[Scla-list] Award winning Author Jack Gantos Visits Columbia - A(ugusta) Baker's dozen information

[Dilworth, Jenny]

Award winning children's book author Jack Gantos is the featured guest for this year's A(ugusta) Baker's Dozen.  Here are the details.

Award winning Author Jack Gantos Visits Columbia
A(ugusta) Baker's Dozen Returns to RCPL April 23-24

(Columbia, SC) - Award winning children's author Jack Gantos will be the featured guest for the 24th annual A(ugusta) Baker's Dozen: A Celebration of Stories on April 23-24 at the Richland County Public Library in Columbia.

Gantos' writing career began with a diary. He collected anecdotes he overheard at school, mostly from standing outside the teachers' lounge and listening to lunchtime conversations. He continued to keep a journal throughout his childhood and his Jack Henry stories grew out of actual events that he recorded in those journals. One of his most popular works is the critically acclaimed Rotten Ralph series and his 2001 book, Joey Pigza Loses Control, received the prestigious Newbery Honor. Gantos' works can take a reader from "cradle to grave" -- from picture books and middle-grade fiction to novels for young adults and adults. He is nationally known for his humorous presentations that delight a wide range of audiences.

A(ugusta) Baker's Dozen is sponsored by RCPL and the USC School of Library and Information Science. The two-day festival features a lecture by Gantos at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 23, and Storytelling for Families, featuring regional and local storytellers, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 24. Gantos will sign copies of several of his popular works, which will also be available for purchase. Both events, which are free and open to the public, will be held at the Main Library at 1431 Assembly St.

The two-day celebration honors nationally-known author and storyteller Augusta Baker and continues her legacy of inspiring others to introduce children to the magic of literature and stories. Baker, who spent most of her professional career serving as Coordinator of Children's Services at the New York Public Library, moved to Columbia in 1980 and was the storyteller-in-residence at USC until her death in 1998.

To further Augusta Baker's efforts to introduce children to quality literature, the event also features Storytelling for Fourth Graders on Friday morning. The invitation-only event brings together more than 2,000 fourth graders on the grounds of the historic Robert Mills House in Columbia to hear regional and local storytellers.


Padgett S. Lewis, APR
Public Relations Manager
Richland County Public Library
1431 Assembly St., Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 929-3472; Fax: (803) 929-3459
Visit us online at www.myRCPL.com<http://www.myRCPL.com>!

Follow us online!
[cid:image001.png at 01CAB46C.B1B139D0]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Columbia-SC/Richland-County-Public-Library/15311140063?ref=nf>[cid:image002.png at 01CAB46C.B1B139D0]<http://www.twitter.com/myrcpl>


Jenny Dilworth
Children's Room Librarian
Richland County Public Library
1431 Assembly Street
Columbia, SC 29201
803.929.3412
jdilworth at myrcpl.com<mailto:jdilworth at myrcpl.com>
http://www.myrcpl.com<http://www.myrcpl.com/>
Follow us online!
[cid:image001.png at 01CAB46C.B1B139D0]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Columbia-SC/Richland-County-Public-Library/15311140063?ref=nf>[cid:image002.png at 01CAB46C.B1B139D0]<http://www.twitter.com/myrcpl>
P Think before you print

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://box555.bluehost.com/pipermail/scla-list_scla.org/attachments/20100223/d8c5d77a/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 1699 bytes
Desc: image001.png
URL: <http://box555.bluehost.com/pipermail/scla-list_scla.org/attachments/20100223/d8c5d77a/attachment-0002.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image002.png
Type: image/png
Size: 1941 bytes
Desc: image002.png
URL: <http://box555.bluehost.com/pipermail/scla-list_scla.org/attachments/20100223/d8c5d77a/attachment-0003.png>