BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:Pacific Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:Pacific Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260714T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260714T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Phoebe Wahl - Story Rug DESCRIPTION:Join us for award winning illustrator\, Phoebe Wahl and celebrate the release of her new book\, Story Rug!\nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEATS!\nShe will be in conversation with WWU Librarian\, Sylvia Tag and a braiding activity will be offered to attendees. The children of Class 203 are learning to braid. They started with hair and shoelaces\, and now the children have brought rags from home. Their braid gets longer and longer until one idea transforms it into an extraordinary surprise for their teacher. Here is the story of a rag rug\, woven through with the stories of the scraps used to create it and those told during its making. The result is a special handmade spot where the whole class can gather\, ready for more stories. A beautiful text by Blackall accompanied by luminous illustrations by Wahl\, STORY RUG is a celebration of what can be created when our stories are intertwined. To encourage readers to bring the lessons of the story into real life\, there is an easy-to-learn craft project\, including instructions\, at the back of the book!Phoebe Wahl is an award-winning illustrator and surface designer. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design and has published celebrated picture books\, including Little Witch Hazel and Sonya's Chickens. She lives with her family in Bellingham\, Washington\, where her children play on a rag rug braided by their great-grandmother. She invites you to visit her on Instagram @phoebewahl. Sylvia Nahas Tag enjoys exploring possibilities. She is a librarian at Western Washington University where she curates the Children's Literature Interdisciplinary Collection. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for award winning illustrator\, Phoebe Wahl and celebrate the release of her new book\, Story Rug!

She will be in conversation with WWU Librarian\, Sylvia Tag and a braiding activity will be offered to attendees. The children of Class 203 are learning to braid. They started with hair and shoelaces\, and now the children have brought rags from home. Their braid gets longer and longer until one idea transforms it into an extraordinary surprise for their teacher. Here is the story of a rag rug\, woven through with the stories of the scraps used to create it and those told during its making. The result is a special handmade spot where the whole class can gather\, ready for more stories. A beautiful text by Blackall accompanied by luminous illustrations by Wahl\, STORY RUG is a celebration of what can be created when our stories are intertwined. To encourage readers to bring the lessons of the story into real life\, there is an easy-to-learn craft project\, including instructions\, at the back of the book!

Phoebe Wahl is an award-winning illustrator and surface designer. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design and has published celebrated picture books\, including Little Witch Hazel and Sonya'\;s Chickens. She lives with her family in Bellingham\, Washington\, where her children play on a rag rug braided by their great-grandmother. She invites you to visit her on Instagram @phoebewahl. \;

Sylvia Nahas Tag \;enjoys exploring possibilities. She is a librarian at Western Washington University where she curates the Children'\;s Literature Interdisciplinary Collection. \;

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