Waterville Public Library

Talking Walls Author/Illustrator Talk and Book Signing on August 30, 2014!

Department: Carnegie Gallery

Join author Margy Burns Knight and illustrator Anne Sibley O'Brien for a behind-the-scenes look at how they created the book Talking Walls: Discover Your World. They will share some secrets of their process and some wall stories that aren't in the book, including those stumbled upon because of questions asked by children. Let's take another globe-circling journey and discover more about our world - together. Folks who have submitted their completed Talking Walls Seek-and-Find scavenger hunt forms (blank forms available in the Library!) in the Children’s Room between 7/9/2014-8/18/2014 will be entered to win a signed copy of the Talking Walls: Discover Your World book. Winners will receive their book at the August 30 special event! Free books will be given away and Children’s Book Cellar will be selling copies of Talking Walls: Discover Your World at the Waterville Public Library on 8/30. You can get your book signed by the author and illustrator between 2:00pm and 3:00pm. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. The Library will be giving away Library tote bags, too!

TALKING WALLS EXHIBIT
Exhibit Dates: JULY 9 - AUGUST 30, 2014
Waterville Public Library
Wander through a dark cave with four French children to discover ancient paintings, see the walls of Nelson Mandela’s prison, and stop at a wall in Tokyo to honor a loyal dog. From July 9-August 30, come take a walk through the Waterville Public Library to find and explore the twenty-eight original illustrations from the bookTalking Walls: Discover Your World by Margy Burns Knight and Anne Sibley O'Brien. Interact with the exhibit! Ask at one of the Desks for more information about fun activities! Complete the Talking Walls Seek-and-Find activity and enter to win a signed copy of Talking Walls: Discover Your World!

About the Book:
Talking Walls introduces young readers to different cultures by exploring the stories of walls around the world and how they can separate or hold communities together. American Bookseller “Pick of the Lists;” Boston GLobe Top 25 Non-Fiction Children’s Books, 1992; ALA. Booklist, Starred Review; Horn Book, Noteworthy Book, 1993. Full-color illustrations.This is an updated edition (2014) and a new trim size. More than 165,000 copies sold!

Reviews:
“Knight has found a powerful theme for introducing children to the world and its diverse cultures.” –Booklist starred review

“An unusually attractive book that wiselyallows readers to draw their own conclusions.” –Kirkus Reviews

“Links to social studies abound. A greatread-aloud and a unique source of hard-to-find material.” –School Library Journal

Honors and Awards:

Mom’s Choice Award, Gold

About the Author/Illustrator:
Margy Burns Knight has received the National Education Association’s Author-Illustrator Human & Civil Rights Award for the body of her work with Anne Sibley O’Brien (Talking Walls and other books) and the 2001 Children’s Africana Book Award for Africa Is Not a Country (also illustrated by Anne Sibley O’Brien). In addition to her work as an author, presenting in hundreds of classrooms around the world, Margy is also a teacher and community volunteer. She is the Service Learning Coordinator for the Winthrop, Maine, public school system and has taught English as a Second Language to high school students from Cambodia, Afghanistan, and Jordan.

 

Anne Sibley O’Brien has illustrated thirty-one books, including five titles by Margy Burns Knight. She is also the author of fourteen of these books, including The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea and A Path of Stars.O’Brien’s passion for global subjects was kindled by her experience of being raised bilingual and bicultural in South Korea as the daughter of medical missionaries. The mother of two grown children, she lives with her husband on an island in Maine.

Talking Walls Flyer

-Posted on July 10, 2014