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- Linda Cress Dowdy - Buzzle
- Stories speak all languages - Fairfield Champion
- Vandergrift's architecture lures big-budget film - PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
| Children's Books Examiner | - Examiner Posted: 06 Apr 2010 06:49 AM PDT Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
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Linda Cress Dowdy is a published author and has had over 5 titles on the Publisher's Weekly best sellers list. A graduate of The University of Georgia with a degree in Journalism, Linda has over 15 years experience in writing, editing and publishing. Children's books are her passion and she launched book and magazine publishing for several children's character properties worldwide.Today Linda is publishing her own children's titles as President of Green Sweater Publishing and writing articles, blogs, press releases and marketing materials for companies such as CardsDirect and First Class Wedding Invitations. | Homepage: Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Stories speak all languages - Fairfield Champion Posted: 06 Apr 2010 08:22 AM PDT
INTERNATIONAL Children's Book Day celebrations were turned upside down at English language education college ACL. The Fairfield college used the day Good Friday, April 2 to inspire adults to improve their English skills by reading children's books. The adult students read children's books aloud to the others and to children in the ACL childcare centre on Thursday. Co-ordinator Jenny Johnson said the day was a great opportunity for students to put their English skills into practice. ``We think it is a great way for our students to learn English,'' Ms Johnson said. ``Reading English is not something they are used to. ``Depending where they came from, literacy can be a really big issue. ``Reading, writing, speaking and listening are the four key skills and this exercise involves improving three of them.'' The students who took part in the activity were migrants or refugees re-settling in Australia and learning English for the first time. Caiyun Huong arrived in Australia three years ago from China. She said she usually read books in Cantonese and was grateful for the opportunity to practise. ``When I first came here I found English very hard,'' Ms Huong said. She said she enjoyed the activity but was nervous about reading out loud. ``I usually practise English by reading books to my daughter,'' Ms Huong said. ``We always read Cinderella.'' Mai Ta moved to Australia from Vietnam nine months ago. She said she read the same books as her daughter. ``I read English books to my daughter but she is better than me at English now,'' Ms Ta said. International Children's Book Day was first celebrated in 1967 to commemorate the birthday of writer Hans Christian Anderson on April 2. Ms Johnson said she hoped to make the celebration an annual event at ACL. ``Students can use the day as an extra English lesson,'' she said.
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| Vandergrift's architecture lures big-budget film - PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Posted: 06 Apr 2010 07:46 AM PDT Frederick Law Olmstead, meet Stephen Spielberg. That, of course won't exactly happen, since the legendary architect who designed Vandergrift died decades ago. But his stamp on the borough has lured the legendary filmmaker's production company, DreamWorks Studios, to town. Mike Fantasia, a location manager with DreamWorks, said Monday the film company will be setting up shop in Vandergrift to film "I Am Number Four." "We have about 20 locations where we'll be filming within 50 miles of Pittsburgh," Fantasia said. But Vandergrift will take a back seat to none of them. "It's our 'hero town' — it's the main town in the movie," Fantasia said. He said that there also may be other locations in the Alle-Kiski Valley used, such as New Kensington and Hyde Park. Fantasia, who said he's been in the area for about seven weeks, appeared Monday night with his associate, Don Martino, before borough council to inform it of DreamWorks' plans. He received permission to start working in earnest with merchants, property owners, police and local officials to coordinate the film crew's activities and needs. As for when the filming will begin, Fantasia said: "I'm not exactly sure. Right now it's scheduled for the last week of May and the beginning of June." He added that could change, however. Borough Manager Steve DelleDonne said Olmstead definitely played a role in getting DreamWorks attention. "He (Fantasia) said there was a woman in the company who knew about Vandergrift and it being designed by Olmstead," he said. "So they came here to see it, and they fell in love with the curved streets." "It provided the best setting for the movie, based on the script," Fantasia said. "The fact that Frederick Law Olmstead designed the town gives it a very unique look." He said the entire movie will be filmed in the Pittsburgh area, and the production budget is "millions of dollars." As for the impact on the local economy, Fantasia said, "We're going to be buying food locally; we're going to be renting 150 hotel rooms for weeks at a time; we'll be renting cars. "We're coming here with a lot, and we're going to leave all of it behind."
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