Top of page

Notice
In observance of the Federal holiday on Monday, February 16, the Jefferson Building Great Hall and exhibitions will be open from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. to guests with timed-entry passes. Reading rooms will be closed to researchers.

Film, Video Carmen Agra Deedy

Event video

Transcript: TEXT

About this Item

Title

  • Carmen Agra Deedy

Summary

  • Master storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy presents stories for the entire family.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2020-08-19.

Notes

  • -  Group name: Homegrown from Home. 12
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Carmen Agra Deedy.
  • -  Recorded on 2020-08-19.
  • -  Carmen Agra Deedy is an internationally known storyteller represented in multiple American Folklife Center collections, and the author of twelve books for children, including "The Library Dragon," "Martina the Beautiful Cockroach" and the New York Times bestseller "14 Cows for America." She is an accomplished lecturer, having been a guest speaker for both the TED and TEDx Conferences, as well as the Library of Congress, Columbia University and the Kennedy Center, among other distinguished venues. She has appeared many times at the National Book Festival, and told stories in the 2016 Homegrown series. She is also a collector of oral histories. Her personal stories first appeared on NPR's All Things Considered. Funny, insightful and frequently irreverent, Deedy's narratives are culled from her childhood as a Cuban refugee in Decatur, Georgia. She is host of the four-time Emmy-winning children's program, "Love That Book!"

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024697038

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

While the Library of Congress created most of the videos in this collection, they include copyrighted materials that the Library has permission from rightsholders to present.  Rights assessment is your responsibility.  The written permission of the copyright owners in materials not in the public domain is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. There may also be content that is protected under the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations.  Permissions may additionally be required from holders of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights). Whenever possible, we provide information that we have about copyright owners and related matters in the catalog records, finding aids and other texts that accompany collections. However, the information we have may not be accurate or complete.

More about Copyright and other Restrictions

For guidance about compiling full citations consult Citing Primary Sources.

Credit Line: Library of Congress

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Carmen Agra Deedy. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-19, 2020. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697038/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & American Folklife Center, S. B. (2020) Carmen Agra Deedy. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-19. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697038/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body American Folklife Center. Carmen Agra Deedy. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -08-19, 2020. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024697038/>.