Year of the Dragon: Asian Themes for Young Canadian Readers
Saturday, February 25, 2012; 8:30 am – 3:30 pm (includes lunch & snacks)
The University of British Columbia, Neville Scarfe Building; Room 100
Featuring
Paul Yee, Lisa Yee, and Allen Say
With Special Guests
Tanya Kyi, winner of the 2011 Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award,
Marjorie Coughlan and Corinne Robson, Editors from Papertigers.org, the on-line journal,
Joseph Wu, origami master, and
the fabulous dance troupe, Shiamak’s Bollywood Dancers
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~ Gala Evening $50 ~ Details and Registration ~
Friday, February 24, 2012; 6:30pm, the University Golf Club, 5185 University Boulevard.
In 2012, we are co-hosting a Distinguished Speaker Dinner with the B.C. Literacy Council. Our featured speaker is Dr. Lee Gunderson from the Department of Language and Literacy at UBC, who will be presenting on “Comprehensibility and Children’s Literature: Reading in Multilingual Classrooms.”
Join us as we kick off our weekend celebration of literature and literacy for young people with what we hope is the inaugural event of a soon-to-be-great Serendipity tradition.
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