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From: Lisa Von Drasek <lisav>
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 10:30:57 -0400
CCBCers please forgive this interuption to our announced topic and an announcement not in the first week of the month.
All the tickets to the Pete Seeger event have been distributed. We have no more. Those who weren't able to get tickets may be interested in seeing Ella Jenkins.
Sunday, Oct. 15, 11:00am & 2:00pm.Children's performer Ella Jenkins (You'll Sing a Song and Jambo & Other Call & Response Songs) in concert (two shows). Tickets go on sale September 15th. Ticket prices $5.50 children/ $8.50 adults. Ages 3 and up.
Also of interest to our community may be these events at Bank Street College of Education at our bookstore.
Sept 23, 1-3pm - Paul Zelinsky (The Wheels on the Bus)
Join us for a reading and book signing in celebration of the 25th anniversary of The Wheels on the Bus with Paul Zelinsky, winner of the Caldecott Medal. Saturday, September 23, 1-3pm. The following titles will be available for autographing: The Wheels on the Bus Pop-Up Rapunzel (Caldecott Medal winner) Rumpelstiltskin Swamp Angel (Caldecott Honor Book) Hansel and Gretel The Magic City (E. Nesbit) Can't attend? Order your autographed copy by phone.
New York is Book Country
Visit our booth at the 22nd annual New York is Book Country Street Fair on Fifth Avenue. Sunday, September 24, 11am - 5pm. Appearing at our booths Judy Blume (Places I Never Meant to Be) Lilly, everyone's favorite mouse from Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
11 Professor Putter (Metrocard Mania) Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman (You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum) 12-1 Ann Martin (The Babysitters Club) & Laura Godwin
(Co-authors of The Doll People) James Howe (Bunnicula series/The Watcher) 1-2 Chris Demarest (Firefighters A - Z) Saxton Freymann & Joost Elffers (Dr. Pompo's Nose and How Are You Peeling?) 2-3 Hudson Talbott (Forging Freedom and Tales of King Arthur series ) Ralph Fletcher (How Writers Work & Tommy Trouble and the Magic Marble) Bruce Degen (DaddyIs A Doodlebug, Jamberry, and Magic School Bus Series) 3-4 Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin (Click, Clack, Moo) 3-5 Bob McGrath (Bob of Sesame Street) 4-5 Robert Sabuda (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Pop Up & Brooklyn Pop Up)
Sept. 27, 6pm-Teachers night pre k-2
Saturday, Oct. 7, 1:00-3:00pm Paula Danziger (Amber Brown series) and Ann Martin (The Baby-sitters Club) read from their new book Snail Mail No More, sequel to P.S. Longer Letter Later. Book signing to follow. Ages 8 and up.
Sunday, Oct. 8, 12:30-2:00pm Group signing with Jon Scieszka (Time Warp Trio series and The Stinky Cheese Man), Vera B. Williams (Chair For My Mother and More, More, More Said The Baby), Douglas Florian (Insectlopedia and Mammalabilia) and DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan (A Dog Like Jack and City Green). Ages 5 and up.
Tuesday, Oct. 17, 3:30pm. Join us as Bank Street's resident storyteller, Nina Jaffe tells tales from her latest book, Tales for the Seventh Day. Book signing to follow. Ages 5 and up.
Saturday, Oct. 21, 11:00-1:00pm Meet Laurent de Brunhoff, son of Jean de Brunhoff, creator of Babar, as he reads from his latest book, Babar and the Succotash Bird, an all-new adventure featuring Babar's son, Alexander. Book signing to follow. Ages 4 and up.
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 4:00-5:00pm Popular young adult fantasy authors Tamora Pierce (The Alanna series and Circle of Magic series) and T.A. Barron (The Lost Years of Merlin series ) will be on hand for an
afterschool reading and book signing. Ages 8.
Friday, Oct. 27, 4:30-6:00pm Meet Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar) as he signs copies of his first Christmas book, Dream Snow. Ages 4 and up.
Saturday, Nov. 4, 12:30-2:00pm Group signing with Chris Raschka (Ring Yo! and Charlie Parker Played Be-Bop), Elizabeth Winthrop (Bear and Roly-Poly and Castle in The Attic), and Brian Selznick
(The Boy of a Thousand Faces and illustrator of The Doll People). Ages 5 and up.
Sunday, Nov. 5, 12:30-2:00pm Group signing with Bernard Waber, (Lyle, Lyle Crocodile series and The Mouse That Snored) and Emily Arnold McCully (Mirette & Bellini Cross Niagara Falls and The Pirate Queen).
Saturday, Nov. 11, 12:30-2:00pm Book signing with Newbery Honor winner Richard Peck (Long Way from Chicago and Year Down Yonder).
Teacher Nights Here is a great chance to see some of the wonderful new books for children coming out this fall, learn about Bankstreetbooks.com (our upcoming website for educators) and network with other teachers. Refreshments, giveaways, special discount for participants. Reservations required.
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 6-8pm. For teachers of PreK-2. Wednesday, Nov. 1, 6-8pm. For teachers of grades 3-6.
Wednesday, Oct. 18, 6:00-8:00pm. Teachers' workshop and book signing with Jeff Brown, author of Flat Stanley. Learn how to us his books across the curriculum in grades 1-3.
Lisa Von Drasek Children's Librarian Bank Street College of Education 610 West 112th St NY NY 10025
lisav at bnkst.edu
Received on Fri 08 Sep 2000 09:30:57 AM CDT
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 10:30:57 -0400
CCBCers please forgive this interuption to our announced topic and an announcement not in the first week of the month.
All the tickets to the Pete Seeger event have been distributed. We have no more. Those who weren't able to get tickets may be interested in seeing Ella Jenkins.
Sunday, Oct. 15, 11:00am & 2:00pm.Children's performer Ella Jenkins (You'll Sing a Song and Jambo & Other Call & Response Songs) in concert (two shows). Tickets go on sale September 15th. Ticket prices $5.50 children/ $8.50 adults. Ages 3 and up.
Also of interest to our community may be these events at Bank Street College of Education at our bookstore.
Sept 23, 1-3pm - Paul Zelinsky (The Wheels on the Bus)
Join us for a reading and book signing in celebration of the 25th anniversary of The Wheels on the Bus with Paul Zelinsky, winner of the Caldecott Medal. Saturday, September 23, 1-3pm. The following titles will be available for autographing: The Wheels on the Bus Pop-Up Rapunzel (Caldecott Medal winner) Rumpelstiltskin Swamp Angel (Caldecott Honor Book) Hansel and Gretel The Magic City (E. Nesbit) Can't attend? Order your autographed copy by phone.
New York is Book Country
Visit our booth at the 22nd annual New York is Book Country Street Fair on Fifth Avenue. Sunday, September 24, 11am - 5pm. Appearing at our booths Judy Blume (Places I Never Meant to Be) Lilly, everyone's favorite mouse from Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
11 Professor Putter (Metrocard Mania) Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman (You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum) 12-1 Ann Martin (The Babysitters Club) & Laura Godwin
(Co-authors of The Doll People) James Howe (Bunnicula series/The Watcher) 1-2 Chris Demarest (Firefighters A - Z) Saxton Freymann & Joost Elffers (Dr. Pompo's Nose and How Are You Peeling?) 2-3 Hudson Talbott (Forging Freedom and Tales of King Arthur series ) Ralph Fletcher (How Writers Work & Tommy Trouble and the Magic Marble) Bruce Degen (DaddyIs A Doodlebug, Jamberry, and Magic School Bus Series) 3-4 Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin (Click, Clack, Moo) 3-5 Bob McGrath (Bob of Sesame Street) 4-5 Robert Sabuda (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Pop Up & Brooklyn Pop Up)
Sept. 27, 6pm-Teachers night pre k-2
Saturday, Oct. 7, 1:00-3:00pm Paula Danziger (Amber Brown series) and Ann Martin (The Baby-sitters Club) read from their new book Snail Mail No More, sequel to P.S. Longer Letter Later. Book signing to follow. Ages 8 and up.
Sunday, Oct. 8, 12:30-2:00pm Group signing with Jon Scieszka (Time Warp Trio series and The Stinky Cheese Man), Vera B. Williams (Chair For My Mother and More, More, More Said The Baby), Douglas Florian (Insectlopedia and Mammalabilia) and DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan (A Dog Like Jack and City Green). Ages 5 and up.
Tuesday, Oct. 17, 3:30pm. Join us as Bank Street's resident storyteller, Nina Jaffe tells tales from her latest book, Tales for the Seventh Day. Book signing to follow. Ages 5 and up.
Saturday, Oct. 21, 11:00-1:00pm Meet Laurent de Brunhoff, son of Jean de Brunhoff, creator of Babar, as he reads from his latest book, Babar and the Succotash Bird, an all-new adventure featuring Babar's son, Alexander. Book signing to follow. Ages 4 and up.
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 4:00-5:00pm Popular young adult fantasy authors Tamora Pierce (The Alanna series and Circle of Magic series) and T.A. Barron (The Lost Years of Merlin series ) will be on hand for an
afterschool reading and book signing. Ages 8.
Friday, Oct. 27, 4:30-6:00pm Meet Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar) as he signs copies of his first Christmas book, Dream Snow. Ages 4 and up.
Saturday, Nov. 4, 12:30-2:00pm Group signing with Chris Raschka (Ring Yo! and Charlie Parker Played Be-Bop), Elizabeth Winthrop (Bear and Roly-Poly and Castle in The Attic), and Brian Selznick
(The Boy of a Thousand Faces and illustrator of The Doll People). Ages 5 and up.
Sunday, Nov. 5, 12:30-2:00pm Group signing with Bernard Waber, (Lyle, Lyle Crocodile series and The Mouse That Snored) and Emily Arnold McCully (Mirette & Bellini Cross Niagara Falls and The Pirate Queen).
Saturday, Nov. 11, 12:30-2:00pm Book signing with Newbery Honor winner Richard Peck (Long Way from Chicago and Year Down Yonder).
Teacher Nights Here is a great chance to see some of the wonderful new books for children coming out this fall, learn about Bankstreetbooks.com (our upcoming website for educators) and network with other teachers. Refreshments, giveaways, special discount for participants. Reservations required.
Wednesday, Sept. 27, 6-8pm. For teachers of PreK-2. Wednesday, Nov. 1, 6-8pm. For teachers of grades 3-6.
Wednesday, Oct. 18, 6:00-8:00pm. Teachers' workshop and book signing with Jeff Brown, author of Flat Stanley. Learn how to us his books across the curriculum in grades 1-3.
Lisa Von Drasek Children's Librarian Bank Street College of Education 610 West 112th St NY NY 10025
lisav at bnkst.edu
Received on Fri 08 Sep 2000 09:30:57 AM CDT
