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From: Lisa Von Drasek <lisav_at_bankstreet.edu>
Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 14:54:32 -0400
Please join us for the
39th Annual Irma S. and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature
May 19, 2011
8:30 AM Light Breakfast | 9:00 AM Award Ceremony | 10:00 AM Book Signing
Bank Street College of Education, 610 West 112th Street, New York City
To RSVP or to make a contribution to the Irma S. and James H. Black Fund at Bank Street College of Education,
please contact Alesia Yezerskaya at 212-875-4608 or
ayezerskaya_at_bankstreet.eduKeynote
Speaker: Perri Klass is a pediatrician who writes both fiction and non-fiction. She writes about children and families, about medicine, about food and travel, and about knitting. Her newest book is a novel, The Mercy Rule, and the book before that was a work of non-fiction, Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor, written in the form of letters to her son as he starts medical school.
Perri lives in New York City, where she is Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University. She is also Medical Director of Reach Out and Read ( http://perriklass.com/ ), a national literacy organization which works through doctors and nurses to promote parents reading aloud to young children.
The 2011 award winner for a picture book published in 2010:
How Rocket Learned to Read, written and illustrated by Tad Hills; Published by Random House Children's Books
The three Honor Books published in 2010 are:
Children Make Terrible Pets written and illustrated by Peter Brown; Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea written by Michael Ian Black, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes; Published by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Dust Devil written by Anne Isaacs, illustrated by Paul Zelinsky; Published by Random House Children's Books
For more information on the Award process, visit the Irma Simonton Black award page ( http://www.bankstreet.edu/childrenslibrary/irmasimontonblackh ome.html )
Lisa Von Drasek Coordinator of School Services/ Children's Librarian Bank Street College of Education School for Children Pre-K- 8 610 West 112th St NY NY 10025
lisav_at_bankstreet.edu
212 875 4452
Received on Mon 02 May 2011 02:54:32 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 14:54:32 -0400
Please join us for the
39th Annual Irma S. and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature
May 19, 2011
8:30 AM Light Breakfast | 9:00 AM Award Ceremony | 10:00 AM Book Signing
Bank Street College of Education, 610 West 112th Street, New York City
To RSVP or to make a contribution to the Irma S. and James H. Black Fund at Bank Street College of Education,
please contact Alesia Yezerskaya at 212-875-4608 or
ayezerskaya_at_bankstreet.eduKeynote
Speaker: Perri Klass is a pediatrician who writes both fiction and non-fiction. She writes about children and families, about medicine, about food and travel, and about knitting. Her newest book is a novel, The Mercy Rule, and the book before that was a work of non-fiction, Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor, written in the form of letters to her son as he starts medical school.
Perri lives in New York City, where she is Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University. She is also Medical Director of Reach Out and Read ( http://perriklass.com/ ), a national literacy organization which works through doctors and nurses to promote parents reading aloud to young children.
The 2011 award winner for a picture book published in 2010:
How Rocket Learned to Read, written and illustrated by Tad Hills; Published by Random House Children's Books
The three Honor Books published in 2010 are:
Children Make Terrible Pets written and illustrated by Peter Brown; Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea written by Michael Ian Black, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes; Published by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Dust Devil written by Anne Isaacs, illustrated by Paul Zelinsky; Published by Random House Children's Books
For more information on the Award process, visit the Irma Simonton Black award page ( http://www.bankstreet.edu/childrenslibrary/irmasimontonblackh ome.html )
Lisa Von Drasek Coordinator of School Services/ Children's Librarian Bank Street College of Education School for Children Pre-K- 8 610 West 112th St NY NY 10025
lisav_at_bankstreet.edu
212 875 4452
Received on Mon 02 May 2011 02:54:32 PM CDT
