How Do I
Books By Visiting Authors
The authors listed below are those featured in the 2008-2009 season of Black, White and Read All Over, a Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures series for children and their parents that is held in the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall at 10:30 am on selected Saturday mornings. Information on the 2009-2010 season will be coming soon!
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Bee-bim bop!
A child, eager for a favorite meal, helps with the shopping, food preparation, and table setting. |
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Gingerbread friends
Lonely Gingerbread Baby, having set out to find a friend, enters a bakery where he tries to talk to different cookies and other figures, but winds up leading a crowd back to his house on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale. |
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How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night
Mother and child ponder the different ways a dinosaur can say goodnight, from slamming his tail and pouting to giving a big hug and kiss. |
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Up, Down, and Around
The children in this colorful picture book get their hands dirty in a bustling kitchen garden, while bugs, birds, and a bunny slither, fly, and hop. |
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Monster
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken. |
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Pinkerton, Behave!
His behavior may be rather unconventional, but Pinkerton the dog proves it doesn't really matter. |