{"id":2269,"date":"2013-01-28T14:15:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T19:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/?p=2269"},"modified":"2013-01-28T14:15:58","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T19:15:58","slug":"butler-libraries-present-childrens-book-illustrator-michele-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/2013\/01\/butler-libraries-present-childrens-book-illustrator-michele-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Butler Libraries Present Children&#8217;s Book Illustrator Michele Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Butler Libraries present \u201cI Lay My Stitches Down: An Evening with Children\u2019s Book Illustrator Michele Wood\u201d from <strong>6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7<\/strong>, in <strong>Irwin Library<\/strong> at Butler University.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free and open to the public. Call (317) 940-9227 for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Wood, a children\u2019s book author based in Indianapolis, will discuss her recent most work, <em>I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery<\/em>. Written by Cynthia Grady, the book uses the American folk tradition of quilting as a structural framework. In her illustrations, Wood employs African and American textile patterns and folk art motifs to create a moving witness and beautiful complement to the poetry.<\/p>\n<p>The book has been selected for the New York Public Library\u2019s \u201cChildren\u2019s Books 2012: 100 Books for Reading and Sharing\u201d list.<\/p>\n<p>Following the presentation, Wood will sign books, which will be available for sale at the event. Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>A painter, illustrator, designer, and writer specializing in rich African symbols, Wood received the American Book Award for her first book, <em>Going Back Home<\/em>, and the American Library Association\u2019s Coretta Scott King Award for her 1999 work <em>i see the rhythm<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>She resides in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood. More information about Wood is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michelewood.com\/websplash.html\">http:\/\/www.michelewood.com\/websplash.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Butler Libraries present \u201cI Lay My Stitches Down: An Evening with Children\u2019s Book Illustrator Michele Wood\u201d from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, in Irwin Library at Butler University. Admission is free and open to the public. Call (317) 940-9227 for more information. Wood, a children\u2019s book author based in Indianapolis, will discuss her recent most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2269"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2304,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269\/revisions\/2304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/dawgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}