[CALIBK12] Sid Fleischman and Mark Twain in Fresno

[Margaret Baker]

Folks

I have posted this for the Arne Nixon Center here in Fresno - Sid
Fleischman comes to town!

 

Margaret Baker

 

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PRESS RELEASE


February 10, 2009

 

California State University, Fresno

Henry Madden Library

5200 N. Barton Ave. M/S ML 34

Fresno CA 93740-8014

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Angelica Carpenter, Curator

Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature

Phone: (559) 278-8116

E-mail: angelica at csufresno.edu <mailto:angelica at csufresno.edu> 

Web site: www.arnenixoncenter.org <http://www.arnenixoncenter.org/> 

 

The public is invited to hear author Sid Fleischman discuss his new
biography, written for young people, The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of
Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West, at the Residence Dining Hall on the
Fresno State campus, Friday, March 13th. Following a reception at 6:00
p.m., the author will speak at 6:45 p.m.

 

Sid Fleischman is the best-selling author of The Abracadabra Kid: A
Writer's Life (his autobiography), Escape! The Story of the Great
Houdini, The Entertainer and the Dybluk, By the Great Horn Spoon, The
Scarebird, the McBroom stories, and many other books for children and
young adults. He won the Newbery Medal for The Whipping Boy. His books
have been made into films and plays and translated into 19 languages.
His web site is www.sidfleischman.com <http://www.sidfleischman.com/> .

 

His appearance is co-sponsored by ANCA, the Arne Nixon Center Advocates,
the Friends of the Madden Library, and the Fresno County Public Library.
Through the leadership of the Fresno County Public Library, Fresno has
been chosen for a third year to participate in The Big Read, a program
of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute
of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The
Big Read, which will fund Fleischman's talk, provides citizens with the
opportunity to read and discuss a single book within their community.
This year's book is Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.  

 

Fleischman, an accomplished magician, says that he will saw a child in
two during this presentation (if a child is available-otherwise he will
saw a librarian or a teacher), but mostly he will discuss Mark Twain. 

 

The reception and Fleischman's talk are free. All ages are welcome.
Reservations are required: call (559) 278-8116, or send e-mail to
mrianto at csufresno.edu. Free parking is available in Lot G, on the
northeast corner of Shaw and Cedar (enter from Cedar) or in any
university lot. Fleischman's books will be available for sale and
autographing at the talk.

 

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The mission of the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's
Literature is to support the teaching, research, and public service
missions of the university by acquiring, preserving, and making
accessible works of historical and artistic significance in the field of
children's and young adult literature.

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