Jean Craighead George, presents the 3rd annual Charlotte Zolotow Lecture entitled, "Words for the Young Child." Presented September 27, 2000 at the Memorial Union Theater, UW-Madison.  The speaker was introduced by Patti Sinclair.

Prior tot he lecture, Professor Jack Kean offered a welcome from the School of Education, Kathleen T. Horning welcomed attendees on behalf of the CCBC, and Jan Thron presented the 2000 Charlotte Zolotow Award to Molly Bang accepted the award for her book When Sophie Gets Angry -- Really Really Angry.