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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...

Little Learners Play and Learn

The Muskegon Museum of History and Science 430 W. Clay, Muskegon, MI, United States

Join us for a special play and learn around the Lakeshore Mini Read book "The More We Get Together". We will have activities, a craft, and storytime. Participants will get...

The More We Get Together: A Musical Adventure.

221 Columbia Ave Holland, MI 49423 221 Columbia Ave, Holland, MI, United States

Celebrate books and music with Herrick District Library and a brass quintet from the Holland Symphony Orchestra at Jack Miller Concert Hall at Hope College! You'll learn a little bit...

The More We Get Together: A Musical Event

Jack H. Miller Concert Hall, Hope College 221 Columbia Ave, Holland, MI, United States

Celebrate books and music with Herrick District Library and a brass quintet from the Holland Symphony Orchestra! You'll learn a little bit about each of the instruments, and then the...

Stories Alive: Change Sings Family Night

White Lake Community Library 3900 W White Lake Dr, Whitehall, MI, United States

Stories Alive: White Lake Library brings our little Read book, Change Sings, to life with crafts, activities, music, and movement for the whole family. All are welcome to join in...

Allendale Library: Homegoing Book Discussion

Allendale Library 6175 Library Lane, Allendale, MI, United States

Allendale Library joins Big Read with a book discussion of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Limited copies will be available to borrow starting Friday, October 27.  All are welcome to participate...

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...

Movie Screening: Twelve Years a Slave

14 S Church St Zeeland, MI 49464 14 S Church St, Zeeland, MI, United States

Join us for an evening showing of the dramatic movie hosted by the Howard Miller Library, “12 Years a Slave,” which depicts the memoir of an African American who was...