Join Friends of Children's and Young Adult Literature at SU
SALISBURY, MD---Faculty, staff and students, and community members, are invited to become “friends” of the Children’s and Young Adult Literature at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥.
Throughout the year, many nationally renowned authors and illustrators will visit campus to celebrate literature and learning. An annual Read Green festival is April 10-14. That event is held in conjunction with the Green Earth Book Awards, a national honor for books that inspire environmental stewardship among children and young adults. Additional activities are planned for the fall.
2012 membership benefits include: a private reception with festival keynote speakers Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel and Green Earth Book Award honorees 5-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 10, at SU’s Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art; front row seats at the festival’s main event 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 11 in SU’s Holloway Hall Auditorium; and a private reception with 2012 Newbery Medal winner Jack Gantos (time, date and location to be announced).
Other features include one personally signed book from a guest author or illustrator; one free admission ticket and store coupon from SU’s Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art; and 10 percent discounts on books sold at SU author and illustrator presentations and on items from the Children’s Book Garden in Ocean City, MD.
Membership is $50. For more information e-mail Dr. Patricia Dean of SU’s Teacher Education Department at pkdean@salisbury.edu.