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January 14, 2009

Mo Willems at Park School

Mo Willems, whose latest book is Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, was in town yesterday for a visit to Park School. His appearance was part of the school's Gordon Berman '68 Lower School Resident Author program. The 25-year-old progam has hosted Newbery medalists Jean Craighead George and Nancy Willard, and Caldecott winners Mordicai Gerstein, Molly Bang and David Wisniewski.

Each year, authors and illustrators of children's books come to Park for presentations and workshops with Lower School students. The fund was created by Dr. and Mrs. Barnett Berman to honor their son Gordon, who loved to read.

Congratulations to Park and the Bermans, for creating and maintaining a great program that encourages reading!

Photo courtesy of Park School

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.

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