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Header: Illustration from BURT DOW, DEEP-WATER MAN: A TALE OF THE SEA IN THE CLASSIC
TRADITION by Robert McCloskey, copyright © 1963, renewed © 1991 by Robert McCloskey. Used by permission of Viking Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. McCloskey artwork in the May Massee Collection, Special Collections, Emporia State University Archives.   
PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

July 2-3, 2016
1:00pm - 4:00pm
July 6, 2016
2:00pm

July 8 and 9, 2016
10:30am
July 10, 2016
2:00pm
Book signing to follow July 8th program.*
July 9, 2016
11:00am and 1:00pm
$5 (Members $4.50)
Advance tickets (413) 559-6336

We are unable to accept same-day phone reservations. On the day of the event, tickets are first come, first served. Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.
July 9, 2016
2:00pm
July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 2016
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Mondays in July and August

Children ages 4-11
Advance sign-up is required. Call 413-559-6307 or email courtneyw@carlemuseum.org to sign up for a date and 15-minute time block. Space is limited.
July 13, 2016
11:00am - 12:00pm

Meet a variety of creatures from The New Children's Museum in West Hartford, Connecticut

July 22, 2016
10:00am - 4:00pm

FREE Admission includes art activities, special storytimes with authors/illustrators Lita Judge and Brian Lies, films, music by the Harmaniacs, and more! Sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation.
*Can't make it to the event? You may reserve signed books online or contact The Carle Bookshop at shop@carlemuseum.org.
OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES!
parentsHelp Choose The Best Children's Books of The Year!  

Parents magazine is coming to The Carle on July 17, 2016 to test contenders for its annual 10 Best Children's Books story (read last year's article). The editors are looking for families with children ages 1 to 7 to participate in the book reviews. Depending on your child's age, you'll read new board books or picture books with them and fill out a review form.

Details: There are two, hour-long sessions to choose from: starting at 12:30pm and 2pm. Please RSVP by July 8 to (413) 559-6336, indicating your session preference and the name and age of your child or children. We ask that one adult be present for each child. Space is limited; please RSVP as soon as possible. We'll send you a confirmation with further details.  
IN THE ART STUDIO
Every Day Art Program: It's All About Blue

Through July 19, 2016
10:00am

July 20 - August 16, 2016
All day
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

July 18, 2016
9:30am - 5:30pm
($; 7 PDPs)
Download the full schedule including session descriptions here.
WORKSHOPS

July 11 - July 15, 2016
9:00 am -3:00 pm
($; Entering 1st grade - 5th grade)
Registration is required. See Workshops for Youth & Families to sign up.

August 3, 10, 17, 24, 2016
3:45pm - 5:00pm
($)
Intergenerational activities are designed for participants ages 4 and up with an adult; up to 2 children per adult.
Registration is required. See  Workshops for Youth & Families to sign up.
SIMMONS COLLEGE
Simmons at The Carle Information Sessions 

July 7, 2016
3:30pm - 4:30pm
August 6, 2016
10:00am - 11:00am
September 18, 2016
12:00pm - 1:00pm
   
Learn about the four graduate degrees in children's literature available at The Carle. Registration required. For more information about Simmons programs, email childrensliterature@simmons.edu.
Simmons Courses at The Carle

Courses are open to non-degree students, and are offered nights and weekends on site at The Carle. For registration information, please contact cathryn.mercier@simmons.edu.

CHL 415-18: A Whole Book Approach to Picturebook Art & Design (2 credits)
July 7 and 8 (5:00 - 8:15 pm); July 9 and 10 (10:00 am - 4:00 pm)
Instructor: Megan Dowd Lambert
New book features the Whole Book Approach to reading picture books with children. Order here.
CHL 424B-18: Verse Novel and Narrative Poetry (2 credits)
Instructor: Jeannine Atkins
Tuesdays, June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 26 (4:00 - 7:50 pm)

A full description of courses is available online in the Simmons Graduate Course Catalog. Classes may be subject to cancellation depending on enrollment.
EXHIBITIONS
Louis Darling: Drawing the Words of Beverly Cleary

Central Gallery
Through November 27, 2016

Support for this exhibition has been generously provided by HarperCollins Children's Books.
Illustration for Runaway Ralph by Louis Darling [Morrow, 1970]. Children's Literature Research Collections, University of Minnesota Libraries.

East Gallery
Through October 23, 2016

Support for this exhibition has been generously provided by Penguin Young Readers.

This exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the Hsin-Yi Foundation.
Eric Carle's Animals, Animals © 1989 by Eric Carle.