[FAC] Arne Nixon Center Hosts Margarita Engle Sept 25th

[Cindy Wathen]

> Margarita Engle to speak September 25
>
> The Arne Nixon Center Advocates, support group for the Arne Nixon  
> Center for the Study of Children’s Literature atCalifornia State  
> University, Fresno, invite everyone to hear a talk by author  
> Margarita Engle, who will speak at the ANCA annual meeting. The  
> meeting will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, September 25, at the  
> Unitarian Universalist Church of Fresno, and hosted there by the  
> Norelma Walker Youth Library. The church is located at 2672 East  
> Alluvial Avenue (just west of Willow), Clovis, California 93611.
>
> Following a reception at 6:00 p.m., the program will begin at 6:45  
> p.m. The author’s PowerPoint presentation, “Finding the Poetry in  
> History,” will include family pictures.
>
> Margarita Engle, who lives in Clovis, is the Cuban-American author  
> of three novels, written in free verse, for young people. The Poet  
> Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano, won the Pura  
> Belpré and the Americasawards. The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s  
> Struggle for Freedom is a 2009 Newbery Honor book. Tropical Secrets:  
> Holocaust Refugees in Cuba, published in April 2009, is winning rave  
> reviews.
>
> The program will include a presentation of Jane Addams Award-winning  
> books to the Arne Nixon Center by community activist Ellie  
> Bluestein. The Jane Addams Children's Book Award is a national  
> award, given annually by the Women’s International League for Peace  
> and Freedom and the Jane Addams Peace Association to the children's  
> book that most effectively promotes the cause of peace, social  
> justice, world community, and the equality of the sexes and all  
> races, as well as meeting conventional standards for excellence. The  
> Surrender Tree won for 2009.
>
> The author’s books will be available for sale and autographing.
>
> There is no admission charge for this event. Children aged ten and  
> older are welcome if accompanied by an adult. Reservations are  
> required by sending e-mail to mrianto at csufresno.edu or by calling  
> (559) 278-8116.
>
> 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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