Submitted by Idaho State University

POCATELLO — “Only connect,” wrote author E.M. Forster in 1910. Now, 100 years later, that is still vital advice for these times.

 This year’s Idaho State University College of Education Bellon Visiting Author Yangsook Choi will be coming to Pocatello and Chubbuck March 15-17 to make connections with school children, educators and community members.

In addition to visiting several area elementary schools, Choi will be give three public presentations: • On Monday, March 15, at Pocatello’s Marshall Public Library at 4 p.m. This exciting presentation is for people of all ages. Choi will tell stores and share experiences. •  On Tuesday, March 16, Choi will make another public presentation at 7 p.m. in the ISU College of Education Auditorium, with a book signing at 6:30 p.m.

• On Wednesday, March 17, she will present at the Portneuf District Library in Chubbuck at 4 p.m.

Choi was born in Seoul, South Korea, where she lived until she moved to the United States in 1991 to attend art school. By the time she graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York, she already had a contract to illustrate her first book, the retelling of a Korean folktale, “The Sun Girl and the Moon Boy.” Since then she has both illustrated and written many acclaimed picture books.