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Carole B Weatherford at URB 5th Anniversary Literacy Celebration

Wed, Dec 11

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Urban Reads Bookstore

Carole B Weatherford at URB 5th Anniversary Literacy Celebration
Carole B Weatherford at URB 5th Anniversary Literacy Celebration

Time & Location

Dec 11, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Urban Reads Bookstore, 3008 Greenmount Ave, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

About the Event

Urban Reads Bookstore 5th Anniversary Literacy Celebration


Join us for a week of literacy celebrations with your favorite authors. 1st author kicking it off is award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford


The daughter of a printer, Carole Boston Weatherford was practically born with ink in her blood. She began writing at age 6 and soon after saw her poems in print. Her 80-plus books have garnered 2 NAACP Image Awards and 18 American Library Association Youth Media Awards, including a Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Award, and 4 Caldecott Honors. Her career achievements have been recognized with the North Carolina Award for Literature, the Nonfiction Award from the Children’s Book Guild, and induction into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame. A retired English professor, she lives in Maryland.


Food & drinks available


Tickets

  • ADMIT ONE

    $0.00
  • Respect Aretha Franklin Book

    $18.99
  • Fannie Lou Hamer Book

    $18.99
  • Crowning Glory Book

    $18.99
  • Unspeakable

    $18.99
  • Kin Rooted in Hope Book

    $18.99
  • Freedom in Congo Square Book

    $18.99
  • Moses Harriet Tubman Book

    $18.99

Total

$0.00

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