LIVE VIRTUAL PROGRAM. Find Your New Faves: Stories for Everyone

7:00 PM - 7:45 PM

Event Details

Zoom in for live readings of new and old stories that are fun for the whole family! Sign up for one session, or all of them!

 We will be reading the following stories.

  1. 6/8 "Melisande," by E. Nesbit. Hair salons are closed now, and maybe you're troubled by the length of your locks - but your problems are nothing compared to Princess Melisande's!  E. Nesbit is credited as the inventor of the adventure story, and influenced famous children's and YA authors from P.L. Travers to J. K. Rowling. Her fractured fairy tale with a mathematical twist is pure fun!
  2.  6/15 "The Baker King," Megan Whalen Turner is a multi award winning  and best-selling YA author known for crafty plotting, which is front and center in this story of a kingdom with no royalty whatsoever!
  3. 6/22 "The Unique Tale," from "The King of Ireland's Son. A story of enchantment that is found in versions all over the world. This version, from Ireland, presents the heroine with some truly unique challenges.
  4. 6/29. "Gilgamesh," from "Orpheus".by Padraic Colum Mythology Mondays are beginning soon! Get a jump start on the class with this beautiful retelling of a classic myth!
Stories are out of copyright (older titles,) or read with the permission of publisher and author (new titles).

Please note this is a virtual program (Zoom).  All registrants must provide their active email address when registering and will be contacted by library staff to receive the link to the meeting.

 

Please be advised that the Library makes no warranties and/or representations concerning the virtual programs. Your decision to participate in the programs is an express consent on your part to waive any and all claims against the Library which may result from said participation and hereby release and discharge the City of Danbury/Danbury Public Library from any and all liabilities.



Event Type(s): Early Literacy
Age Group(s): Teens, Adults, Children
Presenter: Deirdre Johnson
Deridre Johnson
(203) 787-4505 ext. 7716

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