Library+Events

**Past Primary Library Events**
Patrick Ryan told captivating stories at ISP Primary School on Wednesday, November 17, 2010. His website is http://www.patryanstoryteller.co.uk/.



Thursday, April 28, 2011

Mary Ann Hoberman,United States Children's Poet Laureate, is visiting ISP Primary School under the auspices of The Poetry Foundation. She will be presenting, "Word Play: Reading, Writing and Reciting Poetry".

Mary Ann Hoberman (Smith '51) spent her junior year in Paris (1949-50). Over a 50+ year career, she has written almost fifty books for children. Her honors include a National Book Award, the 2003 Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children, given by the National Council of Teachers of English, and most recently an appointment by the Poetry Foundation of America as the U.S. Children's Poet Laureate. Several of her books have been translated into French and one of her recent ones, All Kinds of Families, was illustrated by the well-known French illustrator Marc Boutavant. She will be visiting Paris in April 2011 under the sponsorship of the Poetry Foundation and is available for (English) speaking engagements and bookstore visits/book signings at that time.

Her contact in Paris is her daughter, Diane Louie: [|dhlouie@comcast.net]

She can speak on a variety of topics related to children's books, children's poetry, and encouraging literacy. All of her talks stress the joys of language, poetry, and reading, and encourage audience participation, whether the audience be made up of adults or children or a combination of both. She is currently at work on an anthology of poetry for memorization, a particular enthusiasm of hers and a topic she includes in her talks. Her series You Read to Me, I'll Read to You has sold over a million copies and was a NY Times best seller.

Further information may be found at her website: www.Maryannhoberman.com and at the website of the Poetry Foundation: www.Poetryfoundation.org

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Bookbox International Book Fair 2011 at ISP Primary School