BooksmART
Award-winning authors and illustrators for the young and young-at-heart
Laura Numeroff, March 16, 7:00 p.m.
Young Writers Workshop, March 24, 1:00 p.m.
Marc Brown, April 15, 3:00 p.m.
Judy Blume, April 19, 7:00 p.m.
  
Laura Numeroff Friday, March 16, 7:00 p.m.
Horchow Auditorium Growing up, Laura Numeroff’s favorite possessions were a microscope, a box of sixty-four crayons, and her library card. Today, Numeroff is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling If You Give . . . series, illustrated by Felicia Bond, which has sold over 4.5 million copies, been printed in fourteen languages, and won the prestigious Quill Award. Favorites of both children and parents, the books help kids learn valuable lessons about cause and effect. Titles in the series include If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, and If You Give a Pig a Pancake, which was recommended by Oprah’s first kids’ book club, and noted as Oprah’s favorite children’s book of the year. Numeroff will discuss her latest book, The Jellybeans and the Big Art Adventure. The Jellybeans are back and ready for an art adventure in the latest book in this beloved series. Bitsy enlists the other girls to help her paint a mural at their favorite place: the candy shop! After a fun trip to the museum to learn about art, the four Jellybeans use their different strengths and talents to work together to create a colorful success. This fourth book in the successful, New York Times bestselling series once again shows, whether readers are bookworms, artists, or tomboys, that there is a Jellybean for everyone! “I have no idea sometimes how I come up with ideas, but that’s the most fun of being a writer.”
—Laura Numeroff Ticket Prices DMA Members: FREE
Adults: $10
Seniors 65+/Military: $7
Students: $5
Children under 12: FREE This event is also listed in the Fresh Ink section of the Arts & Letters Live website. Tickets to Fresh Ink programs include general admission to the Museum. Purchase tickets online or call 214-922-1818.
  
Young Writers Workshop Saturday, March 24, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Center for Creative Connections Studio In conjunction with the exhibition Mark Manders: Parallel Occurrences/Documented Assignments Workshop for aspiring writers 13–18 Young writers will explore the Mark Manders exhibition with Thomas Feulmer, the Director of Educational Programming at The Rachofsky House. Then, using Manders’ work and process as inspiration, Farid Matuk will encourage the writers to create their own poetry. Matuk is the author of three poetry collections and is the recipient of Ford and Fulbright Fellowships.
Ticket Prices Student $10 Purchase tickets online or call 214-922-1818.
 
Marc Brown Sunday, April 15, 3:00 p.m.
Horchow Auditorium Beloved author-illustrator Marc Brown has enchanted young readers with his heartfelt stories and watercolor illustrations for over thirty years. Brown is the creator of Arthur Read, the world’s favorite aardvark. According to Brown, Arthur was born one night when he was telling a bedtime story to his son. Now, Arthur is the star of a series of bestselling books and an Emmy award–winning television series on PBS. Most of the characters in Marc Brown’s books are inspired by people he knew when he was growing up and going to school in Erie, Pennsylvania, including his grandmother Thora, who was very influential to him. Besides the popular Arthur series, Marc Brown and his wife, Laurie Krasny Brown, have collaborated on the creation of the series Dino Life Guides for Families, which includes the titles How to Be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them and When Dinosaurs Die: A Guide to Understanding Death. These heartfelt books explore tough subjects, offering advice and providing understanding to young readers. At this event, Brown will share his process of creating the illustrations for If All the Animals Came Inside (April 2012), a picture book written by Eric Pinder that imagines what chaos and fun would occur if all the animals at the zoo suddenly became house pets. He will also discuss his work as a whole: the storytelling, the illustrating, and how his books come to life. “The most interesting and funniest things happen in real life.” —Marc Brown 2:15 p.m. Join us for a tour of animals in the Dallas Museum of Art’s collection, inspired by If All the Animals Came Inside. Ticket Prices
Full $16
Reduced $14
Student $10
Purchase tickets online or call 214-922-1818.
 
Judy Blume Thursday, April 19, 7:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church
1923 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX 75201 Community Partner:  Judy Blume spent her childhood in Elizabeth, New Jersey, making up stories inside her head. She has spent her adult years in many places doing the same thing, only now she writes her stories down on paper. Known for candidly tackling difficult and often controversial subjects, her books have sold more than eighty million copies worldwide and have been translated into thirty-one languages. Some of her beloved titles include Blubber, Deenie, Frecklejuice, Forever, and Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, which was named to School Library Journal’s list of “One Hundred Books That Shaped the Century.” She is also the author of the timeless series about the indomitable Fudge. The first book, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. It centers on the lives of preteen Peter Hatcher, his hilariously troublesome younger brother, Farley (a.k.a. Fudge), and their confident neighbor Sheila Tubman. Other books in the series include Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great and Superfudge. Blume has won more than ninety awards, including the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Library of Congress Living Legends Award, and the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. “Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won’t have as much censorship because we won’t have as much fear.” —Judy Blume Ticket Prices
Full $16
Reduced $14
Student $10
Purchase tickets online or call 214-922-1818.
Arts & Letters Live is presented by  . Additional support provided by the Kay Cattarulla Endowment for the Literary and Performing Arts at the Dallas Museum of Art, TACA, The Hoglund Foundation, The Eugene McDermott Foundation, Annual Series Supporters, and Friends of the Dallas Public Library.
Air transportation provided in part by American Airlines. Hotel accommodations provided in part by The Adolphus. In-kind partners include ArtsDistrictDining.com and Einstein Printing. Promotional support is provided by  and 
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