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Film, Video Great Reads from Great Places: Mystery and Magic

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Title

  • Great Reads from Great Places: Mystery and Magic

Summary

  • Great Reads from Great Places: Mystery and Magic features Rocco Staino, director of the Empire State Center for the Book, in conversation with Blue Balliett, author of "Out of the Wild Night" (selected by the Illinois Center for the Book); Elizabeth C. Bunce, author of "Premeditated Myrtle" (selected by the Kansas Center for the Book); Christiane M. Andrews, author of "Spindlefish and Stars" (selected by the New Hampshire Center for the Book); Dan Gutman, author of "Houdini and Me" (selected by the Empire State Center for the Book); and Eden Royce, author of "Root Magic" (selected by the South Carolina Center for the Book). The authors discuss their books, including the ways they weave magic and mystery into their narratives, and the privilege of writing for middle grade readers.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • National Book Festival (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2021-09-17.

Notes

  • -  Group name: Great Reads from Great Places. 1
  • -  Elizabeth C. Bunce, Blue Balliett, Rocco Staino, Eden Royce, Dan Gutman, Christiane M. Andrews.
  • -  Recorded on 2021-09-17.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024697651

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. Great Reads from Great Places: Mystery and Magic. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-17, 2021. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697651/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & National Book Festival, U. S. (2021) Great Reads from Great Places: Mystery and Magic. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-17. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697651/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. Great Reads from Great Places: Mystery and Magic. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-17, 2021. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024697651/>.