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Hear Adam Bagdasarian: Jan. 24 _at_ 8:00 p.m. in Philadelphia
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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 16:26:10 -0600
In Philadelphia, hear and meet Adam Bagdasarian, the author of "Forgotten Fire" on Friday, Jan. 24, at 8:00 p.m. in the Loews Philadelphia Hotel (Commonwealth A & B meeting rooms). A reception, bookselling and autographing will follow the Mr. Bagdasarian's remarks. His appearance is sponsored through the generous support of Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
All people interested in attending this session are welcome. The invitation is open to anyone in the Philadelphia area who might want to attend. This session of the ALA Midwinter Conference is co-sponsored by ALSC and USBBY. Do plan to come, even if you're late due to travel, or even if you haven't yet registered for the ALA conference, or even if you aren't planning to attend this conference. All are welcome.
Adam Bagdasarian wrote the remarkable novel "Forgotten Fire," recalling the Armenian holocaust that began in Turkey in 1915. In "Forgotten Fire" readers experience the survival experiences of a boy who was 12 years old at the time he became separated from his family during this period of history. The novel is based on experiences related to Mr. Bagdasarian by his great-uncle. Edited by Melanie Kroupa and originally published by DK Ink, "Forgotten Fire" was a National Book Award Finalist in 2000 and is now available in a paperback edition.
In the book of short stories titled "My First French Kiss," also written by Adam Bagdasarian and edited by Melanie Kroupa (Farrar, 2002), young adult readers will discover an altogether different type of fiction created by this gifted writer. His most recently published books is based on autobiographical sketches from his childhood and adolescence from ages five to twenty.
Kathleen Horning is the 2003 president of the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) http://www.usbby.org/ . USBBY and ALA co-sponsor a USBBY meeting and informational speaker on Friday evening during the annual Midwinter Conference of the American Library Association. ALA is one of the patron sponsors of USBBY, others being the National Council of Teachers of English, the International Reading Association and the Children's Book Council.
USBBY is related to the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) http://www.ibby.org/ , one of the very few organized ways in which individuals within the children's book communities of many nations can regularly communicate and occasionally gather for significant information and networking purposes. The IBBY journal "Bookbird" http://www.ibby.org/Seiten/04_bookb.htm is an invaluable source of information about books, awards and related subjects across the world.
I plan to attend this meeting in Philadelphia. I hope some of you will be able to be there, too. If you're part of the CCBC-Net community, please introduce yourself to Katy Horning and/or me that evening, or during any other time during the ALA Midwinter conference. (One of these days we might want to plan a CCBC-Net gathering during an ALA conference. Interested? Let either of us know what you think about that, even if you aren't planning to be in Philadelphia.)
Peace, Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu
Received on Thu 02 Jan 2003 04:26:10 PM CST
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 16:26:10 -0600
In Philadelphia, hear and meet Adam Bagdasarian, the author of "Forgotten Fire" on Friday, Jan. 24, at 8:00 p.m. in the Loews Philadelphia Hotel (Commonwealth A & B meeting rooms). A reception, bookselling and autographing will follow the Mr. Bagdasarian's remarks. His appearance is sponsored through the generous support of Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
All people interested in attending this session are welcome. The invitation is open to anyone in the Philadelphia area who might want to attend. This session of the ALA Midwinter Conference is co-sponsored by ALSC and USBBY. Do plan to come, even if you're late due to travel, or even if you haven't yet registered for the ALA conference, or even if you aren't planning to attend this conference. All are welcome.
Adam Bagdasarian wrote the remarkable novel "Forgotten Fire," recalling the Armenian holocaust that began in Turkey in 1915. In "Forgotten Fire" readers experience the survival experiences of a boy who was 12 years old at the time he became separated from his family during this period of history. The novel is based on experiences related to Mr. Bagdasarian by his great-uncle. Edited by Melanie Kroupa and originally published by DK Ink, "Forgotten Fire" was a National Book Award Finalist in 2000 and is now available in a paperback edition.
In the book of short stories titled "My First French Kiss," also written by Adam Bagdasarian and edited by Melanie Kroupa (Farrar, 2002), young adult readers will discover an altogether different type of fiction created by this gifted writer. His most recently published books is based on autobiographical sketches from his childhood and adolescence from ages five to twenty.
Kathleen Horning is the 2003 president of the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) http://www.usbby.org/ . USBBY and ALA co-sponsor a USBBY meeting and informational speaker on Friday evening during the annual Midwinter Conference of the American Library Association. ALA is one of the patron sponsors of USBBY, others being the National Council of Teachers of English, the International Reading Association and the Children's Book Council.
USBBY is related to the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) http://www.ibby.org/ , one of the very few organized ways in which individuals within the children's book communities of many nations can regularly communicate and occasionally gather for significant information and networking purposes. The IBBY journal "Bookbird" http://www.ibby.org/Seiten/04_bookb.htm is an invaluable source of information about books, awards and related subjects across the world.
I plan to attend this meeting in Philadelphia. I hope some of you will be able to be there, too. If you're part of the CCBC-Net community, please introduce yourself to Katy Horning and/or me that evening, or during any other time during the ALA Midwinter conference. (One of these days we might want to plan a CCBC-Net gathering during an ALA conference. Interested? Let either of us know what you think about that, even if you aren't planning to be in Philadelphia.)
Peace, Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu
Received on Thu 02 Jan 2003 04:26:10 PM CST
