21st Annual Author Program at St. Anne Catholic School

21st Annual Author Program

St. Anne Catholic School
Bristol, VA

Author and Illustrator John RoccoMay 6th at 5:30.

 

John Rocco was granted a Caldecott Honor this year for his book Blackout. He has also recently done the illustrations for Flint Heart by Katherine and John Patterson. Many students at St. Anne school are excited to meet John Rocco because he is the illustrator of all the original covers for the Percy Jackson series and the Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan. Now he is illustrating the covers for Heroes of Olympus series including Riordan's most recent release The Mark of Athena.

 

Much more can be learned about John Rocco at his website http://www.roccoart.com/home.html. The following website has a wonderful video about Blackout http://www.roccoart.com/blackout.html.

 

Please call Angie Bush at 276-669-0048 or email at abush@stanneschoolbristol.org if you have any questions or would like to register for the dinner.

 

Dinner is $15.00. A free presentation follows at 7:00pm

Spring Literacy Celebration

Leading in Reading
and the

Southwest Virginia Reading Council present:

 

Spring Literacy Celebration

May 6, 2013

(4:30pm – 7:30pm)

Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center,

Abingdon, VA

Literacy Leaders (principals, teachers, reading specialists, special educators and more) will share grass-roots efforts that have made a difference in their schools this year. 

Learn what they did and how they did it!

Register for this free event at: http://leadinginreading.eventbrite.com/

Storytelling at it's Best Workshop

Register Today!

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

4 p.m.— 8 p.m.

 

Bristol Virginia City Schools Central Office

222 Lee Street

Bristol Virginia

 

                                                           

Featuring:  Dr. Brian Sturm

 

Pizza, Dessert, and Drink

 

Bring a Friend or Family Member.

$10/person for members only;  $15/person for non-members

 

Dr. Brian Sturm believes that stories have a deep power to change lives and create a better world. As we listen to and tell each other stories, we build community, share experiences, laugh together, and come to understand the fundamental similarities of all people.

Brian is an Associate Professor at the School of Information and Library Science and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he teaches courses in children's librarianship and storytelling. Brian has been a professional storyteller for over 15 years, sharing tales of marvel and extravagance from around the world with children and adults in schools, libraries, hospitals, museums, and conferences. He is fascinated by the way that storytelling can enchant listeners, and he's made it his life work to explore how and why this happens. He brings to his performances a love of the natural world (he was an outdoor educator, a wildlife rehabilitator, and a planetarium show presenter in a former life) and a delight in the oddities of life.

 

This is the only Spring Event the Southwest Virginia Reading Council will be offering this year.  There will NOT be a Book and Author Dinner.