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Carole B Weatherford at URB 5th Anniversary Literacy Celebration
Wed, Dec 11
|Urban Reads Bookstore
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
$0.00Respect Aretha Franklin Book
$18.99Fannie Lou Hamer Book
$18.99Crowning Glory Book
$18.99Unspeakable
$18.99Kin Rooted in Hope Book
$18.99Freedom in Congo Square Book
$18.99Moses Harriet Tubman Book
$18.99
Total
$0.00