I dropped off a second box of books at Rosedale Middle School today. Carrie McDonald, from KCMO public, once again came to my aid and donated several boxes of YA books. I contacted her on behalf of HillTop--a facility for youth in Kansas City Missouri. I will take the majority of the donation to them but figured with the news of Rosedale's Read In she wouldn't mind me pushing some of the donation into Rosedale Middle School.
Let me just say, KCMO public library has a fantastic array of books...& up to date books at that.
Tamar, Road of the Dead, The Uglies, Speak, Burned. These titles fly off the shelves at any given library and because of Carrie I am able to put those books in the hands of young adults.
She's a fierce; fierce lady. If you are in the KCMO area and are ever in need of books; she's a true resource.
So now to Rosedale Middle School.
They are having a read in tomorrow-- an effort of the ku social welfare students that serve and interact with the students. They have asked that community members come out and read in class rooms tomorrow. Each teen will also receive a free book. I think they will also have local illustrators there to talk about the arts and such.
I attempted to use my magic librarian wand, yes, I have one! ;-) to persuade shane evans to come out, but he was booked. ah, can you believe that! ;-) shane is a superstar, so it wasn't a surprise.
....do you know who he is? He's an amazing illustrator, artist, writer, extraordinaire; I will link his website. check him out. http://www.shaneevans.com/
Mikey and I plan on sitting down before the read in to fine tune some mural details. We hope to touch base with some artistic kids that would be interested in participating.
Our first event on the property is coming up....Thrivant Day at the end of May. I will have more information on that after tomorrow.
happy thunderstorms!
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