Reading Town: Princess Anne hosts author Cary Fagan for Read Aloud May 3rd

Author Cary Fagan will join Princess Anne Public School students in a dramatic Read Aloud of his children’s book “Mr. Zinger’s Hat” on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 11 am. The author’s visit is part of Reading Town, the National Reading Campaign’s annual festival taking place in Greater Sudbury next week.

The goal of the Read Aloud event is to establish a record for the most people reading the same book at the same time, in multiple languages. A number of Rainbow Schools are participating in English and French along with local libraries, senior centres, Best Start Hubs and a reading at NEO Kids at Health Sciences North.

“Our students are very excited for Cary Fagan to visit our school,” says Princess Anne Public School Principal Danielle Williamson. “This event will emphasize the importance of reading, the foundation for all learning. It will also be a tremendous show of community as students and staff across Rainbow Schools join together for a collective Read Aloud.” She adds: “We also look forward to welcoming Deputy Mayor Joscelyne Landry-Altmann to Princess Anne. It will be a great event for all participants.”

About the Author

Cary Fagan is an award-winning author for children. His kids’ books include the popular Kaspar Snit novels, the two-volume Master Melville’s Medicine Show, as well as the picture book Mr. Zinger’s Hat, winner of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and the IODE Jean Throop Award.

He has also won the Vicki Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature, Jewish Book Award and been shortlisted for the Silver Birch Award (five times), the Rocky Mountain Book Award (twice), the Hackmatack Award (twice), the Norma Fleck Award, the Shining Willow Award, and others. His work has been translated into nine languages.

Cary Fagan is also the author of six novels and three story collections for adults. His books include A Bird’s Eye (finalist for the Rogers Trust Fiction Prize, an Amazon.ca Best Book of the Year) and the story collection My Life Among the Apes (longlisted for the Giller Prize, Amazon.ca Best 100 Books of 2013).

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Media Contact:

Danielle Williamson, Principal, Princess Anne Public School

Rainbow District School Board, 705-673-6516

Princess Anne Public School students Lola Cobersky, left, Dylan Collin and Grace Beange read Cary Fagan’s “Mr. Zinger’s Hat” in preparation for the Reading Town Read Aloud on Tuesday, May 3, 2016.