Documentary film to screen at Harvard University!

Library of the Early Mind, a feature-length documentary film about children's books I am producing with director Edward J. Delaney, will have its first screening at Harvard University in Boston on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

The screening and panel discussion with the filmmakers and featured authors are being offered by the Askwith Education Forum, which is part of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The event is free and open to the public.

Many thanks to Lolly Robinson and Roger Sutton of The Horn Book for helping to arrange this exciting event. The Children’s Book Shop in Brookline will be running a signing and book sale.

The film is also being submitted to film festivals around the world. It features music by Jason K. Nitsch and interviews with a truly extraordinary list of authors, illustrators, critics, editors, librarians, booksellers, and others.

Lemony Snicket, Lois Lowry, Chris Van Allsburg, R.L. Stine, Jane Yolen, Gregory Maguire, M.T. Anderson, Norton Juster, Natalie Babbitt, Lane Smith, Jack Gantos, Brian Selznick, Grace Lin, David Small, Mary Jane Begin, Nancy Garden, Arthur Levine, Mo Willems, Jeff Kinney, Roger Sutton, Anita Silvey, Adam Gopnik.
And many more.

We will have much exciting news -- and an online trailer -- to share over the next few months. Check out our production blog featuring brief clips from the interviews!