Heroes for the Pages - Irving Berlin

Описание: This is a recording of a Zoom from Sunday, Dec. 13 at 2PM centered around the book Irving Berlin: The Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing by Nancy Churnin. Audiences had the opportunity to meet and talk with author, learn about Berlin’s Jewish heritage and Hannukah from Mark Kreditor of the Jewish Federation of Dallas. With DCT actress and teaching artist, Alyssa Cavazos, accompanying, everyone sang three of Berlin’s showstopping tunes.

The series is rated for ages 4 – 8, and interested adults.

Dallas Children’s Theater (DCT), in preparation for the holiday season, will be providing families with a chance to learn more about three December holidays and the children’s book authors who have written about them. In a series of free Zoom shows titled HEROES FOR THE PAGES, DCT will spotlight two of local Dallas author Nancy Churnin’s children’s books: Irving Berlin: The Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing and The Queen and the First Christmas Tree. The theater will also be highlighting author Donna L. Washington’s book L’il Rabbit’s Kwanzaa. The free Zoom shows will be live Sundays at 2 PM on December 13, 20 and 27. Each show will include singalongs, author Q&As and a feature on the hero’s culture. To register, interested persons can go to dct.org/heroes.

DCT will feature another Churnin book during Sunday, December 20 at 2PM show: The Queen and the First Christmas Tree: Queen Charlotte’s Gift to England. Special guest Sarah Hambric from Dallas Heritage Village will provide insight on what Christmas would have looked like during the 19th century and Anna Kurian from the North Texas Food Bank will help families understand the many ways they can exhibit kindness during the holidays; just as Queen Charlotte did when she introduced the first Christmas tree. And the singalong segment will feature fun shows about what else…Christmas trees!

In the show on Sunday, December 27 at 2P, author Donna L. Washington’s beautiful children’s book, L’il Rabbits’ Kwanzaa, will help everyone understand the traditions of another December celebration, Kwanzaa. Local griot Afiah Bey will be on hand to guide us through some songs with DCT actress and teaching artist Alyssa Cavazos accompanying.

The Queen and the First Christmas Tree: Queen Charlotte’s Gift to England.
Register for the second HEROES FOR THE PAGES Zoom here.
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L’il Rabbit’s Kwanzaa by Donna L. Washington
Register for the third HEROES FOR THE PAGES Zoom here.
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About Nancy Churnin
Nancy Churnin is an American author and journalist. A former theater critic for the Dallas Morning News, she has published eight children's books as of 2020. Her first picture book, The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game was published in 2016. Manjhi Moves a Mountain, another children's picture book by Churnin, was published in 2017. Three additional children's books were released in 2018: Charlie Takes His Shot: How Charlie Sifford Broke the Color Barrier in Golf, Irving Berlin: The Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing, and The Queen and the First Christmas Tree: Queen Charlotte's Gift to England. Churnin's sixth book, Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank, was released on March 5, 2019. Her most recent books, Beautiful Shades of Brown: The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring and For Spacious Skies: Katharine Lee Bates and the Inspiration for "America the Beautiful" were released in 2020.

About Donna L. Washington
Donna L. Washington is a professional storyteller, multiple-award-winning recording artist, and author. She performs all over the country at festivals, schools, and libraries and gives workshops for parents and educators as well. Her many storytelling recordings have received Gold and Silver Parents' Choice Awards, Storytelling World Awards, iParenting Awards, Children's Music Web Awards, National Parenting Publications Awards Honors, and many more. Ms. Washington lives with her husband, two children, and two cats in Durham, North Carolina. You can visit her online at www.dlwstoryteller.com.