Saturday, March 14, 2015, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Meet Nicole Tadgell, illustrator of over 20 books including the biographical picture books, Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass plus With Books and Bricks: How Booker T. Washington Built a School.
"Tadgell’s carefully drafted and evocative watercolors capture both the past and present obstacles Anthony and Douglass faced, from Douglass’s youth as a slave to rotten eggs hurled at the two when they appeared in public together and combative differences of opinion, as when the Fifteenth Amendment proposed to give voting rights to black men but not to women." ––Publishers Weekly - Starred Review
"This biographical gem places the spotlight on a friendship far ahead of its time." ––Kirkus Reviews
Tadgell will read from her books, share original art & describe the process of making a book.
An art workshop featuring a hands-on activity to explore storytelling follows the Q & A. Registration required.
Books available for purchase and signing. Free and open to the public.
For more info on Nicole Tadgell, visit nicoletadgell.blogspot.com.
Build with Books - Making a Life-size Structure Using Books as Bricks on 4/14; 4/15; and 4/16.
Both Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, and With Books and Bricks: How Booker T. Washington Built a School, were written by author by Suzanne Slade.
Location : Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Avenue, Southport, CT
Contact : (203) 259-0346 ext. 18