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7th Annual Summer Reading CelebrationDog clip art for summer reading program

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Friday, August 17, 2007

Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport

“Get a Clue @ Your Library” 

AUTHORS

  • Brian Lies is the author and illustrator of the New York Times best seller Bats at the Beach, Hamlet and the Magnificent Sandcastle and Hamlet and the Enormous Chinese Dragon Kite. Lies has illustrated more than 18 children’s books including Deep in the Swamp by Donna M. Bateman, Finklehopper Frog and Finklehopper Frog Cheers by Irene Livingston and Popcorn! by Elaine Landau. He is a frequent contributor to Cricket, Spider, Ladybug and Babybug magazines and enjoys visiting schools to talk with students about writing and illustrating stories. He resides in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
  • Laura Rankin, a children's book writer and illustrator living in Kennebunk, illustrated the following mysteries by Alexander McCall Smith: Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats (2006), The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean (2006), The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean (2006), and The Perfect Hamburger and Other Delicious Stories (2007). Rankin is the author of Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie (2007); Fluffy and Baron (2006); Swan Harbor: A Nature Counting Book (2003) which received a Maine Lupine honor award; The Handmade Counting Book (1998), illustrating numbers 1-100 in sign language; and The Handmade Alphabet  (1991),  a sign language book named an ALA Notable Children's Book and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Non-Fiction Honor Book. She is a library assistant at the Wells Public Library, and formerly worked as a TV courtroom illustrator and as an editorial artist in Buffalo, New York.
  • Sarah L. Thomson is the author of many amazing science books: Amazing Dolphins! (2006), Amazing Snakes! (2006), Extreme Stars! Q&A (2006), Amazing Gorillas! (2005), Amazing Sharks! (2005), Amazing Whales! (2005), andTigers (2004). Thomson also wrote Astronauts and Other Space Heroes FYI (2007) and Extreme Aircraft! Q&A (2007) as well as young adult novels The Secret of the Rose (2006), The Manny (2005), and Dragon's Son (2001), a retelling of the King Arthur story named a Junior Library Guild selection and chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by the Bank Street College of Education. A former editor with a major children's book publisher, she lives in Portland, Maine.

ENTERTAINERS

  • Peter Boie, Magician
    Take Life And Make It What You Will – This is the underlying theme in Peter Boie’s “Reality Is The Illusion.” Pushing magic from novelty to theater in his new one-man show, it is at once exciting, comical, and thought-provoking. The various spectacles run the gamut from magic choreographed to music to audience members who are invited into the performance to experience the magic themselves. Peter has won honors at two national magic contests: the New England Magic Contest and the Columbus Magi-Fest in Ohio; he was invited back afterwards to perform for a packed house, and was also a finalist in the 2005 Society of American Magicians National Stage Competition.
  • Crossroads Youth Star Camp
    S.T.A.R. (Self-esteem through Arts and Recreation) Camp is a program Crossroads, a non-profit organization established in 2000. The S.T.A.R.camp is open to children ages 7 through 14 who enjoy singing, dancing, arts, crafts and drama. The program also offers a weeklong day camp during June in Newport, Maine for ages 7-11 and a musical theater camp for students 9-14, in Saco, Maine. Further information: www.crossroadsyouthcenter.org, tel. (207) 838-2146 or email Executive Director Deb Landry at director@crossroadsyouthcenter.org.