Nostalgia and Children's Literature

There will be a conference this November in Atlanta, Georgia on "Past Pleasures: Nostalgia and Children's Literature"
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Conference
"In order to examine children's literature through the lens of nostalgia, possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following options:
*Updating comics, cartoons, or toys for a new generation of children
*Children's literature and/or cultural objects as souvenirs
*Nostalgic longing for aspects of childhood
*Recapturing or re-imagining childhood
*Historical toys/books translated into new mediums
*Selective cultural memory and amnesia
*Ascribing value to collected objects, children's museums, the role of the collector
Please submit questions, one-page abstracts, or eight-page papers by March13, 2007 to Julie A. Sinn at julie.sinn@gmail.com.

I wonder how many people each year make a pilgrimage to the New York central library to visit the Winnie the Pooh stuffed animals? The aspect of childhood I personally am most nostalgic for is the endless hours in which I could read peacefully while eating cookies...