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Meet the Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes

2025-01-16 18:30:00 2025-01-16 19:30:00 America/Chicago Meet the Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes Enjoy an evening with Jewell Parker Rhodes, award-winning educator and author for both youth and adults, as she discusses her latest children's book. Skokie Public Library - Petty Auditorium, Radmacher Room

Thursday, January 16
6:30pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-01-16 18:30:00 2025-01-16 19:30:00 America/Chicago Meet the Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes Enjoy an evening with Jewell Parker Rhodes, award-winning educator and author for both youth and adults, as she discusses her latest children's book. Skokie Public Library - Petty Auditorium, Radmacher Room

Skokie Public Library

Petty Auditorium, Radmacher Room

Enjoy an evening with Jewell Parker Rhodes, award-winning educator and author for both youth and adults, as she discusses her latest children's book.

Her new middle grade novel, Will's Race for Home, is a thrilling adventure story about a son and his father who set out to win land during the Oklahoma Land Rush–if they can survive the journey.

Jewell Parker Rhodes is a New York Times bestselling author of several books for youth, including Ghost Boys; Black Brother, Black Brother; Paradise on Fire; and Treasure Island: Runaway Gold. She is the recipient of many distinguished awards and honors, including the Coretta Scott King Author Honor, the Green Earth Book Award, an NAACP Image Award nomination, the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, and the Octavia E. Butler Award.

Registration required to guarantee a seat.

Books will be available for purchase from The Book Stall, and the author will sign books after her talk.

Find titles by Jewell Parker Rhodes in the library catalog.

If you do not have a library card registered with Skokie Public Library, call us at 847-673-7774 to register.

AGE GROUP: | Kids |

EVENT TYPE: | Presentation |

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