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Student Artwork19 viewsStudents from Grand Prairie Elementary School supplied the artwork for the launch of the 2009-2010 Great Read book, "Into the Beautiful North," on Monday, December 7, 2009.
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Artwork from Mexico15 viewsThe Grand Prairie fifth grade students, like the one pictured here, made drawings of Oaxacan animal sculptures. The students drew their favorite animal in its environment and added patterns and colored with marker.
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Yarn Art15 viewsSecond grade Grand Prairie students, like the one pictured here, drew inspiration for their art from Huichol yarn art.
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Above and Beyond15 viewsGrand Prairie Art Educator Melissa Boggs selected the projects that would be displayed at the launch party at Barnes & Noble in Joliet, by choosing the students who went "above and beyond" on their artwork.
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Introducing the Author16 viewsLuis Alberto Urrea, a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction and member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame, is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph.
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Urrea17 viewsUrrea is the author of 11 books and is an award-winning poet and essayist. He has won several awards. Urrea lives with his family in Naperville and is a professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
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The Book17 viewsThe book tells the story of Nayeli, a 19 year-old girl who works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the U.S. to find work. Nayeli discovers there are almost no men left in her village because they have all gone North. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men - her own Siete Magnificos - to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over.
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Kickoff Event17 viewsUrrea signs copies of his book at the launch party. The event also included a story time for children ages three through early elementary, as well as a book talk for older students. The next Great Read event is Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at the Joliet Public Library-Black Road Branch.
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