With fellow authors l to r: Cori Gibb, Dennis Yang, Ron Noble, Ryan Afromsky, Leslie Ryan, Shawn Otomo
Author Ryan Afromsky, Cat in the Hat, and me
Address: OC Heritage Museum, Santa Ana, CA
I had a wonderful time at the event. Lots of enthusiastic children sharing their love for books.
This was my second year participating in this fun event. Thank you very much United Way, Tesoro, Valero, and other generous sponsors for making this event possible.
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Come join me for a day of Filipino arts and culture. I will be signing my book “I am Flippish!” at the Philippine Expressions Booth from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. See you there!
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I was invited by Heidi Durrow, New York Times Best-selling author of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky to be a featured author for the Target Free Family Saturday Event at the Japanese American National Museum.
After the reading “I am Flippish!” I gave a Keynote presentation on the stories behind my book, my illustrator, and other fun facts. My audience also got to pin on my map (pictured) their countries of ancestry. I will never take any of the pins off. I will be counting how many pins I get by the end of the year.
Thank you Heidi Durrow and JANM for inviting me to share my book to the families.
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Here are more details:
Celebrate the exhibition Visible & Invisible: A Hapa Japanese American History and share your story with your family and friends! You won’t want to miss out on this fun Target Free Family Saturday.
ALL DAY ACTIVITIES:
• Create a memory book to jot down stories about you and your family.
• Make a family portrait collage.
• Ruthie’s Origami Corner: Fold a fun origami camera.
SCHEDULE:
11AM: Doors open.
11AM-2PM: Make a salad and salad dressing that will soon become a family favorite with Kidding Around the Kitchen.
12PM & 2PM: Bring your memories and prepare to write! Instructor Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo will help you write your own family stories.
1PM: Take a tour of our exhibit Visible & Invisible: A Hapa Japanese American History with curator Dr. Duncan Williams.
1:30PM: Join us for a ‘mixed’ reading with! Leslie Ryan will read her book I Am Flippish and Heidi Cole will read her book Am I A Color?
2PM: Join us for a screening of the documentary Searchlight Serenade. Searchlight Serenadeexplores the big bands that were formed by Japanese Americans while incarcerated during World War II.
2:30PM: We Tell Stories will perform multicultural tales in Proud To Be Me!
3PM: Allen Say will read his new book The Favorite Daughter. This tale, dedicated with love to Say’s daughter, is one for all parents who want their children to feel pride in their heritage, and to know their own greatest sources of strength and inspiration.
4PM: Doors close.
Generously sponsored by Target, these special Saturdays are filled with fun activities giving families unique ways to learn, play, and grow together.
UPDATE:
It was a great event of multiculturalism and books. I had a great time with my fellow author Gladys Elizabeth Barbieri.
Please join me for this fun event celebrating children of the world through books, exhibits, and other fun activities.
The Santa Ana Public Library is preparing to celebrate its 5thAnnual Children’s Day/Book Day event on Saturday, April 27, 2013. Children’s Day/Book Day continues to be a special library event honoring and celebrating children from all cultures, books, families, and libraries. April 30th is a special day in the lives of many children and has now been adopted in the United States as a holiday to celebrate children of all cultures Children’s Day/Book Day, is widely supported by the American Library Association (ALA), REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, and by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) around the nation. We celebrate the joys and wonders of childhood and the importance of books in our lives. The event will include various multicultural exhibits, a resource fair, storytimes, multicultural performances, free book give-away, and other fun activities such as train rides, face painting and free balloons.
I had a wonderful day at the LA Times Festival of Books. The Philippine Expressions tent had a great line up of authors from different genres:
(l to r) Jay Wertz, Albert Mortiz, me, Giovanni Ortega, Linda Nietes – owner of Philippine Expressions Bookshop, and Sumi Haru
