Above / Community and Educators’ events will be held at The Wentz Concert Hall on Dec. 7.
Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville is delighted to be among the many sponsors of the annual citywide reading celebration, NapervilleREADS. This year’s theme, “United Through Story…What’s Yours?” focuses on the works of children’s authors spanning many subjects. Just as stories do, imagination can take readers many places, and non-fiction titles offer depth and knowledge. The backers of Naperville READS celebrate the fact that reading opens new worlds, and exposes ideas in our hearts and minds.
Community Event / 7PM Wed., Dec. 7
A public event for the community featuring all of the 2016 NapervilleREADS authors will be held on Wednesday, December 7 at 7PM at Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Ave. on the campus of North Central College in Naperville. This event is free and open to the public.
A total of 14 authors and illustrators make up an incredible panel of talent for area young readers. In addition to the centerpiece program on Wednesday, December 7, children in local schools will get a chance to meet the authors as they traveled around Naperville between Tuesday, December 8 and Thursday, December 8. All first and second grade students in both Naperville School District 203 and Indian Prairie School District 204 are taking part in these very special targeted events. An author and illustrator pair will visit each school.
Educators’ Event / 5:30PM Wed., Dec. 7
Educators are also invited to an event on Wednesday, December 7 at 5:30PM, also at Wentz Concert Hall. This exclusive hour-long event with the visiting authors and illustrators is geared toward teachers. It is also free. All educators are welcome to attend.
Anderson’s Bookshop, Naperville, and co-owner Becky Anderson have been involved in NapervilleREADS since the program’s launch in 2002. The effort is all to foster a love of reading in the community.
NapervilleREADS 2016 is no exception, and students will be delighted to meet: Bethany Hegedus (Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story), Dean Robbins (Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass), Miranda Paul (Whose Hands are These?: A Community Helper Guessing Book), Tonya Bolden (Beautiful Moon), Matt de la Pena (Last Stop on Market Street), Kathryn Otoshi (Beautiful Hands), Sean Qualls (Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanual Ofosu Yeboah), Ruth Chan (Mervin the Sloth is about to Do the Best Thing in the World), Christian Robinson (School’s First Day of School), Duncan Tonatiuh (The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes), Selina Alko (The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage), E. B. Lewis (Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis), W. Nikola-Lisa (Bein’ With You this Way), Sally Walker (Freedom Song: The Story of Henry “Box” Brown).
What is NapervilleREADS?
NapervilleREADS 2016 is a partnership among Jumping Off the Page, Anderson’s Bookshop, Naperville Community Unit School District 203 and Indian Prairie School District 204, Naperville Public Library and Aurora Public Library in addition to our featured publishers: Abrams, Blue Dot Press, Harper Collins, Macmillan, Millbrook Press, Nancy Paulsen, Penguin/Random House, Scholastic, and Simon & Schuster.
The NapervilleREADS project is partially supported by a grant from the City of Naperville.
Past Naperville READS authors have included: Gary Paulsen, Pete Hamill, Jerry Spinelli, Kevin Henkes, Tracy Chevalier, Yann Martel, Rebecca Skloot, Katherine Hannigan, Kate DiCamillo, Joseph Bruchac, Greg Mortenson, Lisa See, Brian Selznick and Daniel Pink.
More information is available at www.andersonsbookshop.com.
Story submitted by Candy Purdom for Anderson’s Bookshop.
