Carmela A. Martino

May 10, 2013

May 10, 2013 In this issue: - Special TeachingAuthors Blogiversary Giveaway - COD Summer Class: From Goodnight Moon to Harry Potter - Girls Write! Summer Camps Have a New Home - Connect with me on Facebook * Special TeachingAuthors Blogiversary Giveaway Next week, May 13-19, 2013, is Children's Book Week (http://www.bookweekonline.com) , and the last week to enter our TeachingAuthors 4th Blogiversary Giveaway. To honor one of our favorite independent bookstores, we're giving away 4 $25 gift certificates to Anderson's Bookshops. To enter, see this post for details: http://www.teachingauthors.com/2013/04/gift-card-giveaway.html * COD Summer Class: From Goodnight Moon to Harry Potter The date for my one-day College of DuPage class, "Writing for Children and Young Adults: From Goodnight Moon to Harry Potter," has been changed. It will now take place on Saturday, July 13, 2013. If you know anyone who may be interested, please help spread the word. For more information, see: http://www.carmelamartino.com/events.htm * Girls Write! Summer Camps Have a New Home The Hinsdale Center for the Arts, home to my popular Girls Write! summer camps for nine years, closed last summer due to lack of funding. However, I'm happy to announce that I've found a new home for the camps. They'll now by held at the Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook. The camp for girls entering grades 4-5 will be June 25-June 28 at 9:30 am-noon. The camp for girls entering grades 6-8 will be held July 15-July 19 at 9:30 am – noon. Registration is limited. See the right sidebar of the following page for details: http://www.carmelamartino.com/events.htm * Connect with me on Facebook If you'd like to see more timely updates on what I'm doing, feel free to friend me on Facebook. If I don't know you personally, please mention in your friend request that you subscribe to my e-newsletter. (I don't friend just anyone!) You can find my Facebook page here: www.facebook.com/carmelamartino Happy spring! Carmela Carmela Martino www.carmelamartino.com www.TeachingAuthors.com