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  • Helping Michigan Wildlife

    Valentina Cruz helped the animals on her Galápagos Island. How can we help the wildlife in our part of the world? Go to the Outdoor Discovery Center and join Joy...

  • Why Read Moby Dick? With Dr. Kathleen Verduin

    Virtual Event

    Dr. Kathleen Verduin, Professor of English at Hope College, will answer the question “Why read Moby Dick?”  As an American literature professor, Verduin regularly reads Herman Melville’s Moby Dick with...

  • Ocean Adventures with Alison Teal: the female Indiana Jones

    Virtual Event

    Alison Teal, the Female Indiana Jones shares her adventures across the globe. Alison Teal spent her childhood exploring remote corners of the Earth, encountering exotic people and places and investigating...

  • Little Read Author Event with Marsha Diane Arnold

    Virtual Event

    Our Little Read Lakeshore program is thrilled to virtually host this year’s Little Read author, Marsha Diane Arnold. She will share about the inspiration, research and writing of her bilingual...

  • Ethics Aboard the Essex: Character and Consequences

    Virtual Event

    What would you have done on board the ship, Essex? What moral and ethical choices would you have made? Join Dr. David Stubbs and Dr. Daniel Flores from Western Theological...

  • A Trip Down Memory Lane with Hope Professors

    Virtual Event

    Come join us and listen to Hope College professors’ crazy adventure stories. The NEA Big Read’s very own Deb Van Duinen will be talking about her experience with landmines? President...

  • Little Read Literacy Days

    Virtual Event

    Reading our Little Read book is only half of the fun! Getting together with others to enjoy our love for the book adds to the fun! Head out to Patmos...

  • In the Heart of the Sea Book Discussion – ACEH

    Virtual Event

    Members of the Alliance for Cultural and Ethnic Harmony (ACEH) an organization dedicated to promoting unity, justice, equal opportunity, ethnic awareness, cross-cultural understanding and appreciation for diversity. We invite you...

  • Galápagos Girl / Galapagueña StoryWalk®

    Leave your screens behind and walk with our friends at Loutit District Library on a Galápagos Girl/Galapagueña StoryWalk® at Rosy Mound Natural Area in partnership with Ottawa County Parks. Walk...