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Children’s Literary Cafe – August Event
The Children’s Literary Cafe is pleased to announce the following event on Saturday, August 7th at 2:00 p.m.
Brave New World: Digital Books for Kids
Join a distinguished panel of children’s book publishers who are breaking new ground and finding ways to use eBook technology in a children’s literary format. The panel will include Stephen Roxburgh of namelos as well as other publishers working in the field.
Location: The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42 Street, New York, NY, 10018
Children’s Literary Cafe – July Event
The Children’s Literary Cafe is pleased to announce the following event on Saturday, July 10th at 2:00 p.m.
Everything you ever wanted to know about “The Little Prince”: Remembering Saint-Exupery
Incredulously, Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), French heroic, historic, classic literary figure, can be considered a New York author. Howard Scherry, author of Antoine de Saint-Exupery and ‘The Little Prince:’ You Can Go Home Again – In Your Memory will guide the audience on a virtual walking tour of outstanding Manhattan addresses linked to the legendary author-aviator’s wartime exile, 1941-1943.
Location: The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42 Street, New York, NY, 10018
Children’s Literary Cafe – June Event
The Children’s Literary Cafe is pleased to announce the following event on Saturday, June 5th at 2:00 p.m.
The Picture Book Made New: Margaret Wise Brown, Her Illustrators, and Her World.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Goodnight Moon author Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952), biographer Leonard Marcus offers a fascinating glimpse into the life and times of America’s poet laureate of the nursery. Find out how Brown re-imagined the picture book in the spirit of modern progressive education and modern art and, in league with her great editor Ursula Nordstrom, created “good books for bad children” that have lasted for generations.
Location: The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42 Street, New York, NY, 10018
Share Your Work With NYC School Children
Authors Read Aloud, a program sponsored by Learning Leaders, needs professional children’s book authors and illustrators who will donate time to make four visits a year to public schools in the city’s most under-served neighborhoods. Transportation to and from the schools is provided. To learn more about the program or to volunteer, call Susan Mee, Program Specialist, at 212-213-3370, ext. 334.