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From: Marci Davis <marcid>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:21:41 -0800 (PST)
For immediate release
Contact: Katie O'Dell, Youth Services, 503.988.6002
Terrilyn Chun, Public Relations, 503.988.5469
Press Information Center
(www.multcolib.org/news/index.html)
TICKETS GO ON SALE FOR LIBRARY'S CHILDREN'S AUTHOR LECTURE WITH NEWBERY-WINNING AUTHOR CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS
Portland, OR - Tickets go on sale March 13 at select Multnomah County libraries and local area bookstores (see attached list) for Multnomah County Library's fifth annual Children's Author Lecture with Newbery-winning author Christopher Paul Curtis. The lecture will take place Monday, April 15, 2002 at 7 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 1126 S.W. Park Ave. in Portland, Oregon.
Tickets for the lecture are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets are also available by mail. For more information or an order form, go to the library's Web site at www.multcolib.org/kids/lecture or call 503.988.5402. Ticket sales end April 14 and no tickets will be available at the door.
Curtis will speak about his experience as a successful African-American author for children. A book sale and book signing will follow the lecture.
Curtis' "Bud, Not Buddy" is the first book ever to receive both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Author Award, both in 2000. "Bud, Not Buddy" is the story of 10-year-old Bud Caldwell's journey during the Great Depression to find his father. "Bud, Not Buddy" is Curtis' second novel. His first, "The Watsons Go to Birmingham63," also received widespread critical praise and was a Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
The Multnomah County Library Children's Author Lecture is sponsored by Multnomah County Library, the Friends of the Library, Oregon Public Broadcasting, the Riverdale School District, McCormick & Schmick's and by gifts to The Library Foundation.
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Tickets for the Multnomah County Library's 2002 Children's Author Lecture can be purchased through April 14, 2002 at the following locations:
Central Library, 801 S.W. 10th Ave., Portland Capitol Hill Library, 10723 S.W. Capitol Hwy., Portland Gresham Library, 385 N.W. Miller Ave., Gresham Hollywood Library, 3930 N.E. Hancock St., Portland Midland Library, 805 S.E. 122nd Ave., Portland Library Administration, 205 N.E. Russell St., Portland A Children's Place, 4807 N.E. Fremont St., Portland Annie Bloom's Books, 7834 S.W. Capitol Hwy., Portland Looking Glass Book Store, 318 S.W. Taylor St., Portland Twenty-Third Avenue Books, 1015 N.W. 23rd Ave., Portland Jackson's Books, 320 Liberty St. S.E., Salem
Shannon Long Multnomah County Library Administration 205 NE Russell St., Portland, OR 97212 503.988.5402 pr at multcolib.org
Received on Tue 05 Mar 2002 06:21:41 PM CST
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:21:41 -0800 (PST)
For immediate release
Contact: Katie O'Dell, Youth Services, 503.988.6002
Terrilyn Chun, Public Relations, 503.988.5469
Press Information Center
(www.multcolib.org/news/index.html)
TICKETS GO ON SALE FOR LIBRARY'S CHILDREN'S AUTHOR LECTURE WITH NEWBERY-WINNING AUTHOR CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS
Portland, OR - Tickets go on sale March 13 at select Multnomah County libraries and local area bookstores (see attached list) for Multnomah County Library's fifth annual Children's Author Lecture with Newbery-winning author Christopher Paul Curtis. The lecture will take place Monday, April 15, 2002 at 7 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 1126 S.W. Park Ave. in Portland, Oregon.
Tickets for the lecture are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets are also available by mail. For more information or an order form, go to the library's Web site at www.multcolib.org/kids/lecture or call 503.988.5402. Ticket sales end April 14 and no tickets will be available at the door.
Curtis will speak about his experience as a successful African-American author for children. A book sale and book signing will follow the lecture.
Curtis' "Bud, Not Buddy" is the first book ever to receive both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Author Award, both in 2000. "Bud, Not Buddy" is the story of 10-year-old Bud Caldwell's journey during the Great Depression to find his father. "Bud, Not Buddy" is Curtis' second novel. His first, "The Watsons Go to Birmingham63," also received widespread critical praise and was a Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
The Multnomah County Library Children's Author Lecture is sponsored by Multnomah County Library, the Friends of the Library, Oregon Public Broadcasting, the Riverdale School District, McCormick & Schmick's and by gifts to The Library Foundation.
# # #
Tickets for the Multnomah County Library's 2002 Children's Author Lecture can be purchased through April 14, 2002 at the following locations:
Central Library, 801 S.W. 10th Ave., Portland Capitol Hill Library, 10723 S.W. Capitol Hwy., Portland Gresham Library, 385 N.W. Miller Ave., Gresham Hollywood Library, 3930 N.E. Hancock St., Portland Midland Library, 805 S.E. 122nd Ave., Portland Library Administration, 205 N.E. Russell St., Portland A Children's Place, 4807 N.E. Fremont St., Portland Annie Bloom's Books, 7834 S.W. Capitol Hwy., Portland Looking Glass Book Store, 318 S.W. Taylor St., Portland Twenty-Third Avenue Books, 1015 N.W. 23rd Ave., Portland Jackson's Books, 320 Liberty St. S.E., Salem
Shannon Long Multnomah County Library Administration 205 NE Russell St., Portland, OR 97212 503.988.5402 pr at multcolib.org
Received on Tue 05 Mar 2002 06:21:41 PM CST
