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A storytime with artist and author Phuc Tran
Join us for a special storytime with author Phuc Tran for his latest picture book, Cranky. This engaging reading will delight young audiences with tales of big trucks, big feelings, and even bigger friendships. This event includes a special activity and will conclude with a book signing with Loyalty Bookstores courtesy of the DC Public Library Foundation.
Phuc Tran is an award-winning writer, tattooer, and Latin teacher. Tran is the author of the memoir, Sigh, Gone and Cranky. He graduated Bard College in 1995 with a BA in Classics and received the Callanan Classics Prize. His 2012 TEDx talk “Grammar, Identity, and the Dark Side of the Subjunctive” was featured on NPR’s Ted Radio Hour. He has also been an occasional guest on Maine Public Radio, discussing grammar; the Classics; and Strunk and White’s legacy. He currently tattoos at and owns Tsunami Tattoo in Portland, Maine, where he lives with his family.
AGE GROUP: | 5 - 12 Years Old |
EVENT TYPE: | Author Talk |