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Professor, Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Elizabeth Hearne is a professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she teaches children’s literature and storytelling. She is the author of numerous articles and books, including Choosing Books for Children: A Commonsense Guide, the folktale anthology Beauties and Beasts, several novels for children (most recently, Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs), a book of young adult short stories titled The Canine Connection: Stories about Dogs and People, and two picture books, one of which, Seven Brave Women, won the 1998 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award. The former children’s book editor of Booklist and of The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, she has reviewed children’s books for 30 years and contributes regularly to the New York Times Book Review. From the University of Illinois, Hearne received a University Scholar Award in 2000 and a Graduate College Outstanding Mentor Award in 2004. She was president of USBBY, the United States chapter of the International Board on Books for Young People, in 2001, and is currently chair of the American Library Association’s 2005 Caldecott Award Committee, which selects the year's most distinguished picture book for children.
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