Location: | Waltham Woods Conference Center, Waltham, MA | Presentation of The Legend of Hong Kil Dong |
Date: | October 11, 2014 |
Location: | Saco, Maine | workshop for Saco elementary school teachers |
Date: | October 10, 2014 |
Location: | Waterville, ME | Presented "Ten Mysteries of Talking Walls" with author Margy Burns Knight |
Date: | August 30, 2014 |
Location: | Bangor, ME | Participated on a panel of Maine authors |
Date: | August 24, 2014 |
Location: | Hardwick, NJ | Created a 64-page comic book with 70 Korean Americans ages 7-14, at this sleep-over camp |
Date: | August 10-16 |
Location: | Brookline, MA | Presentation of The Legend of Hong Kil Dong |
Date: | June 16, 2014 |
Location: | Simmons College, Boston, MA | A CBC Diversity "speed-dating-style event with six authors and illustrators known for creating inclusive literature," co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Simmons and the Horn Book and presented in partnership with Children’s Books Boston. |
Date: | May 14, 2014 |
Location: | Springfield, MA | Presented workshop on strategic planning, "What is the Life You Want to Live?," for children's book writers and illustrators |
Date: | May 2-4 |
Location: | USM, Portland, Maine | Presented two workshops at educators conference hosted by the Multilingual and Multicultural Center of Portland Public Schools |
Date: | April 17, 2014 |
Location: | South Portland, Maine | Author visit, K-5 |
Date: | April 15-16 |
Location: | Augusta, Maine | Receiving the Katahdin Award! workshop on "I'm Your Neighbor" books with Kirsten Cappy |
Date: | April 10, 2014 |
Location: | University of Maine at Farmington | Keynote presentation, "Mirrors and Lenses: Considering Race," and workshop, "Books as Bridges" |
Date: | March 21, 2014 |
Location: | Ellsworth, Maine | K-5 Talking Walls presentations with author Margy Burns Knight |
Date: | March 25-26 |
Location: | Watertown, MA | Educators workshop presenting the new Talking Walls, with author Margy Burns Knight "Primary Source promotes history and humanities education by connecting educators with people and cultures throughout the world." |
Date: | March 31, 2014 |
Location: | Subic, Baguio and Manila, The Philippines | K-12 presentations at 3 campuses More info in my blogposts: "The Philippines!" and "Librarians Make the Most of a School Visit" |
Date: | March !2-18 |
Location: | Bangkok, Thailand | Middle school author visit Read more in my blogpost, "Bangkok!" |
Date: | March 10-11, 2014 |
Location: | Mexico, Maine | author visit, K-5 |
Date: | March 3-4, 2014 |
Location: | UMass, Lowell | Presentation of The Legend of Hong Kil Dong |
Date: | February 15, 2014 |
Location: | Mainely Frames, 541 Congress Street, Portland, Maine |
Celebration of the release of Talking Walls - Discover Your World, a revised and updated "Classic Edition" of the two Talking Walls books - Refreshments: Wine & cheese & crackers |
Date: | February 7, 2014 | |
Time: | 5:00 - 8:00 (during First Friday Artwalk) |
Location: | Maine Charitable Mechanic Association Library, 519 Congress St #2B, Portland, Maine |
The first forty educators who register are invited to an hour-long free workshop with the author and illustrator to introduce the new Talking Walls - Discover Your World, and to share examples of how to use the book to meet Common Core standards for informational text, grades K-8: Key Ideas and Details, Craft and Structure, Integration of Knowledge and Ideas, and Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity. Each participant will be entered in a drawing to win a free copy of the book at the launch party (see below). To register: Email name, school and contact information (subject line: Teacher Workshop) to margyburnsknight@gmail.com by February 1, 2014 |
Date: | February 7, 2014 | |
Time: | 3:45-4:45 |