April 17, 2009

The Arne Nixon Center at Fresno State will host a Beatrix Potter celebration, co-sponsored by the Beatrix Potter Society Friday through Sunday (April 16-19) in the newly opened Henry Madden Library and at other locations on the Fresno State campus.

Speakers and events will include:

• Katherine Paterson - Author and Newbery Medal winner for her novels “Bridge to Terabithia” and “Jacob Have I Loved.”

• Judy Taylor – Beatrix Potter Society chairman and author of books and many other publications related to Beatrix Potter.

• Emma Laws – Frederick Warne Curator of Children’s Literature at the National Art Library in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Curator of the Museum's Beatrix Potter Collection.

• Selwyn Goodacre - Noted British collector and expert on Beatrix Potter and Lewis Carroll.

• Performance of “The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck” musical, as produced by Fresno State Theatre for Young Audiences and directed by J. Daniel Herring. It will be performed Saturday at 10 a.m. and noon in the Woods Theatre of the Speech Arts Building. Admission is free.