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[CCBC-Net] Alma Flor Ada and Isabel Campoy come to Fresno on October 7
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From: angelica carpenter <angelica>
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 11:35:31 -0700
ANCA, the Arne Nixon Center Advocates, the support group for the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University, Fresno, invites everyone to their annual meeting on Saturday, October 7, at 11 a.m. at the campus Student Recreation Center. The featured speakers will be Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy, writing partners and the prolific authors of hundreds of prize-winning children's books. This program is co-sponsored by Jumpstart for Young Children and Associated Students.
Alma Flor Ada is a renowned author, translator, scholar, educator, and advocate for bilingual and multicultural education. This Cuban-born author, whose Web site is www.almaflorada.com, has won many literary awards for her 200+ children's titles. Her books include Dear Peter Rabbit, Gathering the Sun, The Lizard and the Sun, and Where the Flame Trees Bloom. Her autobiography, Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba, won the 2000 Pura Belpr? Award, presented by the American Library Association and REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library Services to the Spanish Speaking.
F. Isabel Campoy is the Spanish-born author of more than 100 children's books on poetry, biography, art, culture, and language acquisition. Her poetry and plays appear in dozens of anthologies in both English and Spanish. She received the Reading the World Award from the University of San Francisco and the San Francisco Library Laureate Award in 2003. Her books include Rosa Raposa, Authors in the Classroom, and the collections Gateways to the Sun and Celebrations. With Alma Flor Ada she has written the Harcourt Language Arts series in Spanish and many books including Colors of Mardi Gras, Mam? Goose: A Latino Nursery Treasury and ?P?o Peep!: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes. Their newest book is Tales Our Abuelitas Told. Isabel Campoy's Web site is www.isabelcampoy.com.
The Kennel Bookstore will acquire and sell the authors' books at this event. There is no admission charge and no reservations are required. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Children aged eight or older are welcome if accompanied by adults. The authors' books will be available for sale and autographing starting at 10 a.m. The talk will be from 11 a.m. to noon. The authors will continue signing after the talk.
The event will be held in the Peters Educational Center Auditorium in the new Student Recreation Center, directly west of and adjacent to the Save Mart Center. The street address is 5010 North Woodrow Avenue (northeast corner of Woodrow and Shaw). Enter from the west side of the building. Free parking is available in Lot V, just west of Woodrow Avenue.
For information call (559) 278-8116 or send E-mail to jcrow at csufresno.edu.
Received on Sun 01 Oct 2006 01:35:31 PM CDT
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 11:35:31 -0700
ANCA, the Arne Nixon Center Advocates, the support group for the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University, Fresno, invites everyone to their annual meeting on Saturday, October 7, at 11 a.m. at the campus Student Recreation Center. The featured speakers will be Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy, writing partners and the prolific authors of hundreds of prize-winning children's books. This program is co-sponsored by Jumpstart for Young Children and Associated Students.
Alma Flor Ada is a renowned author, translator, scholar, educator, and advocate for bilingual and multicultural education. This Cuban-born author, whose Web site is www.almaflorada.com, has won many literary awards for her 200+ children's titles. Her books include Dear Peter Rabbit, Gathering the Sun, The Lizard and the Sun, and Where the Flame Trees Bloom. Her autobiography, Under the Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba, won the 2000 Pura Belpr? Award, presented by the American Library Association and REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library Services to the Spanish Speaking.
F. Isabel Campoy is the Spanish-born author of more than 100 children's books on poetry, biography, art, culture, and language acquisition. Her poetry and plays appear in dozens of anthologies in both English and Spanish. She received the Reading the World Award from the University of San Francisco and the San Francisco Library Laureate Award in 2003. Her books include Rosa Raposa, Authors in the Classroom, and the collections Gateways to the Sun and Celebrations. With Alma Flor Ada she has written the Harcourt Language Arts series in Spanish and many books including Colors of Mardi Gras, Mam? Goose: A Latino Nursery Treasury and ?P?o Peep!: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes. Their newest book is Tales Our Abuelitas Told. Isabel Campoy's Web site is www.isabelcampoy.com.
The Kennel Bookstore will acquire and sell the authors' books at this event. There is no admission charge and no reservations are required. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Children aged eight or older are welcome if accompanied by adults. The authors' books will be available for sale and autographing starting at 10 a.m. The talk will be from 11 a.m. to noon. The authors will continue signing after the talk.
The event will be held in the Peters Educational Center Auditorium in the new Student Recreation Center, directly west of and adjacent to the Save Mart Center. The street address is 5010 North Woodrow Avenue (northeast corner of Woodrow and Shaw). Enter from the west side of the building. Free parking is available in Lot V, just west of Woodrow Avenue.
For information call (559) 278-8116 or send E-mail to jcrow at csufresno.edu.
Received on Sun 01 Oct 2006 01:35:31 PM CDT
