Once you all get to know me, you’ll find out that I’m an absolute fiend for education. When it comes to teaching and learning, I love everything about everything and and everything about every grade level, every subject, every assignment, every app, every project, every… oh well, you get the idea.
But, if I am to be completely and totally truthful, I love literacy (in all its formats) with an extra-special oomph. As a former fourth-grader once declared, “Oh for goodness sake, Dr. G.! EVERY book is your favorite book!”
So, imagine my delight to learn that one of my very favorite author who has written some of my very favorite books will be coming to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center to speak about reading and writing and to autograph copies of his latest novel for kids!
Wonder who it is?
Here’s a hint. (By the way, it doesn’t show the gold medal on the front, but the book won one… a Caldecott Medal, in fact.)
For some of you, seeing this cover was probably enough to get you excited. Hopefully, you read the book, but if not, perhaps you saw the movie? (By the way, in my humble opinion, you always ought to read the book, because the book is always better than the movie. Just sayin’.)
Or, how about this book cover? This story featured a different setting and introduced a new set of characters, but it was still indicative of the quirky and wonderful style of this amazing author!
I’ll bet that most of you have figured out by now that I’m referring to none other than Brian Selznick. Brian will be coming to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 20. He’ll be presenting his new book and talking about how he came to write it, offering an interactive Q &A session, and then autographing copies of…
Wow! What an opportunity for bibliophiles like me (and their families and friends)! For more information, you can visit the Mahaiwe’s web site at .
But don’t worry if you can’t make it. Because here’s a little secret…. the wonderful worlds created by people like Brian Selznick are always available to us, as close as your nearest library or bookstore. How lucky are we!
