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Children’s Storytime with Author Cathy Camper, Arab Arab All Year Long
April 12 @ 10:00 am - 10:30 am
Free
BOLD is excited to host a special children’s storytime with Cathy Camper, author of Arab Arab All Year Long.
More about Arab Arab All Year Long:
Wrapping grape leaves, playing doumbek, drawing henna tattoos,
we’re Arab, Arab, Arab, the whole year through!
Yallah! From January to December, join some busy kids as they partake in traditions old and new. There’s so much to do, whether it’s learning to write Arabic or looking at hijab fashion sites while planning costumes for a local comic convention. With details as vivid as the scent of jasmine and honeysuckle perfume (made to remind Mom of Morocco), children bond with friends, honor tradition, and spend loving time with family. Accompanied by buoyant and charming illustrations, this portrait of Arab life and childhood zealis sure to bring joy all year round. Back matter includes an extensive glossary and notes to enrich the experience for readers of any culture.
Cathy Camper is the author of Lowriders in Space, Lowriders to the Center of the Earth, Lowriders Blast from the Past, and Lowriders to the Rescue, (May 2022) all from Chronicle Books. She won the 2022 CSD Lampman Award, for her significant contribution to the children of Oregon as both a librarian and an author. Her picture book Ten Ways to Hear Snow (Dial/Penguin/Kokila) is the winner of the 2021 Burr/Worzalla Award, for Wisconsin Children’s books, and was selected to be included in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Kokila also published a Spanish edition of the book in November 2022. Her 2022 picture book Arab Arab All Year Long (Candlewick), won the Arab American Book Award for Children in 2023. An Arab American, Cathy is a former board member of the Arab literary journal Mizna. Cathy is a librarian and lives in Portland, Oregon. Cathy is represented by Jennifer Laughran of Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
Arrive at 10:00 a.m. to get a drink, snack, and seat. Storytime begins at 10:20 a.m.
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Event cohosted by BOLD Coffee & Books and Indigo: Editing, Design, and More.
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