Holland Story Project – Oral History Project
The Holland Story Project, an oral history project by Herrick District Library, will be collecting stories about what makes home a home. This storytelling celebrates the Lakeshore area and the...
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Kick-Off Event: Why Do Stories Matter?: Engaging History, Black Identity, & Return Migration in Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing.
Kick-Off Event: Why Do Stories Matter?: Engaging History, Black Identity, & Return Migration in Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing.
Join us as we kick-off our Big Read month! This lecture by Hope College's Ernest Cole (English department) and Dr. Fred Johnson (History department) will focus on the legacies of...
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New Kid Book Discussion
New Kid Book Discussion
Kids in Grades 4-8 are invited to come and discuss the graphic novel "New Kid" by Jerry Craft. Books will be availible at the youth desk. Registration required at https://www.loutitlibrary.org/.
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Lunch with The New Kid
Lunch with The New Kid
Join other local students to eat pizza and talk about the graphic novel The New Kid by Jerry Craft. Free copy of the book for the first 10 kids to...
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Fables, Folklore, and Legends Night
Fables, Folklore, and Legends Night
Throughout Homegoing, characters exchange fables, folklore, and beliefs. How are fables and folklore connected to belief throughout the novel? What forms of belief are depicted in the book and what...
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Byron Borger: Why Reading Widely Matters
Byron Borger: Why Reading Widely Matters
Join Byron Borger, a bookstore owner from Pennsylvania, as he discusses the subject of literature and why it matters, especially now in today’s society.
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Hope College Presents The Fall Jazz Concert
Hope College Presents The Fall Jazz Concert
Come to this annual Hope College event and enjoy performances: THE JAZZ ARTS COLLECTIVE (JAZZ ENSEMBLE BIG BAND) STEPS AHEAD COMBO JAZZ GUITAR COMBO
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Jerry Craft Author Event for Students: I Make the Books I Wish I Had When I was a Kid
Jerry Craft Author Event for Students: I Make the Books I Wish I Had When I was a Kid
Jerry’s presentation to middle and upper elementary school students will take kids on his journey from being a VERY reluctant reader to becoming a Newbery-Award-Winning author. Jerry loves kids and...
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Jerry Craft school visit: “I Make the Books I Wish I Had When I was a Kid”
Jerry Craft school visit: “I Make the Books I Wish I Had When I was a Kid”
Jerry visits Muskegon! His presentation takes students on his journey from being a VERY reluctant reader to becoming a Newbery-Award-Winning author. Through an interactive presentation, Jerry will share art and...
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Book discussion: Door of No Return
Book discussion: Door of No Return
Join a public discourse and discussion of Kwame Alexander’s book, Door of No Return, led by local author and educator, Dana VanderLugt. Some Zeeland High School students have been reading...
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Jerry Craft: “Celebrating Home”
Jerry Craft: “Celebrating Home”
Join the Muskegon Community Foundation's Muskegon County’s Annual Gathering event – Celebrating HOME -- featuring Newbery-Award-Winning and New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft.
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Jerry Craft school visit: “I Make the Books I Wish I Had When I was a Kid”
Jerry visits West Ottawa middle school at 10am and then later at 1:30pm! His presentation takes students on his journey from being a VERY reluctant reader to becoming a Newbery-Award-Winning...
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Jerry Craft Author Visits to West Ottawa Middle Schools
Jerry Craft Author Visits to West Ottawa Middle Schools
Middle School students from West Ottawa Public Schools will gather to hear NYT Bestselling Author Jerry Craft. Jerry’s presentation takes kids on his journey from being a VERY reluctant reader...
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Learn to draw Comics with Corinne Roberts
Learn to draw Comics with Corinne Roberts
Inspired by NEA Big Read Lakeshore's Middle Read "New Kid" by Jerry Craft, Loutit District Library hosts an art event for all! Learn tips and tricks for drawing comics (sequential...
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Jerry Craft: “An Evening with Jerry Craft”
Jerry Craft: “An Evening with Jerry Craft”
How does a reluctant reader who was told that Comics would rot his brain grow up to create the graphic that won the Newbery medal? Jerry Craft takes you on...
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Lynda Lowery Lecture
Lynda Lowery Lecture
As the youngest marcher in the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Albama, Lynda Blackmon Lowery proved that young adults can be heroes. Jailed nine times before her...