For details, contact Kirsten Cappy Curious City, 207-699-2755
Previous Appearances
Launch Party
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Location: |
Portland Public Library |
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Date: |
June 19, 2010 |
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Details: |
We'll be celebrating the release of Moon Watchers: Shirin's Ramadan Miracle (Tilbury House), by Reza Jalali, illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien, in the library's brand new Children's Room.
More details soon. |
Maine Comic Arts Festival
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Location: |
Ocean Gateway, Portland, Maine |
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Date: |
May 23, 2010 |
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Details: |
see the Festival website |
Civil Rights Team Project Statewide Conference
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Location: |
Augusta Civic Center, Maine |
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Date: |
May 03, 2010 |
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Details: |
Annie will present "The Colors of My World" for the elementary school participants (3rd-5th grade) at the conference.
Description: Being an ally to others includes understanding yourself. In this workshop, you'll get to explore your own world, how your identity around race and culture is forming, and how you can shape it.
See a description of this workshop at my blog, "Coloring Between the Lines." |
Barbieri Elementary Scool
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Location: |
Framingham, MA |
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Date: |
April 30, 2010 |
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Details: |
Author Day at a bilingual English/Spanish school, 4 presentations on the Jamaica books, grades K-1. |
Kids Comic Con
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Location: |
Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY |
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Date: |
April 10, 2010 |
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Details: |
Annie will have a table at the Kids Comic Con, handing out free activities related to The Legend of Hong Kil Dong. |
Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church
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Location: |
Portland, Maine |
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Date: |
March 28, 2010 |
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Details: |
Program on Moral Courage to the middle school and high school youth of A2U2, in conjunction with the gift of copies of After Gandhi, purchased by the church's education committee. |
Fayerweather Street School
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Location: |
Cambridge, MA |
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Date: |
March 26, 2010 |
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Details: |
Presentations to students at this independent day school on the Jamaica books (preK-2), The Legend of Hong Kil Dong (3/4), and After Gandhi (5/6). |
Bowdoin Central School
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Location: |
Bowdoin, ME |
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Date: |
March 04, 2010 |
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Details: |
Presentations with Margy Burns Knight on their Talking Walls books, with students K-5. Each class will do a wall study with one of the framed original illustrations. |
Peaks Island School and Library
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Location: |
Peaks Island, Maine |
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Date: |
February 01—02, 2010 |
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Time: |
Presentation on After Gandhi to grades 4/5 on February 1, connected to their study of the figures profiled in the book. On February 2, Annie and the students will lead a community discussion on nonviolent resistance at the library. |
Martin Luther King Breakfast
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Location: |
Portland, Maine |
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Date: |
January 18, 2010 |
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Details: |
"After Martin Luther King: Finding the Moral Courage for Social Change"
Annie will lead this workshop for young people 9-15 years old about the meaning of nonviolence resistance as laid down by the words and actions of Mahatma Gandhi and his followers. Using the book After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance as their guide, young people will explore together the profiles of the leaders and movements that are Gandhi’s legacy, those who found the moral courage to stand against corruption and abuse and work towards nonviolent social change. They will each create a "Wanted: For Moral Courage" poster of one of the figures profiled in the book.
From this study and discussion of individuals and movements, young people will explore the links between these and community service projects to take place in Portland in 2010.
Contact: Pious Ali, Maine Interfaith Youth Alliance, pious@meiya.org |
Fay School
Kids Comic Con & "Color of Comics"
Longfellow School
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Location: |
Portland, Maine |
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Date: |
November 04—05, 2009 |
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Details: |
Annie will be presenting book workshops to grades K-5. |
King Middle School
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Location: |
Portland, Maine |
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Date: |
October 29, 2009 |
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Details: |
Annie will present a workshop on drawing a comic strip to seventh graders working on a unit about bacteria. |
The Meadowbrook School
Center for Cartoon Studies
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Location: |
White River Junction, VT |
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Date: |
October 07—08, 2009 |
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Time: |
10:00-2:00 Wednesday; 3:00-5:00 Thursday |
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Details: |
Annie returns to CCS as a guest in Steve Bissette's Wednesday Drawing Workshop, leading a session on drawing race & ethnicity; then presents the Visiting Artist Seminar lecture on Thursday, focusing on the children's book field.
For more info:http://www.cartoonstudies.org/ |
Winter Harbor Library
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Location: |
Winter Harbor, Maine |
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Date: |
September 19, 2009 |
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Time: |
1:00-4:00 |
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Details: |
Annie will present a "Composing Comics" workshop for adults and teens as part of Winter Harbor Library's "Children's Authors and Illustrators: How We Do It" series. A companion art exhibit, the "Children's Book Illustrators Show," will be on display through September 12.
Contact Mary Lou Weaver (207)963-2640 |
Kennedy Center Multicultural Book Festival
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Location: |
Washington, D.C. |
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Date: |
September 12, 2009 |
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Time: |
12:00-6:00 |
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Details: |
Annie will be signing with other authors and illustrators at this celebration of books, part of the Kennedy Center Open House Arts Festival |
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Korean Culture Camp
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Location: |
Sussex, NJ |
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Date: |
August 09—15, 2009 |
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Time: |
A week of creative writing sessions with campers at Camp Sejong |
American Library Association Annual Conference
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Location: |
Chicago, IL |
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Date: |
July 11, 2009 |
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Details: |
"Inspiring Young Citizens: The Library As a Forum for Engagement," panel discussion with book creators Phil Hoose and Lita Judge and school librarian Kelley McDaniel, moderated by Kirsten Cappy of Curious City
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Seoul Foreign School
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Location: |
Seoul, Korea |
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Date: |
June 09—10, 2009 |
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Details: |
Annie returns as Alumna of the Year for her high school, presents workshops on her books for students K-6 |
Kittery area schools
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Location: |
Kittery, ME |
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Date: |
May 19—21, 2009 |
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators - New England Annual Conference
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Location: |
Nashua, NH |
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Date: |
April 24—26, 2009 |
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Details: |
Annie will present a Saturday workshop, "Being White in a World of Color," and be one of four facilitators for the Sunday Illustrators Academy on Graphic Novels |
Delta Block Schools
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Location: |
Philadelphia area, PA |
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Date: |
April 15—24, 2009 |
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Details: |
Annie will present with Margy Burns Knight on their five books, in six area schools |
Lithgow Library
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Location: |
Augusta, Maine |
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Date: |
April 02, 2009 |
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Time: |
6:30-7:30 p.m. |
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Details: |
Community presentation on The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea, as part of "Augusta Reads." Open to the public. |
Augusta Reads
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Location: |
Augusta, Maine |
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Date: |
April 02—03, 2009 |
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Details: |
Four school visits with Augusta 5th and 6th graders, each of whom will receive a copy of The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea, as part of "Augusta Reads," the city's annual literacy project. |
Desert Trails Elementary School
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Location: |
Phoenix, AZ |
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Date: |
February 26, 2009 |
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Details: |
Presentations with Juanita Havill |
Sandpiper Elementary School
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Location: |
Phoenix, AZ |
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Date: |
February 25, 2009 |
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Details: |
Presentations with Juanita Havill |
International Reading Association
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Location: |
Phoenix, AZ |
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Date: |
February 24, 2009 |
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Time: |
9:00-10:00 a.m. workshop
10:30-12:30 a.m. BOOK SIGNING at Charlesbridge booth |
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Details: |
Annie will present a workshop, "Be the Change: Compelling Biography as Civic Responsibility Curriculum," with middle school librarian, Kelley McDaniel, on AFTER GANDHI: 100 YEARS OF NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE.
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Eagle Ridge Elementary School
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Location: |
Phoenix, AZ |
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Date: |
February 23, 2009 |
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Details: |
Annie will join with Juanita Havill, author of the JAMAICA books, for their first-ever joint presentations in three schools in the Phoenix area |
International Reading Association
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Location: |
Phoenix, AZ |
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Date: |
February 22, 2009 |
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Details: |
2:00-3:00 BOOK SIGNING at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt booth, with author Juanita Havill, for JAMAICA IS THANKFUL
3:00 -5:00 BOOK SIGNING at Charlesbridge booth for AFTER GANDHI: 100 YEARS OF NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE, written by Anne Sibley O'Brien and Perry O'Brien with b&w illustrations by Anne Sibley O'Brien |
Family Literacy Project with Longley Elementary School Third Grade
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Location: |
Lewiston, ME |
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Date: |
February 04, 2009 |
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Details: |
Collaborative project with Bates College and Longley School, sharing family stories and turning them into books with Annie and Margy Burns Knight.
Project will run from the kickoff in the first week of Febuary to the celebration of completed books in March.
Contact:
Ellen Alcorn
Program Coordinator, Service-Learning Program
Harward Center for Community Partnerships
Bates College
161-163 Wood Street
Lewiston, ME 04240
phone (207) 786-8235 |
Pettengill Elementary School
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Location: |
Lewiston, ME |
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Date: |
January 16, 2009 |
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Details: |
Creating illustrations for a book by students, with Margy Burns Knight |
Freeport Teen Center
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Location: |
Freeport, ME |
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Date: |
January 13, 2009 |
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Time: |
3:00-5:00 p.m. |
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Details: |
Annie will lead a workshop on "Composing Comics," followed by three sessions (January 15, 26 and 27) creating original comics pages |
King Middle School
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Location: |
Portland, ME |
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Date: |
December 10, 2008 |
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Details: |
Presentation on HONG KIL DONG and comics to 7th graders working on a learning expedition on Greek heroes and creating a single page comic on the hero of their choice. |
King Middle School
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Location: |
Portland, Maine |
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Date: |
November 17, 2008 |
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Details: |
Sharing THE LEGEND OF HONG KIL DONG with Beginning ELL students |
Center for Cartoon Studies
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Location: |
White River Junction, VT |
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Date: |
November 05, 2008 |
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Time: |
2:00-5:00 p.m. |
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Details: |
Annie will be the guest artist, leading a session on Drawing Race & Ethnicity, in Stephen Bissette's Drawing Workshop
Contact:
http://www.cartoonstudies.org/ |
Maine Writing Project Effective Practices Conference
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Location: |
Belfast, ME |
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Date: |
October 03, 2008 |
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Details: |
Keynote on visual literacy, "Seeing Meaning," and two workshops: "Finding the Springhouse" on the creative process, and "Reading Pictures: The Power of Graphic Novels"
For program details, go to http://www.umaine.edu/edhd/mwp/programs/EP2008.pdf
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Camp Sejong
Etna Library
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Location: |
Etna, NH |
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Date: |
August 06, 2008 |
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Time: |
5:00 Family picnic
6:00 Presentation |
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Details: |
Annie will share the six books of the Jamaica series by Juanita Havill, showing her illustration process, reading several of the books, and showing a sneak preview of illustrations for the brand new Jamaica Is Thankful (Houghton Mifflin 2010) which she will have just completed. |
"The Power of the Illustrated Book"
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Location: |
University of Michigan-Dearborn
School of Education
Dearborn, MI |
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Date: |
July 23—24, 2008 |
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Details: |
Teacher Academy with Raymond Kettel, Associate Professor of Children's Literature |
Okemos Library
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Location: |
Okemos, MI |
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Date: |
June 25, 2008 |
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Time: |
6:30 p.m. |
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Details: |
"Adventure! Justice! Magic! Creating A Korean Hero Tale"
Annie will share her process of creating this award-winning book and the fascinating historical and cultural background of the tale, which was the first novel written in the Korean alphabet. Afterwards, she'll teach young people to draw a Korean dragon. Copies of The Legend of Hong Kil Dong and other books will be available for sale and autographing.
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Korean Culture Camp
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Location: |
Flushing, MI |
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Date: |
June 23—27, 2008 |
Madison Junior High School Celebration of Reading
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Location: |
Madison, ME |
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Date: |
June 04, 2008 |
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Details: |
Comics workshops |
Sedgwick School
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Location: |
Sedgwick, ME |
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Date: |
May 09, 2008 |
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Details: |
Presentations on AFRICA IS NOT A COUNTRY with Margy Burns Knight |
Mascoma Valley Regional High School
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Location: |
Canaan, NH |
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Date: |
April 21—26, 2008 |
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Details: |
Week-long comics residency with high school comics classes, culminating in arts festival |
SCBWI New England Conference
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Location: |
Nashua, NH |
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Date: |
April 11—13, 2008 |
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Details: |
Annie will present a writing workshop with Emily Herman and once again perform cabaret with Yolanda LeRoy |
Martel Elementary School
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Location: |
Lewiston, ME |
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Date: |
April 04, 2008 |
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Details: |
Author/illustrator presentations with Margy Burns Knight |
Memorial Middle Scool
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Location: |
South Portland, ME |
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Date: |
April 02, 2008 |
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Details: |
Workshop on Composing Comics |
Pocopson Elmentary School
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Location: |
West Chester, PA |
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Date: |
March 27, 2008 |
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Details: |
Assemblies for grades 3-5 and K-2 on THE LEGEND OF HONG KIL DONG, with workshops for grades 3-5 on illustration and comics and how to draw a Korean dragon |
Unionville Elementary School
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Location: |
Kennett Square, PA |
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Date: |
March 26, 2008 |
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Details: |
Author-illustrator presentations on creating THE LEGEND OF HONG KIL DONG: THE ROBIN HOOD OF KOREA |
Parkway School District Middle School Young Author's Conference
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Location: |
St. Louis, MO |
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Date: |
March 06, 2008 |
St. Louis schools
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Location: |
St. Louis, MO |
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Date: |
March 05—07, 2008 |
Primary Source: Teaching East Asia
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Location: |
Colby College, Waterville, ME |
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Date: |
February 29, 2008 |
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Details: |
Workshops on Hong Kil Dong and Korea's writing system
Contact: Ryan Bradeen, National Consortium for Teaching About Asia |
Hall-Dale Elementary School
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Location: |
Hallowell, ME |
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Date: |
February 11—12, 2008 |
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Details: |
With Margy Burns Knight, creating a book with 2nd and 3rd graders, "Life in Our Colorful Towns" |
Vine Street School
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Location: |
Bangor, Maine |
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Date: |
November 07—08, 2007 |
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Details: |
Anne will work with K-3 classes, illustrating the pieces students have written with author Margy Burns Knight, to create a school book on GAMES. |
Kennedy Center Multicultural Book Festival
Cazenovia College
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Location: |
Cazenovia, NY |
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Date: |
October 22—24, 2007 |
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Details: |
Anne will present to a freshman seminar on comics.
Contact Dr. Warren Olin-Ammentorp
315-655-7102 |
Korean American Family Event
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Location: |
Korean American Culture Center
24666 Northwestern Hwy.
Southfield, MI 48075
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Date: |
September 30, 2007 |
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Time: |
1:30-3:30 p.m. |
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Details: |
Readers Theatre presentation of THE LEGEND OF HONG KIL DONG, dragon drawing, writing your name in Hangul.
Contact: Jen Hilzinger (248)649-4310 |
GLOBAL KOREA AWARDS CEREMONY
30TH Annual Sae Jong Concert & Fundraising Dinner
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Location: |
Sae Jong Society of Detroit
Detroit Country Day Schools
Upper School Auditorium
22305 West Thirteen Mile Road
Beverly Hills, MI
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Date: |
September 28, 2007 |
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Time: |
6:00 p.m. |
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Details: |
In-Soo Suh
(248)515-0901
insoo@alum.mit.edu
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Our Lady Star of the Sea School
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Location: |
467 Fairford St.
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236
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Date: |
September 28, 2007 |
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Time: |
11:00-11:50 a.m. |
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Details: |
Joan Kettel, Librarian
(313) 884-1070 |
University of Michigan at Dearborn
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Location: |
School of Education
Fairlane Center, 19000 Hubbard Drive
Dearborn, MI 48126-2683
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Date: |
September 27, 2007 |
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Time: |
1:05-2:05 and 6:10-7:30 |
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Details: |
Anne will do two presentations for teachers in training, "From the Heart: Illustrating Across Cultures in Children's Books" and "A World of Difference: Reflections on Multicultural Literature in the Classroom."
Contact Dr. Raymond Kettel
(313) 593-5092
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Camp Sejong
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Location: |
Blairstown, NJ |
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Date: |
August 12—18, 2007 |
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Details: |
Anne will be in residence as an author-illustrator for this week-long Korean culture camp for Korean adopted and Korean American children.
http://www.campsejong.org |
KAAN Conference
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Location: |
Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston
Boston, MA |
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Date: |
July 21—22, 2007 |
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Details: |
Saturday at 2:15, Anne will lead a workshop with her grown daughter Yunhee, "'I'm not Chinese, I'm KOREAN!': Nurturing Your Child's Racial and Cultural Identity." On Sunday she will present THE LEGEND OF HONG KIL DONG in the children's program. (KAAN is the Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network.)
For details, go to http://www.kaanconference.com |
Jewish Coalition Literacy Festival
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Location: |
Boston Public Library
Boston, MA |
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Date: |
June 03, 2007 |
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Time: |
3:00-5:00 p.m. |
WASHINGTON FESTIVAL OF KOREA 2
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Location: |
NMNH Baird Auditorium
Museum of Natural History (Ground Floor)
Washington, DC |
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Date: |
May 20, 2007 |
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Time: |
1:30 p.m. |
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Details: |
Info, (202) 633-1000
For School-Age Children, Free with Admission
In a Reader's Theatre performance, DC area Korean-American children will give voice to the characters of THE LEGEND OF HONG KIL DONG: THE ROBIN HOOD OF KOREA, while the book’s illustrations of 15th Century Korea are viewed. Author-illustrator Anne Sibley O'Brien will share the rich historical context of the hero tale and the invention of the Korean alphabet.
A book-signing will follow. |
SCBWI New England Regional Conference
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Location: |
Nashua, NH |
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Date: |
May 18—19, 2007 |
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Details: |
Friday night at 8:00, Anne will perform with editor Yolanda LeRoy as "special guests" in the SCBWI "Cabaret Night." On Saturday she will present a workshop, "What I Learned from Comics," on writing and illustrating graphic novels.
Details at scbwi.org |
WASHINGTON FESTIVAL OF KOREA 1
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Location: |
George Mason Regional Library
7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA
Info, 703-256-3800 |
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Date: |
May 12, 2007 |
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Time: |
11:00 a.m. |
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Details: |
Info, 703-256-3800
For School-Age Children, Free
Come discover the classic hero tale, THE LEGEND OF HONG KIL DONG: THE ROBIN HOOD OF KOREA, retold in graphic novel form. Author-illustrator Anne Sibley O'Brien, who was raised in South Korea, will take children on a journey to 15th-Century Korea to explore the world of Hong Kil Dong, the invention of the Korean alphabet, and the majesty of Korean dragons.
A book-signing will follow. |
Saint Joseph's College
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Location: |
Standish, ME |
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Date: |
May 01, 2007 |
King Middle School
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Location: |
Portland, ME |
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Date: |
April 26, 2007 |
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Details: |
7th grade |
Coastal Ridge Elementary School
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Location: |
York, ME |
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Date: |
April 24—25, 2007 |
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Details: |
3rd-4th grades |
Riverton Elementary School
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Location: |
Portland, ME |
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Date: |
April 10, 2007 |
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Details: |
5th grade |
Winthrop Middle School
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Location: |
Winthrop, ME |
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Date: |
April 04—10, 2007 |
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Details: |
With author Margy Burns Knight, in conjunction with Winthrop's mural project.
For details, go to LearnAboutYourWorld.org |
Bancroft Elementary School
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Location: |
Andover, MA |
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Date: |
March 16, 2007 |
Primary Source teachers’ workshop on Africa is Not a Country
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Location: |
Trenton Elementary School, Trenton, Maine |
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Date: |
November 15, 2006 |
Multicultural Book Festival
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Location: |
Kennedy Center, Washington DC |
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Date: |
November 04, 2006 |
“Martial Arts, Magic & Comics: A Celebration of The Legend of Hong Kil Dong”
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Location: |
Aikido of Maine, 226 Anderson St, Portland ME |
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Date: |
October 01, 2006 |
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Time: |
2:00-5:00 pm |
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Details: |
Launch party for young readers
Free and open to the public |
Maine Librarians Association Conference
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Location: |
Augusta, Maine |
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Date: |
September 17, 2006 |
Reading Rumpus: A Maine Children’s Book Festival
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Location: |
Gardiner, Maine |
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Date: |
September 16, 2006 |
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Time: |
10:00-4:00 p.m. |
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