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Arabic for Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn al Haytham

Cover of Ibn al Haytham - First Scientist by Bradley Steffens, the world's first biography of the eleventh-century Muslim scholar known in the West as Alhazen or Alhacen


 

Keynote Speaker at the California Readers Luncheon

11:51 AM PST, February 6, 2008

I am deeply honored to have been invited to be the keynote speaker at the annual “We Love California Authors and Artists” luncheon sponsored by California Readers, a group of educators, librarians, authors, artists, parents, book sellers, and business representatives whose main goal is to connect California authors and artists with students and teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The luncheon honors the authors and illustrators whose books have been chosen to be part of the California Collection, a set of 100 books that will be donated to selected school libraries. There are three collections: one for elementary schools, one for middle schools, and one for high schools.
As I noted in my previous post, five of my books have been chosen for the California Collection this year: Ibn al-Haytham: First Scientist, J.K. Rowling, Cyclops (coauthored with Don Nardo), Cartoonists (coauthored with Robyn M. Weaver), and The Trial of Charles Manson (coauthored with Craig Staples). The last three titles were selected for the second time, bringing my overall total of selections to eight. Each year the organization presents the Leo Politi Golden Author Award to the author with the most books placed in the California Collections over time. This year’s recipient is Caroline Arnold, who has had with nine titles placed in thirty-six collections during the last 11 years.
The luncheon will also celebrate the centennial birthday of Leo Politi, Fresno-born illustrator and author of more than twenty books who died in 1996. Politi lived on Olvera Street, in the historic center of Los Angeles, where he sold his drawings to tourists and art collectors. Many of his books feature scenes of the Latino community and were published in both English and Spanish. I have always loved Politi’s books and am honored that I will be part of the celebration of his life and work.

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