September 19, 2009: Dorina Lazo Gilmore at the Fresno Tamejavi Festival

Renee Ting

on September 19, 2009 12:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

On September 19, 2009, Tamejavi will once again return to Fresno. Radio Park and the Fresno Art Museum will become an interactive space in which artists from the Hmong, Indigenous Mexican, Iranian, Filipino, Native American and African American communities will tell stories of heritage and cultural transformation utilizing different art forms such as theater, dance, music, poetry and multimedia. These groups will also share how they have added artistic expressions and cultural practices to the Central Valley's landscape as well as new flavors and ingredients to the local cuisine.

Dorina will be at the Children's Stage at the Fresno Art Musuem signing Cora Cooks Pancit. Not sure yet exactly what time, though, so check back to get the details if you're going.

Dorina Lazo Gilmore book signing
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Tamejavi Festival
Children's Stage at the Fresno Art Museum
2233 N 1st Street
Fresno, CA 93703

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Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore grew up in a Filipino-Italian family in the kitchen with her mama, aunties and grandmas. She loves to create healthy recipes and share stories in the kitchen with her friends and daughters. Dorina has a B.A. in English and Journalism and is completing an M.F.A. degree in Children’s Literature at Hollins University. She is also the author of two other children’s books, Children of the San Joaquin Valley and Stone Soup: A Hmong Girl’s Journey to the United States. Dorina is originally from Chicago and lives with her husband and two daughters in Fresno, California.

Kristi Valiant loves cooking, monkeys, penguins, and red walls, all of which are found in this book. Her husband loves hippos, so you may find hippos lurking here too. Kristi graduated magna cum laude from Columbus College of Art & Design with a major in Illustration. She has illustrated dozens of leveled readers, and her illustrations can be found in magazines and on Christmas cards. Kristi grew up in Wisconsin, studied in Ohio, moved to Texas, spent a summer in China, and now lives in Indiana. Visit her online at www.kristivaliant.com.

Shen’s Books is a publisher of multicultural children’s literature that emphasizes cultural diversity and tolerance, with a focus on introducing children to the cultures of Asia.

Through books, we can share a world a stories, building greater understanding and tolerance within our increasingly diverse communities as well as throughout our continuously shrinking globe.