Media Contact:
Sherry McIntyre, College of Design, 919/515-8311

Oct. 28, 2005

NC Award-Winning Children’s Book Author/Illustrator To Lecture at
NC State

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Allen Say will lecture in the auditorium of Kamphoefner Hall on the North Carolina State University campus on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Say won the 1994 Caldecott Medal for his book Grandfather’s Journey. The Caldecott
Medal is given annually to the artist who creates the most distinguished picture book of the year.

The award is named in honor of the 19th-century English illustrator Randolph J. Caldecott. Say’s
other works include Trees of Cranes, Tea with Milk, The Sign Painter, Home of the Brave, Music for Alice and, most recently, Kamishibai Man.

The event is sponsored by the NC State Department of Art and Design, the Japan Center and Quail Ridge Books.

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