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From: angelica carpenter <angelica>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:15:43 -0800
Four critically acclaimed authors--Avi, Sharon Creech, Walter Dean Myers, and Sarah Weeks-have joined together to form A.R.T.-Authors Readers Theatre. The A.R.T. authors will perform selections from their books in Fresno, California, on Friday, March 2, at 6:30 p.m. at Sunnyside High School Theatre, 1019 South Peach. Sunnyside is located at the southeast corner of Peach and Kings Canyon. The entrance to the parking lot is from a stoplight on Peach.
The presentation is of particular interest to adults and students in grades 4 through 12. This event is co-sponsored by the School of Education at Fresno Pacific University; the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University, Fresno; Fresno Pacific University; the Fresno County Public Library: Sunnyside High School; and Petunia's Place bookstore. Admission is free but limited to 500 attendees, first come, first served. Books will be available for sale and autographing at the event. The presentation, which will begin at 6:30 p.m., will last about 90 minutes, with time for questions at the end.
Avi has published 59 books and is the winner of the Newbery Medal for Crispin: The Cross of Lead; two Newbery Honors, True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing but the Truth; plus Two Horn Book awards and the O'Dell and Christopher awards. His Web site is www.Avi-writer.com.
Sharon Creech, who has donated many foreign language editions of her books to the Arne Nixon Center, is the author of numerous award-winning books, including the Newbery Medal winner Walk Two Moons, the Newbery Honor winner The Wanderer, and the Carnegie Medal winner Ruby Holler. Her Web site is www.SharonCreech.com.
Walter Dean Myers, the author of Monster, Shooter, and Autobiography of My Dead Brother, has written many highly acclaimed books for children and young adults. He is a five-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honoree, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award, a National Book Award finalist, as well as the recipient of the first annual Virginia Hamilton Literary Award. His Web site is www.WalterDeanMyersbooks.com.
Sarah Weeks has written more than forty picture books and novels for children and young adults including Follow the Moon and Jumping the Scratch. Her novel So B. It was chosen as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Booksense 2004 best book of the year and the 2004 Parent's Choice Gold Award. Her Web site is www.SarahWeeks.com.
A.R.T. will also perform in Visalia, California, on Saturday, March 3, from 2-3 p.m. at the L.J. Williams Theater. For information about that performance, visit http://Visalia.k12.ca.us/library.
For more information, call (559) 278-8116.
Received on Thu 01 Feb 2007 05:15:43 PM CST
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:15:43 -0800
Four critically acclaimed authors--Avi, Sharon Creech, Walter Dean Myers, and Sarah Weeks-have joined together to form A.R.T.-Authors Readers Theatre. The A.R.T. authors will perform selections from their books in Fresno, California, on Friday, March 2, at 6:30 p.m. at Sunnyside High School Theatre, 1019 South Peach. Sunnyside is located at the southeast corner of Peach and Kings Canyon. The entrance to the parking lot is from a stoplight on Peach.
The presentation is of particular interest to adults and students in grades 4 through 12. This event is co-sponsored by the School of Education at Fresno Pacific University; the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature at California State University, Fresno; Fresno Pacific University; the Fresno County Public Library: Sunnyside High School; and Petunia's Place bookstore. Admission is free but limited to 500 attendees, first come, first served. Books will be available for sale and autographing at the event. The presentation, which will begin at 6:30 p.m., will last about 90 minutes, with time for questions at the end.
Avi has published 59 books and is the winner of the Newbery Medal for Crispin: The Cross of Lead; two Newbery Honors, True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing but the Truth; plus Two Horn Book awards and the O'Dell and Christopher awards. His Web site is www.Avi-writer.com.
Sharon Creech, who has donated many foreign language editions of her books to the Arne Nixon Center, is the author of numerous award-winning books, including the Newbery Medal winner Walk Two Moons, the Newbery Honor winner The Wanderer, and the Carnegie Medal winner Ruby Holler. Her Web site is www.SharonCreech.com.
Walter Dean Myers, the author of Monster, Shooter, and Autobiography of My Dead Brother, has written many highly acclaimed books for children and young adults. He is a five-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honoree, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award, a National Book Award finalist, as well as the recipient of the first annual Virginia Hamilton Literary Award. His Web site is www.WalterDeanMyersbooks.com.
Sarah Weeks has written more than forty picture books and novels for children and young adults including Follow the Moon and Jumping the Scratch. Her novel So B. It was chosen as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Booksense 2004 best book of the year and the 2004 Parent's Choice Gold Award. Her Web site is www.SarahWeeks.com.
A.R.T. will also perform in Visalia, California, on Saturday, March 3, from 2-3 p.m. at the L.J. Williams Theater. For information about that performance, visit http://Visalia.k12.ca.us/library.
For more information, call (559) 278-8116.
Received on Thu 01 Feb 2007 05:15:43 PM CST
