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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 9, 2004
Contact:
, Austin Public Library, (512) 974-7528
Fax: (512) 974-7442
Children's Book Week at the Austin Public Library
 As Thanksgiving approaches on the daily planner, don't forget to celebrate Children's Book Week at the Austin Public Library. Since 1919, Children's Book Week has been celebrated during the week before Thanksgiving by educators, librarians, booksellers and families—particularly the children! This year, Children's Book Week will be observed from November 15-21.
The Austin Public Library will kick-off the celebration on Saturday, November 13 with performing artist Joe McDermott at the Mervyn's Star Saturday program at the Faulk Central Library, 800 Guadalupe Street at 2 p.m. Parking is free on the weekend.
Other events will include:
Tuesday, November 16
- Cepeda Branch, 651 N. Pleasant Valley Rd. presents Bilingual Storyteller Elida Bonet at 10:00 a.m. for ages 5 and over.
- Pleasant Hill Branch, 211 E. William Cannon Dr. presents Strega Nona Puppet Show at 10:30 a.m. for families as part of the APL's ECHO'S PALS series.
Wednesday, November 17
- Twin Oaks Branch, 2301 S. Congress #7 presents Strega Nona Puppet Show at 10:30 a.m. for families as part of the APL's ECHO'S PALS series.
- North Village Branch, 2139 W. Anderson Lane presents Animation and Superheroes at 3:30 p.m. for ages 5 and over.
Thursday, November 18
- Faulk Central Library, 800 Guadalupe Street presents Children's Author Keith Graves at 10:30 a.m.
- Little Walnut Creek Branch, 835 W. Rundberg Lane presents Animation and Superheroes at 3:30 p.m. for ages 5 and over
Friday, November 19
Saturday, November 20
All programs are free the public is invited to attend. For additional information about these programs call (512) 974-7400 or visit the Web at www.cityofaustin.org/library.
About Children's Book Week
The idea of Children's Book Week can be traced back to the early 1900s, where at the 1912 American Booksellers Association (ABA) Convention, booksellers and librarians showed concern over the effects of "trashy" novels on children. With the Boy Scouts of America, the American Booksellers Association and the American Library Association leading the movement, a week dedicated to the promotion of good books for children was created. Children's Book week is now planned and promoted by the Children's Book Council.
Said Frederic Melcher, of the Penn Publishing Company, one of the founding fathers of Children's Book Week, "Book Week brings us together to talk about books and reading and, out of our knowledge and love of books, to put the cause of children's reading squarely before the whole community and, community by community, across the whole nation. For a great nation is a reading nation."
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