Saturday, September 26, 2009

Mary Ann Hoberman, Children’s Poet Laureate



The Chicago Reading:
Mary Ann Hoberman
Children’s Poet Laureate
Weds, Oct 7, 6:45 pm
Ida Noyes Hall (The Cloister Club)
University of Chicago
1212 East 59th Street
Free admission


Children’s Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman will give a reading to children and their parents. Hoberman is the author of over 40 children’s books and has won the National Book Award, the National Council of Teachers of English Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children, a Society of School Librarians International Best Book award, and a National Parenting Publications Awards gold medal, among other accolades. She has also been recognized by magazines such as Child and Parenting. Special free gifts for children will be featured.