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      PEM Pals

      PEM Pals: My First Book of Fancy Letters

      Image of the cover of My First Book of Fancy Letters

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      Location: Main Atrium

      Included with admission

      This program includes moderately loud live music (acoustic guitar and singing)

      Join us for a reading of My First Book of Fancy Letters by Jessica Hische!

      Did you know letters can be ATHLETIC, BUBBLY or even CREEPY? This colorful alphabet book highlights letters and fonts of all shapes and sizes on the way to exploring some big words.

      After the reading, be sure to check out  PEM’s exhibition Pressing Importance: Salem and the Declaration of Independence to touch some metal type like the kind printers once used in printing presses.

      Designed for children (5 and under) and their caregivers, PEM Pals aims to engage and excite all of the senses through books, movement, music, art and hands-on activities. Held on the first Friday of the month at 10:30 am.

      Meet our collaborators 

      Teresa Ines Coelho
      Teresa Ines Coelho

      Teresa Ines Coelho has years of experience as a performing arts educator. She holds a Music Education Degree from the University of Rio de Janeiro, and is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. Her passion lies in igniting a love for music in children and their families through music and movement classes using the research-based (and fun!) curriculum Music Together.®

      Dillian McGahey
      Dillian McGahey

      Dillian McGahey is an illustrator and arts educator, whose own work tackles the complexities of being human through the lens of silly little creatures. He's been teaching at PEM since 2020, after completing two internships in the Art & Nature Center. Outside of the museum, he spends his time helping kids develop their own stories and artwork to turn into original books. 

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