THE WASHINGTON POST • BOOK WORLD • SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2010


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LINDA SUE PARK Linda Sue Park won the Newbery Award in 2002 for “A Single Shard.” She is the author of “The 39 Clues: Book 9, Storm Warning” and a contributor to “The Exquisite Corpse Adventure.” Park will also appear in the Children’s pavil- ion at 10 a.m. Signing 12 p.m.


pavilion 10 A.M.


Children’s


“THE EXQUISITE CORPSE ADVENTURE” The story that began at last year’s festi- val concludes here. Katherine Paterson, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, wrote the final epi- sode. She will be joined by other “Team Corpse” authors and illustrators: M.T. Anderson, Timothy Basil Ering, Linda Sue Park and James Ransome. The whole tale up to the grand finale is available at Read.gov. Signing 12 p.m.


11 A.M.


MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Margaret Peterson Haddix has written more than 20 books for kids and teens, including “Running Out of Time,” the “Shadow Children” series and “Found,” which is the first book in a new series called “The Missing.” Her most recent books are “Claim to Fame” and “The 39 Clues: Book 10, Into the Gauntlet.” Had- dix will also appear in the Children’s pavilion at 3:15 p.m. Signing 12 p.m.


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Science’s combination of beauty and terror


s a mushroom cloud a thing of beauty or terror? Or both? And are scientists to be praised or blamed for their re- lentless inquiries over the centuries that have delivered us to our current — and alarming — knowledge of the world? No matter how you come down on these is- sues, you’ll find plenty to contemplate with a carefully planned afternoon at the National Book Festival. If you believe scientists can’t solve all our problems — or create all our messes — on their own, stop by to hear Henry Pe- troski (Contemporary Life at 3:15 p.m.), an engineering professor and literary stylist who writes on the wonders of his profession — a whole book, for instance, on how the pencil came to be, and an- other on the evolution of everyday things such as the paper clip. His new book, “The Essential Engineer,” explores the underappreciated role of the engineer in human progress and argues that scien- tists and engineers must work together to confront the challenges that lie ahead. On your beauty-terror tour, you’ll have to choose between hearing about the beauty and the terror or just the terror. Richard Holmes (History & Biography at 3:50 p.m.), a leading biographer of Ro- mantic Age literary giants, dips into the


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intersection between science and the arts in his latest book, “The Age of Wonder.” Holmes describes how 18th-century mu- sician-turned-stargazer William Her- schel inspired fear by widening the uni- verse. A gifted builder of telescopes, Her- schel expanded our farthest horizons by seeing that other galaxies lie beyond our own. Fear intensifies into horror as science


creates the mushroom cloud, a subject that Richard Rhodes (Contemporary Life at 3:50 p.m.) thoroughly explored in his Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Making of the Atomic Bomb.” Rhodes discusses his latest book, “The Twilight of the Bombs,” in which he follows disarma- ment trends of recent years and leaves us hoping for a future without these weap- ons of mass destruction. Harold Varmus (Contemporary Life at 4:25 p.m.) is a calming voice for the ter- rors that rip through the politics of sci- ence. Few scientists are as distinguished as this Nobel laureate in medicine who also has served as the head of the Memo- rial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and is now director of the National Cancer In- stitute. Read about how he wrote his memoir, “The Art and Politics of Science,” on page 11. Here in Varmus’s life is a story of the beauty of science, helping us slay the monsters that terrorize us.


— Steven Levingston levingstons@washpost.com JERRY PINKNEY/"THREE LITTLE KITTENS" 11:50 A.M.


JULES FEIFFER From his Village Voice editorial car- toons to his plays and screenplays, Jules Feiffer’s satirical outlook has influenced countless others. Most recently, he illus- tratedNorton Juster’s “The Odious Ogre” and published a memoir, “Back- ing into Forward.” Feiffer will also ap- pear in the Contemporary Life pavilion at 12:55 p.m. Signing 2 p.m.


NORTON JUSTER Though he made his career as an archi- tect, Norton Juster began writing seri- ously as a young man in the Navy. His first book, “The Phantom Tollbooth,” il- lustrated by Jules Feiffer, was published in 1961. His most recent book is “The Odious Ogre,” also illustrated by Feiffer. Signing 2 p.m.


12:40 P.M.


PAT MORA Pat Mora founded the family literacy initiative El día de los niños/El día de los libros, Children’s Day/Book Day, which culminates in celebrations across the country on April 30. “Yum! ¡Mmm! ¡Qué Rico!,” Mora’s collection about foods from the Americas, won the Américas Award and was an ALA Nota-


ble book. “Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart” received a Pura Belpré Author Honor Award and a Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Signing 2 p.m.


1:15 P.M.


MARILYN NELSON Marilyn Nelson has won many awards for her poetry, which she writes both for adults (“The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems”) and children (“The Cat Walked Through the Casse- role and Other Poems for Children”). Her latest book for kids is “Snook Alone,” which is illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. Signing 11:30 a.m.


TIMOTHY BASIL ERING Timothy Basil Ering has illustrated nu- merous books for children of all ages, including the Newbery Award-winning “The Tale of Despereaux,” by Kate DiCa- millo; “Finn Throws a Fit!” by David El- liott; and “Snook Alone,” by Marilyn Nelson. He is the illustrator and author of “Necks Out for Adventure!” and “The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone,” which has been adapted for the stage. He is a con- tributing illustrator to “The Exquisite Corpse Adventure.” Ering will also ap- pear in the Children’s pavilion at 10 a.m. Signing 11:30 a.m.


2:05 P.M.


MEM FOX Mem Fox was born in Australia, grew up in Africa, studied drama in England and returned to Australia in 1970. Her first book, “Possum Magic,” is the best- selling children’s book ever in Australia, with sales of more than 4 million. In the United States, “Time for Bed” and “Wil- frid Gordon McDonald Partridge” have each sold over a million copies. Fox has written more than 35 picture books for children and five nonfiction books for adults, including “Reading Magic.” Her latest book is “Let’s Count Goats.” Sign- ing 11 a.m.


2:40 P.M.


JAMES RANSOME James Ransome has received both the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustra- tion and the IBBY Honor Award for his book “The Creation.” He has received a Coretta Scott King Honor Award for Il- lustration for “Uncle Jed’s Barbershop,”


which was selected as an ALA Notable Book. His most recent book is “Gunner: Football Hero.” He is a contributing il- lustrator to “The Exquisite Corpse Ad- venture.” Ransome will also appear in this pavilion at 10 a.m. Signing 12 p.m.


3:15 P.M.


MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX Please see 11 a.m. listing above.


3:50 P.M. ROSEMARY WELLS Rosemary Wells’s career as an author and illustrator spans more than 40 years and 120 books. She has won nu- merous awards and has given readers such characters as Max and Ruby, Noisy Nora and Yoko. She has also given Mother Goose new life in two definitive editions and created an unforgettable world for grownups and kids alike in “Voyage to the Bunny Planet.” Her latest books are “Max and Ruby’s Bedtime Book”; “My Havana: Memories of a Cu- ban Boyhood,” written with Secundino Fernandez and illustrated by Peter Fer- guson; and “On the Blue Comet,” illus- trated by Bagram Ibatoulline. Signing 1 p.m.


4:25 P.M.


JUDITH VIORST “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” Judith Viorst’s most famous children’s book, was first published in 1972 and has sold more than 2 million copies. Her other chil- dren’s books include “The Tenth Good Thing About Barney,” “The Alphabet from Z to A” and the “Alexander” stories, including “Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday.” Her most recent work is “Lulu and the Brontosaurus.” She lives in Washington, D.C. Signing 2 p.m.


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JERRY PINKNEY Jerry Pinkney has been illustrating chil- dren’s books since 1964 and has received one Caldecott Medal, five Caldecott Hon- or medals, five Coretta Scott King awards and four Coretta Scott King Honor awards. In addition to his work in chil- dren’s books, Pinkney has had more than 30 one-man retrospectives. His most re- cent book is “Three Little Kittens.” Sign- ing 2 p.m.


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