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For details, contact Kirsten Cappy
Curious City, 207-699-2755
Curious City, 207-699-2755
Previous Appearances
Camp Sejong
| Location: | YMCA Lindwood-MacDonald Environmental & Conference Center Branchville, NJ |
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| Date: | August 10—16, 2008 | |
| Details: | Korean culture camp for more information, go to http://www.campsejong.org |
Etna Library
| Location: | Etna, NH | |
| Date: | August 06, 2008 | |
| 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"
| Location: | University of Michigan-Dearborn School of Education Dearborn, MI |
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| Date: | July 23—24, 2008 | |
| Details: | Teacher Academy with Raymond Kettel, Associate Professor of Children's Literature |
Okemos Library
| Location: | Okemos, MI | |
| Date: | June 25, 2008 | |
| Time: | 6:30 p.m. | |
| 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. |
Korean Culture Camp
| Location: | Flushing, MI | |
| Date: | June 23—27, 2008 |
Madison Junior High School Celebration of Reading
| Location: | Madison, ME | |
| Date: | June 04, 2008 | |
| Details: | Comics workshops |
Sedgwick School
| Location: | Sedgwick, ME | |
| Date: | May 09, 2008 | |
| Details: | Presentations on AFRICA IS NOT A COUNTRY with Margy Burns Knight |
Mascoma Valley Regional High School
| Location: | Canaan, NH | |
| Date: | April 21—26, 2008 | |
| Details: | Week-long comics residency with high school comics classes, culminating in arts festival |
SCBWI New England Conference
| Location: | Nashua, NH | |
| Date: | April 11—13, 2008 | |
| Details: | Annie will present a writing workshop with Emily Herman and once again perform cabaret with Yolanda LeRoy |
Martel Elementary School
| Location: | Lewiston, ME | |
| Date: | April 04, 2008 | |
| Details: | Author/illustrator presentations with Margy Burns Knight |
Memorial Middle Scool
| Location: | South Portland, ME | |
| Date: | April 02, 2008 | |
| Details: | Workshop on Composing Comics |
Pocopson Elmentary School
| Location: | West Chester, PA | |
| Date: | March 27, 2008 | |
| 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
| Location: | Kennett Square, PA | |
| Date: | March 26, 2008 | |
| 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
| Location: | St. Louis, MO | |
| Date: | March 06, 2008 |
St. Louis schools
| Location: | St. Louis, MO | |
| Date: | March 05—07, 2008 |
Primary Source: Teaching East Asia
| Location: | Colby College, Waterville, ME | |
| Date: | February 29, 2008 | |
| Details: | Workshops on Hong Kil Dong and Korea's writing system Contact: Ryan Bradeen, National Consortium for Teaching About Asia |
Hall-Dale Elementary School
| Location: | Hallowell, ME | |
| Date: | February 11—12, 2008 | |
| Details: | With Margy Burns Knight, creating a book with 2nd and 3rd graders, "Life in Our Colorful Towns" |
Vine Street School
| Location: | Bangor, Maine | |
| Date: | November 07—08, 2007 | |
| 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
| Location: | Washington, D.C. | |
| Date: | November 03, 2007 | |
| Time: | 12:00-5:00 p.m. | |
| Details: | http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/bookfestival/ |
Cazenovia College
| Location: | Cazenovia, NY | |
| Date: | October 22—24, 2007 | |
| Details: | Anne will present to a freshman seminar on comics. Contact Dr. Warren Olin-Ammentorp 315-655-7102 |
Korean American Family Event
| Location: | Korean American Culture Center 24666 Northwestern Hwy. Southfield, MI 48075 |
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| Date: | September 30, 2007 | |
| Time: | 1:30-3:30 p.m. | |
| 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
| Location: | Library of International Academic Center Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan |
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| Date: | September 29, 2007 | |
| Time: | 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. | |
| Details: | http://www.events.msu.edu/main.php?view=event&eventid=1187708166579 http://globalkorea.org/ |
30TH Annual Sae Jong Concert & Fundraising Dinner
| 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 | |
| Time: | 6:00 p.m. | |
| Details: | In-Soo Suh (248)515-0901 insoo@alum.mit.edu |
Our Lady Star of the Sea School
| Location: | 467 Fairford St. Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236 |
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| Date: | September 28, 2007 | |
| Time: | 11:00-11:50 a.m. | |
| Details: | Joan Kettel, Librarian (313) 884-1070 |
University of Michigan at Dearborn
| Location: | School of Education Fairlane Center, 19000 Hubbard Drive Dearborn, MI 48126-2683 |
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| Date: | September 27, 2007 | |
| Time: | 1:05-2:05 and 6:10-7:30 | |
| 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 |
Camp Sejong
| Location: | Blairstown, NJ | |
| Date: | August 12—18, 2007 | |
| 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
| Location: | Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston Boston, MA |
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| Date: | July 21—22, 2007 | |
| 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
| Location: | Boston Public Library Boston, MA |
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| Date: | June 03, 2007 | |
| Time: | 3:00-5:00 p.m. |
WASHINGTON FESTIVAL OF KOREA 2
| Location: | NMNH Baird Auditorium Museum of Natural History (Ground Floor) Washington, DC |
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| Date: | May 20, 2007 | |
| Time: | 1:30 p.m. | |
| 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
| Location: | Nashua, NH | |
| Date: | May 18—19, 2007 | |
| 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
| Location: | George Mason Regional Library 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA Info, 703-256-3800 |
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| Date: | May 12, 2007 | |
| Time: | 11:00 a.m. | |
| 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
| Location: | Standish, ME | |
| Date: | May 01, 2007 |
King Middle School
| Location: | Portland, ME | |
| Date: | April 26, 2007 | |
| Details: | 7th grade |
Coastal Ridge Elementary School
| Location: | York, ME | |
| Date: | April 24—25, 2007 | |
| Details: | 3rd-4th grades |
Riverton Elementary School
| Location: | Portland, ME | |
| Date: | April 10, 2007 | |
| Details: | 5th grade |
Winthrop Middle School
| Location: | Winthrop, ME | |
| Date: | April 04—10, 2007 | |
| Details: | With author Margy Burns Knight, in conjunction with Winthrop's mural project. For details, go to LearnAboutYourWorld.org |
Bancroft Elementary School
| Location: | Andover, MA | |
| Date: | March 16, 2007 |
Primary Source teachers’ workshop on Africa is Not a Country
| Location: | Trenton Elementary School, Trenton, Maine | |
| Date: | November 15, 2006 |
Multicultural Book Festival
| Location: | Kennedy Center, Washington DC | |
| Date: | November 04, 2006 |
“Martial Arts, Magic & Comics: A Celebration of The Legend of Hong Kil Dong”
| Location: | Aikido of Maine, 226 Anderson St, Portland ME | |
| Date: | October 01, 2006 | |
| Time: | 2:00-5:00 pm | |
| Details: | Launch party for young readers Free and open to the public |
Maine Librarians Association Conference
| Location: | Augusta, Maine | |
| Date: | September 17, 2006 |
Reading Rumpus: A Maine Children’s Book Festival
| Location: | Gardiner, Maine | |
| Date: | September 16, 2006 | |
| Time: | 10:00-4:00 p.m. |