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Top members (works)Sullywriter (6), JudesThree (6), rdg301library (4), omayao (4), stansteiner (4), abbylibrarian (4), sjcmce (4), araknonfic (4), shillcutt (4), michelleannlib (4), ltcl (3), stdamian (3), lansdownefriends (3), richiespicks (3) — more Recently addedathayer12 (1), sarahroberts05 (1), meganewing (1), nhalsan (1), SSUMCBA (1), Las-Mananitas (1), umcdc (1), Mrs.Butera (1) Member favoritesKadir Nelson has 1 upcoming event. HEADS ARE TURNING, CHILDREN ARE LEARNING C. A. A. M Museum. featuring KADIR NELSON (Artist/Illustrator/Painter) HEADS ARE TURNING, CHILDREN ARE LEARNING - Eighth Annual Literacy Day at CAAM. In celebration of National Children's Book Week, CAAM offers a full day designed to promote reading and literacy as well as provide fun for families. This year our program will be headlined by the multi-talented author/illustrator Kadir Nelson who will also be on-site to sign copies of his popular books. Special guests include Debbie Allen who will read from her book Dancing in the Wings, the Cosby Show's Malcolm Jamal-Warner, and Tina Lifford from Parenthood, among others.
Saturday, 18 May 2013
11:00 AM
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04:00 PM
California African American Museum
600 State Drive, Exposition Park Los Angeles, CA 90037 USA
Location: Street: 600 State Drive, Exposition Park Additional: http://www.caamuseum.org/hcalendar/events City: Los Angeles, Province: California Postal Code: 90037 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Kadir Nelson has 4 past events. (show)  Meet Kadir Nelson at the Central Library Summary: Meet Caldecott Honor-winning author Kadir Nelson, author of the highly anticipated children's picture book, " I Have a Dream," featuring Martin Luther King Jr.'s celebrated speech illustrated with exquisite paintings. (MDGentleReader)Black History Celebration: Kadir Nelson - Heart & Soul The story of America and African Americans is a story of hope and inspiration and unwavering courage. But it is also a story of injustice; of a country divided by law, education, and wealth; of a people whose struggles and achievements helped define their country. Author and artist Kadir Nelson, recently awarded the Corretta Scott King Award for his children's book Heart & Soul, visits as part of the library's Black History Celebration.
Location: Street: St. Louis County Library HQ Additional: 1640 S. Lindbergh City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63131 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Kadir Nelson Kadir Nelson discusses Heart & Soul: The Story of America and African Americans. Award winning children’s book author and illustrator of JUST THE TWO OF US by Will Smith (winner of an NAACP Image Award), ELLINGTON WAS NOT A STREET by Ntozake Shange (winner of the Coretta Scott King Award), and many others, has written a history of America and African Americans. Beginning with colonial days when Africans came to this country on slave ships, to the civil rights movement, to casting the vote for the first African American president; this book touches on several definitive events in the story of a people whose struggles and achievements helped define America. (Talk and signing at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture & History, 101 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, 30303 at 7:00 p.m. Hosted by the Little Shop of Stories.) (jasbro)… (more)
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