Gingerbread Houses and a Sweet Storytime for the Whole Family Casas de Jengibre e Historias Dulces para toda la Familia
Kick off your holiday season with a special storytime starring award-winning, children's book author, Darcy Pattison. Darcy is known for her books that make STEM fun and accessible to families. She will be reading The Plan for the Gingerbread House which has recently been translated to Spanish (read by Argenta community educator, Molly). Afterward, families will be invited to make their own gingerbread house plan and work together to create their masterpieces.
This event is great for the whole family, and no supplies or registration is required.
Comience las vacaciones con un cuento especial protagonizado por la galardonada autora de libros infantiles Darcy Pattison. Darcy es conocida por sus libros que hacen que STEM sea divertido y accesible para las familias. Leerá El plan para la casa de pan de jengibre, que ha sido traducido recientemente al español (leído por la educadora comunitaria de Argenta, Molly). Después, se invitará a las familias a hacer su propio plano de la casa de jengibre y a trabajar juntos para crear su obra maestra.
Este evento es ideal para toda la familia, y no se requieren materiales ni inscripción.
About Darcy Pattison
Children’s book author and indie publisher DARCY PATTISON has written over seventy award-winning fiction and non-fiction books for children. Five books have received starred PW, Kirkus, or BCCB reviews. Awards include the Irma Black Honor Award, five NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books, and four Eureka! Nonfiction Honor book (CA Reading Assn.), two Junior Library Guild selections, two CLA Notable Children’s Book in Language Arts, a Notable Social Studies Trade Book, a Best STEM Book, an Arkansiana Award, and the Susannah DeBlack Arkansas Children’s History Book award. She’s the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor’s Arts Award for Individual Artist for her work in children’s literature. Her books have been translated into ten languages.
Just after her tenth birthday, Darcy’s family drove from New Mexico across Texas and Oklahoma and hit the Arkansas state line at Siloam Springs, where she discovered the color GREEN. Since then, she’s made her home in Arkansas, where she has floated the Buffalo River, explored wild caves, hiked trails on Mount Magazine, and skied Lake Ouachita. She can often be found riding her bicycle on the Arkansas River Trail. Writing FRIDAY COMES ON TUESDAY, for Alice Walton and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art remains a highlight of her career.
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Sobre Darcy Pattison
La escritora infantil y editora independiente, DARCY PATTISON ha escrito más de setenta libros infantiles galardonados de ficción y de no-ficción. Cinco libros han recibido reseñas estelares de PW, Kirkus o BCCB. Entre los galardones recibidos se encuentran un Honor Irma Black; cinco NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books; cuatro honores ¡Eureka! de no-ficción; dos selecciones del Junior Library Guild; dos menciones en la lista de libros notables de NCTE en el área de Lenguaje, uno en el área de Estudios Sociales, uno en el área de STEM; un premio Arkansiana y un premio al libro de historia de Arkansas, Susannah deBlack. En 2007 recibió el Premio a las Artes del Gobernador de Arkansas para un artista individual por su trabajo en la literatura infantil. Sus libros se han traducido a diez idiomas.
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AGE GROUP: | Ages 4-9: Children | Ages 0-3: Infants |
EVENT TYPE: | Storytime | STEAM/STEM | Special Event |
This is the secondary branch of the William F. Laman Public Library located in the heart of the Argenta Arts District of North Little Rock.
