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SUNDAY,
Nov. 21
1:00 pm
With
Guest Children’s Author ANNE-MARIE Baila ASNER
Calling all shaina punims, shluff kops and klutzs! Anne-Marie Baila
Asner, author of Shmutzy Girl presents 'Playtime with Yiddishisms'.
Treat yourself and your little ones to a bissle Yiddish. Through
drawing, skits and a guessing game, your mamellas (girls) and tattellas
(boys) will be forever endeared to the joy of shmutz, noshing and
going shluffy and they'll learn just enough Yiddish to make bubbe
and zaide kvell (proud.) The only kvetching you'll hear will be
from your kids if you don't bring them to this multigenerational
gathering for young authors.
 ANNE-MARIE
BAILA ASNER was born in Toronto, raised in San Diego
and she presently resides in Los Angeles, California. Ms. Asner's
children's books, Shmutzy Girl and Noshy Boy, published in 2004
by Matzah Ball Books are delightfully colourful and humorous. She
has written for the Jewish Observer, the Jewish Family Life teen
website MzVibe.com and the Anti-Defamation League. Her work has
also been featured on JewishAustralia.com. Ms. Asner holds a Master's
Degree in Psychology from Brandeis University, where she taught
Sunday school through the Brandeis Jewish Education Program. She
is one of five grandchildren to her Yiddish-speaking bubbe.
Friends and family of the young authors are encouraged to attend.
The reading and tea are open to the general public.
Young authors gather for coaching at 1 pm sharp.
Audience members are welcome to watch the coaching session, pick
up their pre-ordered Young Authors' Tea books or browse in the book
festival bookstore.
The structured presentation will begin at 1:30 pm.
Admission is
free. Everyone is welcome.
The Young Authors' Tea is supported by Judi and Len Libin and the
Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture.
Location:
Wosk Auditorium
Submission
Information
This year participants, grades 2 to 5, are asked to write a poem or
a real or imagined story about a character inspired by one or more
of a list of the top ten Yiddish, Hebrew and/or Sephardic word(s):
shvitzy (sweaty), kvetch (complainer), shluffy (sleepy), klutzy (clumsy),
shaina punim (cutie), nudnik (pest), chapachula or schlumpy (sloppy),
motek or hamudi (sweetie), magniv (cool), madlik (someone who lights
up the room) or chnun (nerd). Have fun with it!
All submissions will be printed and all the students who attend the
Tea will be coached on how to present their writing out loud. There
will be a draw for door prizes and if necessary, for the names of
those young authors who will read aloud. Only those who arrive on
time and sign in will be eligible for the draw.
The 9th Annual Young Authors Tea book, published with the support
of Judi and Len Libin, should be ordered prior to the Tea as only
limited numbers will be available for sale at the Tea. If your child
has not brought a form home from school, ask for entry and order forms
from JCC reception. Deadline for submissions and advanced book
orders is Monday, Nov. 8 2004 at 5 pm.
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