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Renowned children's pop-up book artist and paper engineer Robert Sabuda brings his unrivaled talents to Kent State University for a special symposium on children’s movable books.<br>
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Teachers, librarians, artists, designers, students, collectors and all lovers of children’s books are invited to attend the one-day event:
<h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong>Pop It! Move It! Use It!<br>
Programming, Selecting and Exploring Children’s Movable Books</strong></h2>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Friday, May 2, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Governance Chambers (2nd floor, Kent Student Center)</p>
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<p>The registration fee is $75; full-time graduate and undergraduate students can attend for $35. (Registration includes program, materials, lunch, refreshments and parking.)
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<p><strong>Seating is limited; register early! Visit <a href="https://commerce.cashnet.com/SLIS">
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<p>Sabuda will give the keynote address and lead the participants in a hands-on pop-up activity in the morning. (BYOS - Bring your own scissors!) He also will sign copies of his books (available at the Kent State University Bookstore) during the lunch break.</p>
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<p>Robert Sabuda’s books are known the world over for their intricate, stunning artistry. For example, a
<em>New York Times</em> review of his <em>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland</em> said, “The veteran Robert Sabuda's more ambitiously engineered version … has raised the bar within the genre. Sabuda, a veteran artist and pop-up creator (<em>The Christmas Alphabet,
The Wizard of Oz),</em> is also a movable book maven ... He has created an object that is the most absorbing book/toy I've played with in a long time. The intelligent paper trickery on each spread is, well, awesome…. Surprise is essential to the success of
any pop-up book -- although with some of the less inventive ones, after the first couple of routine pop-ups the viewer's expectations are likely to diminish. Sabuda has surprises on every spread…”</p>
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<p>For more information about Robert Sabuda, his books and artistry, visit <a href="http://wp.robertsabuda.com/" id="http://wp.robertsabuda.com/|">
http://wp.robertsabuda.com/</a>.<br>
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<p>After lunch, symposium participants explore the following topics:</p>
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<li><em>All about pop-up apps and online pop-up resources/activities for classrooms and libraries,</em> with Marianne Martens, Ph.D., SLIS Assistant Professor;</li><li><em>Popping-Up Through Time: A Short History of Pop-Up Books.</em> with Larry Rakow, retired librarian, pop-up collector and owner of Wonderland Books (online store for old, rare and collectible children's books);</li><li><em>Programming with pop-up and movable books; building a library or classroom collection,</em> with Sue McLeaf Nespeca, owner of KidLitPlus Consulting and expert in children’s books and early literacy; and</li><li><em>Collecting pop-up and movable books,</em> with collectors Diana Tirpak, Jan Ridgeway and Carol G. Davis.</li></ul>
<p>Participants also will enjoy a touch lab display of 50+ pop-up books; an optional lunch-time tour of the
<a href="http://www.kent.edu/CCI/slis/about/locations/reinberger-childrens-library-center.cfm" id="CP___PAGEID=2547373,reinberger-childrens-library-center.cfm,4913|">
Reinberger Children’s Library Center</a> and <a href="http://www.kent.edu/CCI/slis/about/locations/marantz-picturebook-collection-for-the-study-of-picturebook-art.cfm" id="CP___PAGEID=2812206,marantz-picturebook-collection-for-the-study-of-picturebook-art.cfm,4913|">
Marantz Picturebook Collection</a> (in the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State) to see the Carol G. Davis Pop-up Collection of 500+ pop-up and movable books; and a display of pop-ups from Wonderland Books. (Wonderland Books will have books
available for purchase at the symposium.) </p>
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<p>The event is sponsored by the <a href="http://www.kent.edu/CCI/slis/index.cfm" id="CP___PAGEID=2418243,index.cfm,3915|">
School of Library and Information Science</a> and <a href="http://www.kent.edu/CCI/vcd/index.cfm" id="CP___PAGEID=3450929,index.cfm,6370|">
School of Visual Communication Design</a> at Kent State University, and the <a href="http://neotoday.org/" id="http://neotoday.org/|">
Northeast Ohio Regional Library System (NEO-RLS)</a>.<br>
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Space is limited. Register early!</em></strong> Visit <a href="https://commerce.cashnet.com/SLIS">
https://commerce.cashnet.com/SLIS</a> to register.
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While he's in town, Robert Sabuda also will make appearances at the <a href="http://akronartmuseum.org/" id="http://akronartmuseum.org/|">
Akron Art Museum</a> (330-376-9185; Thursday, May 1, at 6:30 p.m.) and <a href="http://www.learnedowl.com/" id="http://www.learnedowl.com/|">
The Learned Owl Book Shop</a> in Hudson (330-653-2252; Saturday, May 3). Visit their respective websites or call for details.</p>
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