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Join
us on the First
Friday of the month
for an Author Talk
in
Rines Auditorium
12:00
- 1:00 pm
The
focus of this event is on local Young Adult and Children's Authors &
Illustrators.
First
Friday Author Talks 2008 offerings.
Friday,
January 4,
2008 12:00-1:00
Maria Testa,
author of Something About America
Award-winning novelist
and poet Maria Testa will discuss her latest verse novel for readers 12
years and older, Something About America. The novel about a
Portland middle school student who immigrated with her family from
Kosova centers on her parent's different perspectives on America and the
ugly incident in nearby Lewiston that makes the whole family reassess
their relationship with this country. Testa will review the real
incident between the mayor of Lewiston and the Somali-American community
in 2002, her friendship with refugees from the Balkan Wars, and the
influence of these events on her fiction.
Friday,
February 1,
2008 12:00-1:00
Jeff Kinney, author/illustrator
of Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Author/illustrator
Jeff Kinney recalls the growing pains of school life and introduces a
new kind of hero who epitomizes the challenges of being a kid. As
Greg says in his diary, "Just don't expect me to be all 'Dear
Diary' this and 'Dear Diary' that" Luckily for us, what Greg
Heffley says he won't do and what he actually does are two very
different things.
Friday,
March 7,
2008 12:00-1:00
Laura Numeroff,
author of The Jellybeans
Laura Numeroff is the
author of the best-selling If You Give a... series which has
cumulatively sold over 8 million copies. She's also the author of
the What Mommies Do Best/What Daddys Do Best series. She lives in
Los Angeles, California, where she loves to ride horses, read
biographies, and play with her pets.
Friday,
April 4,
2008 12:00-1:00
Mitali Perkins (author) and
Jamie Hogan (illustrator), Rickshaw Girl
Naima excels at
painting the traditional alpana patterns with which Bangladeshi women
and girls decorate their homes for holiday celebrations. But she
wishes she could help her father earn money like her best friend helps
his family by driving his father's rickshaw. Meet author Mitali
Bose Perkins, who was born in Kolkata (Calcutta), India and now lives in
Newton, Massachusetts and illustrator, Jamie Hogan, who teaches
illustration at Maine College of Art.
Saturday,
May 3,
2008 12:00-1:00
Robin Merrow MacCready,
author of Buried
Buried is a
suspenseful and mind-twisting psychological thriller that will keep
readers turning the pages and help them grasp the drama and destruction
of codependency. Robin Merrow MacCready's first novel won the 2007
Edgar Award for Best YA novel and was selected for the NYPL's Best Books
for the Teen Age 2007. She lives on the Maine coast.
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