For students in grades 4-6 and a caregiver. Library instructors facilitate a discussion of a selected past Newbery winner or honor title to teach critical thinking and appreciation for literature. This month we will read One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia. Multiple copies of the book will be available for check-out at each UAPL location; each family is responsible for securing their own copy. (60 min.)
Required reading: One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway’s most enduring works. The book includes a number of unfinished Paris sketches revealing experiences that Hemingway had with his son, Jack, and his first wife Hadley.

In honor of Free Comic Book Day, kids in grades 3-6 can join Caitlin McGurk from the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in this fun, interactive and inspiring comic workshop. Participants will review a little history of comics, view some innovative mini-comics and leave with a complete self-made mini-comic book! Awesome fun!
Registration is required and begins April 20, 2013.
Related Reading: So You Want to Be a Comic Book Artist? by Philip Amara

Come learn about the art of color in comic books and graphic novels with John Novak, colorist for Giants Beware! and the Tricky Journey series. John will discuss the making of graphic novels and demonstrate how to color pages on a computer. Kids will get to try their hand at coloring digitally. Registration is required and begins March 30, 2013. Related Reading: Giants Beware! by Jorge Aguirre

Nancy Brown leads this book club just for non-native speakers of English. This spring we will continue discussing a book that focuses on the historical and cultural events in the United States during the 1920’s.