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Saturday, October 26
 

10:45am EDT

Storytime! Carole Boston Weatherford
Saturday October 26, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am EDT
10 - Boston Public Library - Children's Library
In Hair Like Obama’s, Hands Like Lebron, New York Times best-selling author Carole Boston Weatherford celebrates iconic Black figures inspiring children across America. | Ages 3-6 | BPL Children’s Library
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Carole Boston Weatherford

Carole Boston Weatherford writes the diverse books she lacked as a child. She is a New York Times bestselling author and critic, and a two-time NAACP Image Award winner. Since her 1995 debut, she has authored 70-plus books, including nine Coretta Scott King Award winners, a Newbery... Read More →
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Saturday October 26, 2024 10:45am - 11:15am EDT
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11:30am EDT

Storytime! Ismee Williams
Saturday October 26, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT
10 - Boston Public Library - Children's Library
Ismée Williams weaves a heartfelt story of immigration, family connection, and love when she reads her book Abuelo, the Sea, and Me. In the book, Cuba comes alive through Abuelo's memories of his youth and the stories he tells his grandchild. | Ages 4-8 | BPL Children’s Library
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Ismée Williams

Ismée Williams is the award-winning author of Water in May (2017) and This Train Is Being Held (2020) published by Amulet books, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and winner of the ILBA Gold Medal for best YA Romance. Ismée also co-edited the YA anthology, Boundless... Read More →
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Saturday October 26, 2024 11:30am - 12:00pm EDT
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12:15pm EDT

Storytime! Alex London and Paul O. Zelinsky
Saturday October 26, 2024 12:15pm - 12:45pm EDT
10 - Boston Public Library - Children's Library
A still-life painting is a painting where everything is supposed to stay still. But what if it doesn’t?! Acclaimed author Alex London and Caldecott Medal-winning artist Paul O. Zelinsky team up to read Still Life–a book full of art, rule-breaking, and a whole lot of fun! | Ages 4-8 | BPL Children’s Library
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Alex London

Alex London is the acclaimed author of more than thirty books for children and teens, including the picture book Still Life, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. His middle grade novels include The Princess Protection Program, Search & Rescue, Dog Tags, and two titles in the 39 Clues... Read More →
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Paul O. Zelinsky

Paul O. Zelinsky is the illustrator of many acclaimed books for children. He is the illustrator of Kelly Bingham’s Z Is for Moose and Circle, Square, Moose, Jack Prelutsky’s Awful Ogre’s Awful Day, Emily Jenkins’s Toys Go Out, and Anne Isaac’s Dust Devil. He is also the... Read More →
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Saturday October 26, 2024 12:15pm - 12:45pm EDT
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1:00pm EDT

Storytime! Nadia Hohn
Saturday October 26, 2024 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
10 - Boston Public Library - Children's Library
Nobody knows maps like Nikki, who traces her family’s roots all across the globe. After a wrong turn on a road trip, can Nikki use her knowledge to reroute them in time for Uncle Travis’ wedding? Find out when award-winning educator and artivist Nadia L. Hohn reads Getting Us To Grandma’s. | Ages 4-8 | BPL Children’s Library
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Nadia Hohn

Nadia L. Hohn, B.A. (Hon.), B.Ed., M.Ed., M.F.A. is a multilingual, award-winning author of several books for young people, including A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice (Owlkids, 2019), Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter (HarperKids, 2018), and... Read More →
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Saturday October 26, 2024 1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
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1:45pm EDT

Storytime! Winsome Bingham and Wiley Blevins
Saturday October 26, 2024 1:45pm - 2:15pm EDT
10 - Boston Public Library - Children's Library
Two families—both filled with love, hardship, and joy, both living in the same place—and the one table that connects them all. Coretta Scott King Book Award winner Winsome Bingham and long-time educator Wiley Blevins tell a story about families who are more alike than they are different through their new book, The Table. | Ages 4-8 | BPL Children’s Library
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Winsome Bingham

Winsome Bingham is a soul food connoisseur, master cook, and disabled U.S. Army war veteran. She has over fifteen years of teaching experience and holds an MFA in writing for children and young adults. She is the author of the picture book Soul Food Sunday, which received a Coretta... Read More →
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Wiley Blevins

Wiley Blevins is an early reading specialist who attended Harvard and holds a doctorate in education. He has taught elementary school in both the United States and Ecuador. Born in North Carolina and raised in West Virginia, he now lives in New York City.
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Saturday October 26, 2024 1:45pm - 2:15pm EDT
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2:30pm EDT

Storytime! Idris Goodwin
Saturday October 26, 2024 2:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
10 - Boston Public Library - Children's Library
Maybe a rainy summer day is the perfect time for an adventure in an imaginary world all of your own! Award-winning storyteller Idris Goodwin encourages children to think outside of the walls, windows, and furniture that make up their homes in Your House Is Not Just a House. | Ages 4-8 | BPL Children’s Library
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Idris Goodwin

Idris Goodwin is an award-winning storyteller for multiple generations. An accomplished playwright, breakbeat poet, content creator, and arts champion, Goodwin is recognized as a culture bearer who celebrates community values and cultivates histories with care. Idris is the author... Read More →
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Saturday October 26, 2024 2:30pm - 3:00pm EDT
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