Author/Actress Pushes Through Pain to Tell Stories: A Chat with Candy "CandyGram" Pettiford
What is this video about?
In this video, multitalented St. Louis author Candy "CandyGram" Pettiford shows her dramatic flair as she shares her literacy journey of growing up in a Swedish town in Minnesota, contracting rheumatoid arthritis in her 30's, and then starting a writing career. She describes her numerous talents and gives snippets of her children's books. CandyGram encourages literacy by proclaiming that it opens doors. See the topic timeline below for chapters.
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What is this series about?
In the "Literacy Journeys with Linda" video series, you will hear from a wide range of people who have made literacy, that is, the act of reading and/or writing, a vital portion of their lives. Many people around the world are illiterate, and I hope this series can bring awareness to this issue and spark change. Why? Because Literacy is Liberation! It takes you higher.
Topic timeline:
0:00 Start
0:51 Introducing CandyGram
3:05 CandyGram describes her talents
3:21 She pushes through arthritic pain to continue working
4:20 Visiting nursing homes
4:49 CandyGram's childhood in Minnesota
5:52 Early childhood literacy
6:40 Relocating to St. Louis, Missouri
6:59 CandyGram's children's books
9:47 Her book for inmates
10:34 How literacy impacts her and other
11:34 CandyGram's perspective on kids reading habits today
13:37 CandyGram explains why literacy is important
15:47 CandyGram's favorite authors
17:12 Literacy opens doors
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Books by Candy Pettiford:
"Oh the Things You Can Do! (When You Don't Watch TV)"
"There's a Dragon in Our House!"
"Chiquita & Aneeta the Mosquitas"
"The Fable of Fuzzy the Firefly"
Prison Workbook
"Oh the Things You Can Do When You're Laid Up, Laid Off or Retired"
"What Do You Do While You Wait?"
"Mudcloth: Poems for the Fabric of Life"
For more information about Candy Pettiford, visit her website at
www.candyscreations.weebly.com
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Photography by Odell Mitchell Jr., http://www.odellmitchelljr.com
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