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Literary Virginia Book Group

An American Story by Kwame Alexander
2025-04-09 18:00:00 2025-04-09 19:30:00 America/New_York Literary Virginia Book Group Read and discuss the best of today's Virginia literature—this month it's 2024 Children's Virginia Literary Award winner Kwame Alexander's picture book An American Story. Meets virtually. Virtual - Zoom

Wednesday, April 09
6:00pm - 7:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-09 18:00:00 2025-04-09 19:30:00 America/New_York Literary Virginia Book Group Read and discuss the best of today's Virginia literature—this month it's 2024 Children's Virginia Literary Award winner Kwame Alexander's picture book An American Story. Meets virtually. Virtual - Zoom

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Read and discuss the best of today's Virginia literature—this month it's 2024 Children's Virginia Literary Award winner Kwame Alexander's picture book An American Story. Meets virtually.

This month, we'll discuss "An American Story" by Kwame Alexander (the 2024 Children's Virginia Literary Award winner).

Next month, we'll discuss "The Plinko Bounce" by Martin Clark (the 2024 People's Choice Award Fiction winner).

For more information, contact Casey Clauberg at casey.clauberg@lva.virginia.gov or 804.692.3545.

This is a free event, but registration is required. The Zoom link and password will be automatically sent to you in an email upon registration. Thank you!

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Children | All Ages | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion | Book Discussion Groups |

TAGS: | Book discussion groups | book club |

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