Maine Humanities Council

March 1, 2010

Born To Read

Peaceable Stories, training

Location and Time: Waterville KVCAP offices, Waterville, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Contact: Rhonda Kaiser, KVCAP 207-859-1611

Peaceable Stories is a statewide, six-hour training program for early childhood educators offering high-quality children’s books, accompanied by an Activity & Resource Guide, designed to stimulate meaningful conversations about conflict and peace. Participants read and discuss the books, and take part in related exercises and activities, in preparation for using the materials with young children. Born to Read is made possible through funding from the Helen and George Ladd Charitable Corporation, the Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust, We the People, Jane’s Trust, The Bingham Program, Virginia Hodgkins Somers Foundation and through private donations.

March 1, 2010

Site: Biddeford

Series: Carrying the Past

This Session: Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

So Far From the Sea by Eve Bunting

Who Will Tell My Brother? by Marlene Carvell

Contact: Julia Walkling 207-773-5051

New Books, New Readers is a humanities-based book discussion program for adults who are new readers or who are working to improve their reading. NBNR is supported in part by grants from Jane’s Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, Sam L. Cohen Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, Rines/Thompson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, and Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.

March 2, 2010

Born To Read

Train the Trainer reflection retreat

Location and Time: Augusta Civic Center, Augusta, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Contact: Denise Pendleton, 207-773-5051

March 2, 2010

Site: Oxford Hills

Series: Carrying the Past

This Session: Introduction

Contact: Julia Walkling 207-773-5051

New Books, New Readers is a humanities-based book discussion program for adults who are new readers or who are working to improve their reading. NBNR is supported in part by grants from Jane’s Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, Sam L. Cohen Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, Rines/Thompson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, and Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.

March 2, 2010

The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie King

Series: Refreshing the Whodunit

Location and Time: D.A. Hurd Library, North Berwick, 6:30 p.m. (the program is free, pre-registration required)

Contact: Beth Sweet, 207-676-2215

Let’s Talk About It is a free, library-based, facilitated book discussion program for adults who want to talk about what they’ve read, presented in collaboration with the Maine State Library with major support from the Betterment Fund and additional funding from the Maine Charity Foundation at the Maine Community Foundation.

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March 2, 2010

Site: Belfast

Series: Real Life

This Session: Introduction

Contact: Julia Walkling 207-773-5051

New Books, New Readers is a humanities-based book discussion program for adults who are new readers or who are working to improve their reading. NBNR is supported in part by grants from Jane’s Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, Sam L. Cohen Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, Rines/Thompson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, and Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.

March 2, 2010

Site:Waterville

Series: Justice

This Session: Sam, Bangs and Moonshine by Evaline Ness

Liang and the Magic Paintbrush by Demi

The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks by Katherine Paterson

Contact: Julia Walkling 207-773-5051

New Books, New Readers is a humanities-based book discussion program for adults who are new readers or who are working to improve their reading. NBNR is supported in part by grants from Jane’s Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, Sam L. Cohen Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, Rines/Thompson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, and Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.

March 2, 2010

Site: Skowhegan

Series: Carrying the Past

This Session: Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

So Far From the Sea by Eve Bunting

Who Will Tell My Brother by Marlene Carvell

Contact: Julia Walkling 207-773-5051

New Books, New Readers is a humanities-based book discussion program for adults who are new readers or who are working to improve their reading. NBNR is supported in part by grants from Jane’s Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, Sam L. Cohen Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, Rines/Thompson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, and Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.

March 3, 2010

Site: Farmington

Series: Carrying the Past

This Session: Introduction

Contact: Julia Walkling 207-773-5051

New Books, New Readers is a humanities-based book discussion program for adults who are new readers or who are working to improve their reading. NBNR is supported in part by grants from Jane’s Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, Sam L. Cohen Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, Rines/Thompson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, and Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.

March 3, 2010

Site: Sullivan

Series: Differences

This Session: Introduction

Contact: Julia Walkling 207-773-5051

New Books, New Readers is a humanities-based book discussion program for adults who are new readers or who are working to improve their reading. NBNR is supported in part by grants from Jane’s Trust, National Endowment for the Arts, Sam L. Cohen Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, Rines/Thompson Fund of the Maine Community Foundation, and Edward H. Daveis Benevolent Fund of the Maine Community Foundation.