Children's Literature Lecture Award

|+ May Hill Arbuthnot Lectures

! style="width:5%;"|Year

! style="width:20%;"|Lecturer

! style="width:30%;"|Title

! style="width:30%;"|Host

! style="width:15%;"|City, State

|Cynthia Leitich Smith

|tba

|tba

|tba

|Kyle Lukoff

|"What Do We Ask Books To Do"

|Multnomah County Library

|Portland, Oregon

|Rita Williams-Garcia

|“A Funny Thing About Memory”

|Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

| {{sort | Collier, Bryan | Bryan Collier }}

| "Dreamwalker"{{Cite web |date=2023-09-13 |title=Bryan Collier's Lecture "Dreamwalker" Is Now Available for Viewing |url=https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2023/09/bryan-colliers-lecture-dreamwalker-is-now-available-for-viewing/ |access-date=2023-10-27 |website=ALSC Blog |language=en-US}}

| Dayton Metro Library
University of Dayton

| {{sort | 45402|Dayton, Ohio}}

| No lecturer selected due to delays in lectures caused by COVID-19[https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/chll Children's Literature Lecture Award]

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| {{sort | Rudine Sims Bishop, Rudine | Rudine Sims Bishop }}

| Due to "unforeseen circumstances," no lecture was given. Instead, a "virtual celebration of Dr. Bishop’s work and her impact on the field of children’s literature" was hosted by ALSC.[https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2021/11/registration-open-2021-children-s-literature-lecture-celebration-honoring-dr Registration open for 2021 Children’s Literature Lecture Celebration honoring Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop]

| Hosted virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic

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| {{sort | Gaiman, Neil | Neil Gaiman }}

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| Sacramento Public Library

| {{sort | 95814|Sacramento, California}}

| {{sort | Reese, Debbie | Debbie Reese }}

| {{sort|Indigenous Critique of Whiteness in Children's Literature|"An Indigenous Critique of Whiteness in Children's Literature"}}

| University of Wisconsin–Madison

| {{sort | 53715 |Madison, Wisconsin}}

| {{sort | Nye, Naomi Shihab | Naomi Shihab Nye }}

| "REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED - Our Lives of Reading & Writing"

| Western Washington University
Whatcom County Library System

| {{sort | 98225|Bellingham, Washington}}

| {{sort | Woodson, Jacqueline | Jacqueline Woodson }}

| "What Gets Left Behind: Stories From The Great Migration"

| South Carolina State Library
The city of Columbia, South Carolina

| {{sort|29201|Columbia, South Carolina}}

| {{sort | Mora, Pat | Pat Mora }}

| "Bookjoy! ¡Alegría en los libros!"

| Santa Barbara Public Library System

| {{sort|93101|Santa Barbara, California}}

| {{sort | Selznick, Brian | Brian Selznick }}

| "Love Is a Dangerous Angel: Thoughts on Queerness and Family in Children's Books"

| DC Public Library

| {{sort|20001|Washington, DC}}

| {{sort | Pinkney, Andrea Davis | Andrea Davis Pinkney }}

| "Rejoice the Legacy"
([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC5y1RTGEZQ YouTube recording]. Pinkney appears 12:15 minutes in.)

| Children's Literature Research Collections
University of Minnesota Libraries

| {{sort|55455 |Minneapolis, Minnesota}}

| {{sort | Morpurgo, Michael | Michael Morpurgo }}

| "War Boy to War Horse"
[https://cloud.ensemblevideo.com/app/sites/index.aspx?destinationID=ySvquw-zt06uv7_nCRTNEQ&searchString=morpurgo&pageIndex=1&pageSize=10]

| Nazareth College
Youth Services Section of the New York Library Association

| {{sort | 14618 | Rochester, New York}}

| {{sort | Sis, Peter | Peter Sís }}

| "Reading in the Dark"
([http://sc.lib.muohio.edu/handle/2374.MIA/4489 MUOhio recording])

| Miami University

| {{sort | 45056 | Oxford, Ohio }}

| {{Sort | Lowry, Lois |Lois Lowry}}

| "Unleaving: The Staying Power of Gold"
[http://loislowry.com/documents/speeches/arbuthnot.pdf] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsaAhnO6zXo brief YouTube recording])

| St. Louis County Library

| {{sort | 63124 | Ladue, Missouri }}

| {{Sort | Horning, Kathleen T. |Kathleen T. Horning }}

| "Can Children's Books Save the World? Advocates for Diversity in Children's Books and Libraries"

| Riverside County Library System

| {{sort | 92507 | Riverside, California}}

| {{Sort|Myers, Walter Dean |Walter Dean Myers}}

| {{sort|geography of the heart|"The Geography of the Heart"}}

| Langston Hughes Library at the Children's Defense Fund Alex Haley Farm

| {{sort | 37716 | Clinton, Tennessee}}

| {{sort|Macaulay, David |David Macaulay}}

| "Thirteen Studios"
([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRLbOMZ24E4 YouTube recording]){{clarify|date=February 2015|reason=when does Macaulay appear?}}

| South Central Library System

| {{sort | 53701 | Madison, Wisconsin}}

| {{sort|Henkes, Kevin |Kevin Henkes}}

| "Books As Shelter: Going Home Again and Again"

| McConnell Center for the Study of Youth Literature, University of Kentucky SLIS

| {{sort | 40502 | Lexington, Kentucky}}

| {{sort|Freedman, Russell |Russell Freedman}}

| {{sort|past isn't the past|"The Past Isn't Past: How History Speaks, and What It Says to the Next Generation"}}

| Williamsburg Regional Library
The Library of Virginia
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

| {{sort | 23081 | Williamsburg, Virginia}}

| {{sort|Jackson, Richard |Richard Jackson}}

| "Mutuality"

| Free Library of Philadelphia
Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School

| {{sort | 19019 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}}

| {{sort|Le Guin, Ursula K. |Ursula K. Le Guin}}

| "Cheek by Jowl: Animals in Children's Literature"

| Maricopa County Library District
Arizona State University
Arizona Center for the Book

| {{sort | 85349 | Phoenix, Arizona}}

| {{sort|Sendak, Maurice |Maurice Sendak}}

| "Descent into Limbo"

| Cambridge Public Library
Children's Literature, Inc.

| {{sort | 27002 | Cambridge, Massachusetts}}

| {{sort|Pullman, Philip |Philip Pullman}}

| "So She Went Into the Garden"

| Le Frak Hall, Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies

| {{sort | 11367 | Flushing, New York}}

| {{sort|Cooper, Susan |Susan Cooper}}

| "Time and Again"

| Scottish Rite Center
Multnomah County Library

| {{sort | 97204 | Portland, Oregon}}

| {{Sort|Rochman, Hazel |Hazel Rochman}}

| {{sort|stranger comes to town|"A Stranger Comes to Town"}}

| Thomas J. Dodd Research Center at the University of Connecticut

| {{sort | 06268 | Storrs, Connecticut}}

| {{sort|Gerhardt, Lillian N. |Lillian N. Gerhardt}}

| "Editorial License: On Library Selection Connections"

| San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science

| {{sort | 95101 | San Jose, California}}

| {{sort|Hirschman, Susan |Susan Hirschman}}

| "Instead of a Lecture"

| Richland County Public Library
College of Library and Information Science at the university of South Carolina

| {{sort | 29512 | Columbia, South Carolina}}

| {{sort|Paterson, Katherine |Katherine Paterson}}

| "In Search of Wonder"

| Northern State University

| {{sort | 57402 | Aberdeen, South Dakota}}

| {{sort|Sutherland, Zena | Zena Sutherland}}

| {{sort|life in review|"A Life in Review"}}

| Dallas Public Library

| {{sort | 750110 | Dallas, Texas}}

| {{sort|Fisher, Leonard Everett | Leonard Everett Fisher}}

| "Imaginings and Images"

| University of Wisconsin

| {{sort | 53293 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin}}

| {{sort|McElderry, Margaret K. | Margaret K. McElderry}}

| "Across the Years, Across the Seas: Notes from an Errant Editor"

| Coronado Public Library

| {{sort | 92118 | Coronado, California}}

| {{sort|Hamilton, Virginia | Virginia Hamilton}}

| "Everything of Value: Moral Realism in the Literature for Children"

| Virginia Center for the Book

| {{sort | 23173 | Richmond, Virginia}}

| {{Sort|Huck, Charlotte S. | Charlotte S. Huck}}

| "Developing Lifetime Readers"

| Montana Library Association annual conference

| {{sort | 59715 | Bozeman, Montana}}

| {{sort|opie, iona | Iona Opie}}

| {{sort|nature and function of children's lore|"The Nature and Function of Children's Lore"}}

| Library of Congress

| {{sort | 20500 | Washington, DC}}

| {{sort|bryan, Ashley | Ashley Bryan }}

| {{sort|tender bridge|"A Tender Bridge"}}

| New Orleans Public Library

| {{sort | 70062 | New Orleans, Louisiana}}

| {{Sort|mahy, Margaret | Margaret Mahy}}

| {{sort|dissolving ghost|"A Dissolving Ghost: Possible Operations of Truth in Children's Books and the Lives of Children"}}

| University of Pittsburgh

| {{sort | 15217 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}}

| {{Sort|bierhorst, john | John Bierhorst}}

| "Pushing up the Sun a Little"

| University of Oklahoma

| {{sort | 73072 | Norman, Oklahoma}}

| {{Sort| Houston, james Archibald |James Archibald Houston}}

| {{sort|primitive view of the world|"A Primitive View of the World"}}

| Northern Illinois University

| {{sort | 60115 | DeKalb, Illinois}}

| {{Sort| chambers, aidan | Aidan Chambers}}

| "All of a Tremble to See His Danger"

| University of Arkansas

| {{sort | 72201 | Little Rock, Arkansas}}

| {{Sort| wrightson, patricia | Patricia Wrightson}}

| "Stones into Pools"

| Indiana University
Stone Hills Area Library Services Authority

| {{sort | 47405 | Bloomington, Indiana}}

| {{Sort|eichenberg, fritz | Fritz Eichenberg}}

| "Bell, Book and Candle"

| Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center

| {{sort | 55416 | Minneapolis, Minnesota}}

| {{Sort|Jacobs, Leland b. | Leland B. Jacobs}}

| "Children and the Voices of Literature"

| Center for the Study of Literature for Young People at the University of Georgia

| {{sort | 30602 | Athens, Georgia}}

| {{Sort | butler, Dorothy | Dorothy Butler}}

| "From Books to Buttons: Reflections From the Thirties to the Eighties"

| Florida State University

| {{sort | 32816 | Orlando, Florida}}

| {{Sort | Betancourt, Virginia | Virginia Betancourt}}

| "Information: A Necessity for Survival: Strategies for the Promotion of Children's Books in a Developing Country"

| Texas Woman's University

| {{sort | 76201 | Denton, Texas}}

| {{Sort | kunze, horst | Horst Kunze}}

| "German Children's Literature From Its Beginning to the Nineteenth Century: A Historical Perspective"

| University of Wisconsin

| {{sort | 53293 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin}}

| {{Sort | egoff, Sheila | Sheila Egoff}}

| "Beyond the Garden Wall: Some Observations on Current Trends in Children's Literature"

| University of South Carolina

| {{sort | 29209 | Columbia, South Carolina}}

| {{Sort | ofek, uriel | Uriel Ofek}}

| "Tom and Laura from Right to Left: American Children's Books Experienced by Young Hebrew Readers"

| Boston Public Library

| {{sort | 02114 | Boston, Massachusetts}}

| {{Sort | watanabe, shigeo | Shigeo Watanabe}}

| "One of the Dozens"

| Boise State University

| {{sort | 83720 | Boise, Idaho}}

| {{Sort | fritz, jean | Jean Fritz}}

| {{sort|education of an american|"The Education of an American"}}

| Los Angeles Public Library

| {{sort | 90064 | Los Angeles, California}}

| {{Sort | hunter, mollie | Mollie Hunter}}

| "Talent Is Not Enough"

| Drexel University

| {{sort | 19153 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}}

| {{Sort | southall | Ivan Southall}}

| "Real Adventure Belongs To Us"

| University of Washington

| {{sort | 98188 | Seattle, Washington}}

| {{Sort | hurlimann, Bettina | Bettina Hürlimann}}

| "Fortunate Moments in Children's Books"

| University of Missouri

| {{sort | 64108 | Kansas City, Missouri}}

| {{Sort | orvig, mary | Mary Ørvig}}

| "One World in Children's Books"

| University of Chicago

| {{sort | 60680 | Chicago, Illinois}}

| {{Sort | townsend, john rowe | John Rowe Townsend}}

| "Standards of Criticism for Children's Literature"

| Atlanta Memorial Arts Center

| {{sort | 30302 | Atlanta, Georgia}}

| {{Sort | fisher, Margery | Margery Fisher}}

| "Rights and Wrongs"

| Case Western Reserve University

| {{sort | 44122 | Cleveland, Ohio}}