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Holland Story Project – Oral History Project

Herrick District Library 300 S River Ave, Holland, MI 49423

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...

Book discussion: Door of No Return

14 S Church St Zeeland, MI 4946 14 S Church St, Zeeland, MI, United States

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...

Jerry Craft: “Celebrating Home”

Frauenthal Center 425 W Western Ave STE 200, Muskegon, MI, United States

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.

Jerry Craft Author Visits to West Ottawa Middle Schools

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...

Jerry Craft school visit: “I Make the Books I Wish I Had When I was a Kid”

West Ottawa Middle School 1024 136th Ave, Holland, MI, United States

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...

Learn to draw Comics with Corinne Roberts

Loutit District Library 407 Columbus Ave, Grand Haven, MI, United States

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...

Jerry Craft: “An Evening with Jerry Craft”

Herrick District Library - North Branch

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...

Lynda Lowery Lecture

Winants Auditorium, Graves Hall, Hope College 263 College Avenue, Holland, MI, United States

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...