On the Go with Calvert Library to the National Book Festival (press release)

Contact:  Robyn Truslow

410-535-0291

July 25, 2014

 

On the Go with Calvert Library!

 

Tickets are now on sale for a bus trip to the Library of Congress National Book Festival, on Saturday, August 30.  For just $15.00, you can secure your seat for a ride to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the new indoor home of the National Book Festival.  The air-conditioned school bus will pick-up at 10 am at the Sunderland Park and Ride.  The bus will depart from the Convention Center at 5 pm.

 

Festival-goers can meet and hear from their favorite poets and authors, get books signed, see special entertainment, have photos taken with storybook characters and participate in a variety of other activities.  Famous authors such as Sandra Day O’Connor, Lisa See, Cokie Roberts, Kate DiCamillo, E.L. Doctorow, Billy Collins, Molly Idle, Alice McDermott and Rep. John Lewis will be there.  There will be activities and authors of interest to everyone in the family.  Entrance to the National Book Festival is free!

 

For a complete listing of authors, and ongoing excitement visit www.loc.gov/bookfest/. Bus tickets must be purchased by August 23 and can be obtained at any branch of Calvert Library.

 

For more information, contact Joan Kilmon at Calvert Library Twin Beaches Branch, 410-257-2411.

 

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Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 (fax)

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RE: Tween Summer Book Fest at Calvert Library

 

Press Release

For Immediate Release

 

Contact: Beverly Izzi

                   410-535-0291

 

Tween Summer Book Fest is a popular annual series of hang-outs for 5th through 7th graders.  Our local tweens are invited to head to their local library throughout the summer to join the celebration as we read, eat, play, craft, and chat.  Even better: the first 10 to sign up for Book Fest each month will receive a free copy of the book to keep!

 

August gears up for a new school year with Because of Mr. Terupt, by Rob Buyea.  5th graders at Snow Hill School start their school year with a new teacher, Mr. Terupt.  Mr. Terupt is a great teacher.  He understands them, is on their side, makes learning fun with his unique approach, and draws out their strengths no matter how much some of them try to resist him.  It may be their best year ever—until a simple prank has tragic results.  Soon the students are learning lessons of a new kind, lessons they never expected.

 

Tween Summer Book Fest will take place at the following locations and dates:

 

Calvert Library Prince Frederick: Tuesday, August 5th from 6:30-8:00 pm

 

Calvert Library Fairview Branch:  Monday, August 4th from 6:30-8:00 pm

 

Calvert Library Twin Beaches Branch:  Tuesday, August 5th from 6:30-8:00 pm

 

Calvert Library Southern Branch:  Thursday, August 7th from 6:30-8:00 pm

 

Call your local library or stop by http://calv.lib.md.us for more information.  Registration will open a month before each event.  See you this summer!

 

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Beverly Allyn Izzi

Youth Services Coordinator

 

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

Calvert Library

410.535.0291/301.855.1862

Fax 410.535.3022

 

Tween Summer Book Fest at Calvert Library

Press Release

For Immediate Release

 

Contact: Beverly Izzi

                   410-535-0291

 

Tween Summer Book Fest is a popular annual series of hang-outs for 5th through 7th graders.  Our local tweens are invited to head to their local library throughout the summer to join the celebration as we read, eat, play, craft, and chat.  Even better: the first 10 to sign up for Book Fest each month will receive a free copy of the book to keep!

 

July’s book takes a walk on the wild side with Newbery Award winning The One and Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate.  Ivan is an easygoing gorilla.  He lives at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade with his friends Stella the elephant and Bob the dog.  He is accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain, to watching TV, and to making his own painted pictures.  He hardly ever thinks about his old life in the jungle.  When Ruby, a terrified baby elephant taken from her family in the wild, joins their family, change comes with her, and it’s up to Ivan to make it a change for the better. 

 

Tween Summer Book Fest will take place at the following locations and dates:

 

Calvert Library Prince Frederick: Tuesday, July 15th from 6:30-8:00 pm

 

Calvert Library Fairview Branch:  Monday, July 14th from 6:30-8:00 pm

 

Calvert Library Twin Beaches Branch:  Tuesday, July 15th from 6:30-8:00 pm

 

Calvert Library Southern Branch:  Thursday, July 17th from 6:30-8:00 pm

 

Call your local library or stop by http://calv.lib.md.us for more information.  Registration will open a month before each event.  See you this summer!

 

 

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Beverly Allyn Izzi

Youth Services Coordinator

 

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

Calvert Library

410.535.0291/301.855.1862

Fax 410.535.3022