, Teacher (I)

Wattenberg, Jane / Author, Illustrator, Henny-Penny, (V, VII)
Webster, Caroll / Educator (I, II, VII, X)
Whyte, Malcolm / Curator, Author, Publisher (IX)
Wiesner, Craig / Co-Founder-Reach & Teach (IX, X)
Wilder, Mi’Jan / Educator (VII)
Wiley, Helen / Librarian, Selection Committee (III)
Wilson, Emile / Educator (I)
Wilson, Lizanne / Teacher, Actor, Drama Specialist (VI)\
Witter, Laura / Writer (II)
Wolff, Ashley / Author, Illustrator (II, III)
Wolfson, Jill / Journalist, Author, Educator (VIII)
Wolkstein, Diane / Author, The Magic Orange Tree (VI)
Wong, Li Keng / Author, Educator (IX)

Yamada, Debbie / Author (VII)
Yancey, Patty / Artist, Educator, Humbolt State U (V)
Yang, Gene / Cartoonist (VII)
Young, Emi Matsuoka / ESL Instructor (VII)
Yu, Chun / Author (VIII)

Zipes, Jack / Author, Educator (X)