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Medfield Welcomes Newbery-award winning author, Matt de la Peña!

NY Times best selling and Newbery-award winning author, Matt de la Peña will be visiting all 5 Medfield Public Schools on March 7th and 8th.

(Image provided by Kerry Cowell)

Welcome LOVE Author, Matt de la Peña...

New York Times and Newbery-award winning author, Matt de la Peña is coming to Medfield!

On March 7th and 8th de la Peña, will be visiting all 5 Medfield Public Schools and everyone is excited about this upcoming visit.

Medfield Public Schools, Library Media Specialist and K-12 Library Department Head, Kerry Cowell said, "Our entire preK-12 district read his picture book, LOVE, as a "one community, one theme" over this past school year. He has authored many books, but we chose him because he wrote LOVE. This has been a labor of love ... and thanks to funding from all PTOs & MCPE."

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Also, de la Peña will speak to all educators in the district at a "Faculty and Friends" session on Thursday, March 7th. In addition, he will be at a book signing at Park Street Books, Main St., Medfield, that same day from 4:30pm-5:30pm for the public at attend and enjoy.

Check out Matt de la Peña website: http://mattdelapena.com/bio/

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