Youngsters are invited that day to the Brown University campus for readings by local children's authors, a performance of Prokofiev's timeless classic, Peter and the Wolf, and a chance to work with dance masters in a special workshop.
All events are free and open to the public.
The conference, titled The Dignity of Children , opens Sunday, March 4, and continues through the week, offering lectures and panel discussions with some of the nation's leading experts on children, childhood development and parenting in the 21 st century. The Salomon Center for Teaching, The College Green Authors Natalie Babbitt and Emily Arnold McCully '61 will read from their works. A Cat on Her Own. McCully has illustrated more than 150 children's books and written 25, including Picnic , which won a Christopher Award in 1985. In 1993 her highly acclaimed Mirette on the High Wire was named by The New York Times as one of the 10 best illustrated children's books and awarded the coveted Randolph Caldecott Medal.