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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - May 2026
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on March 23rd\nClick here to register\nOur May title is My First Day \nwritten by Phùng Nguyên Quang and illustrated by Huỳnh Kim Liên \nThis is no ordinary first journey. The rainy season has come to the Mekong Delta\, and An\, a young Vietnamese boy\, sets out alone in a wooden boat wearing a little backpack and armed only with a single oar. On the way\, he is confronted by giant crested waves\, heavy rainfall and eerie forests where fear takes hold of him. Although daunted by the dark unknown\, An realizes that he is not alone and continues to paddle. He knows it will all be worth it when he reaches his destination—one familiar to children all over the world. \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-may26/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - April 2026
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on March 23rd\nClick here to register\nOur April title is Climb On! \nwritten by Baptiste Paul and illustrated by Jacqueline Alcántara \nWhen a young child reminds her dad about the hike they planned\, her father is hesitant –To the tippy top? It’s a great day to watch futbol (soccer). But as the two climb on\, her enthusiasm is contagious. Filled with setbacks\, surprises\, and stunning views\, this warm and humorous story highlights in vivid colors the bonding power of a shared experience. A list of creatures at the end prompts a second look for keen-eyed readers to make discoveries of their own. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-april26/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260318T180000
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - March 2026
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on February 18th\nClick here to register\nOur March title is I Talk Like a River \nwritten by Jordan Scott and illustrated by Sydney Smith \nWhat if words got stuck in the back of your mouth whenever you tried to speak? What if they never came out the way you wanted them to? Sometimes it takes a change of perspective to get the words flowing.\nWhen a boy who stutters feels isolated\, alone\, and incapable of communicating in the way he’d like\, it takes a kindly father and a walk by the river to help him find his voice. Compassionate parents everywhere will instantly recognize a father’s ability to reconnect a child with the world around him. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-mar26/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - February 2026
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on January 21st\nClick here to register\nOur February title is Me and Muhammad Ali \nwritten by Jabari Asim and illustrated by Ag Ford \nLangston is a huge fan of boxing champ Muhammad Ali and looks up to him for his speed\, his strength\, his confidence—and his poetry. When he has a chance to meet Ali\, he won’t take no for an answer. And just like that\, a dream comes true for Langston that leaves him feeling wrapped in a warm glow and chanting I’m quick and I’m strong. I’m Black and I’m free. I’m brave and I’m bold\, like Muhammad Ali! \n  \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-feb26/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260121T180000
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - January 2026
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK staff and volunteers to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on December 17th\nClick here to register\nOur January title is Friends Are Friends Forever \nwritten by Dane Liu and illustrated by Lynn Scurfield \nJust before Chinese New Year\, Dandan discovers that her family is moving to the US\, far away from her best friend Yueyue. Yueyue gives her a stack of red paper and a spool of string so she can share the art of paper cutting. When Chinese New Year comes around again Dandan remembers Yueyue’s gift and introduces her new friend Christina to this ancient art. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-jan26/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - December 2025
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK staff and volunteers to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on November 19th\nClick here to register\nOur December title is Solar Story \nwritten and illustrated by Allan Drummond \nThrough the lens of a class field trip\, we take a look at the largest solar plant in the world\, the Noor Solar Power Plant in Morocco’s Sahara Desert! With engaging detail-filled illustrations\, narration\, and fact-packed sidebars\, we learn how the plant is not only bringing reliable power to the village and far beyond\, but is providing jobs\, changing lives\, and upending the old ways of doing things. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-dec25/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T180000
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - November 2025
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on October 15th\nClick here to register\nOur November title is We Are Water Protectors\nwritten by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade \nTold from the perspective of a Native American child\, this bold and lyrical picture book written by Ojibwe/Métis author Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Tlingit artist Michaela Goade is a powerful call to action to defend Earth’s natural resources—inspired by the Dakota Access Pipeline protests and similar movements led by Indigenous tribes all across North America. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-nov25/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251015T180000
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - October 2025
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on September 17th\nClick here to register\nOur October title is Maya and the Beast\nwritten by Maya Gabeira and illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki \nYoung Maya is shy and often feels fragile and scared because of her asthma—except when she’s in the water. It’s the one place where she feels strong. While everyone else in her town is scared of “the Beast\,” the giant wave heard all around the world as it crashes into the shoreline\, Maya finds the noise comforting\, the curves of the wave soothing. If she could only tame it\, then everyone could see all the beauty it has to offer. With a pink surfboard and a determined heart\, Maya will be the first girl to meet the Beast head-on. \nProfessional surfer Maya Gabeira\, known for surfing Guinness World Record–breaking big waves\, shares her story of resilience\, defying expectations of women in sports\, and daring to achieve the impossible. Beautifully illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki\, Maya and the Beast is an empowering reminder that every fear can be conquered\, and every Beast can be tamed. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-oct25/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250521T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250521T190000
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - May 2025
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on April 16th\nClick here to register\nOur May title is Eyes That Kiss in the Corners\nwritten by Joanna Ho and illustrated by Dung Ho \nA young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers’. She realizes that her eyes are like her mother’s\, her grandmother’s\, and her little sister’s. Drawing from the strength of these powerful women in her life\, she recognizes her own beauty and discovers a path to self love and empowerment. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-may25/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250416T180000
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - April 2025
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on March 19th\nClick here to register\nOur April title is The Earth Gives More\nwritten by Sue Fliess and illustrated by Christiane Engel \nIn each season\, Earth has something special to enjoy–and we can find ways to be good stewards to the planet too \n  \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-april25/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250319T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250319T190000
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - March 2025
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on February 19th\nClick here to register\nOur March title is Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music\nwritten by Margarita Engle and illustrated by Rafael López \nInspired by the childhood of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga\, a Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke Cuba’s traditional taboo against female drummers\, Drum Dream Girl tells an inspiring true story for dreamers everywhere. \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-march25/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250219T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250219T190000
DTSTAMP:20241211T173302Z
CREATED:20241211T173218Z
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - February 2025
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on January 15th\nClick here to register\nOur February title is Saturday\nwritten and illustrated by Oge Mora \nToday will be special. Today will be splendid. Today is Saturday! This is the day Ava and her mother cherish. But what happens when life doesn’t exactly deliver on its promise? Join a mother and daughter on an up-and-down journey that reminds them of what’s best about Saturdays: precious time together. \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-feb25/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20250115T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20250115T190000
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - January 2025
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on December 18th\nClick here to register\nOur January title is I Will Be Fierce\nwritten by Bea Birdsong and illustrated by Nidhi Chanani \nIt is a brand-new day\, and a young girl decides to take on the world like a brave explorer heading off on an epic fairytale quest \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-jan25/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241218T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241218T190000
DTSTAMP:20240920T153349Z
CREATED:20240918T202519Z
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UID:6588-1734544800-1734548400@www.readandwritekzoo.org
SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - December 2024
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on November 20th\nClick here to register\nOur December title is Malala’s Magic Pencil\nwritten by Malala Yousafzai and illustrated by Kerascoët \nMalala’s first picture book will inspire young readers everywhere to find the magic all around them. \nAs a child in Pakistan\, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy\, to erase the smell of garbage from her city\, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older\, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil\, Malala realized that she could still work hard every day to make her wishes come true. \nThis beautifully illustrated volume tells Malala’s story for a younger audience and shows them the worldview that allowed Malala to hold on to hope even in the most difficult of times. \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-dec24/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241120T190000
DTSTAMP:20241005T154711Z
CREATED:20240917T192511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241005T154711Z
UID:6580-1732125600-1732129200@www.readandwritekzoo.org
SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - November 2024
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on October 16th\nClick here to register\nOur November title is We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga\nwritten by Tracee Sorell and illustrated by Frané Lessac \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Cherokee community is grateful for blessings and challenges that each season brings. This is modern Native American life as told by an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation. \nThe word otsaliheliga (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is used by members of the Cherokee Nation to express gratitude. Beginning in the fall with the new year and ending in summer\, follow a full Cherokee year of celebrations and experiences. Written by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation\, this look at one group of Native Americans is appended with a glossary and the complete Cherokee syllabary\, originally created by Sequoyah. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-nov24/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241115T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241115T190000
DTSTAMP:20241114T162729Z
CREATED:20241105T174248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241114T162729Z
UID:6708-1731693600-1731697200@www.readandwritekzoo.org
SUMMARY:Meetings on the Go- Youth Focused
DESCRIPTION:Come join us for Meetings on the Go\, a youth-focused event where we’ll talk about how Kalamazoo can grow and improve over the next 10 years. It’s a chance for young people to share their ideas and have a say in the city’s future – from parks and transportation to housing and more. Whether you’re passionate about your community or just want to get involved\, we want to hear from you! Let’s work together to make Kalamazoo a better place for everyone.
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/meetings-on-the-go-youth-focused/
LOCATION:Read and Write Kalamazoo or Virtually\, 802 South Westnedge Avenue\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:4th & 5th grade,High School,K–5
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241023T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241023T190000
DTSTAMP:20240920T153221Z
CREATED:20240917T193853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T153221Z
UID:6586-1729706400-1729710000@www.readandwritekzoo.org
SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - October 2024
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration is open now!\nClick here to register\nOur October title is Mi Casa is My Home\nwritten by Laurenne Sala and illustrated by Zara González Hoang \n\n\n\nLucia invites you to visit her bustling casa and meet an intergenerational array of loved ones in a charming Spanglish celebration of family life. \nEste es el baño…It’s where I shave my barba con Abuelo. \nBienvenidos to Lucía’s home. Lucía lives in her casa with her big\, loud\, beautiful familia\, and she’s going to show you around! From la puerta\, where Abuela likes to wave to the neighbors and wait for packages from Puerto Rico or Spain\, to la cocina\, where Lucía watches her Mamá turn empty pots into soups and arroces\, to el patio\, where Lucía and her cousins (and her cousin’s cousins!) put on magic shows\, Lucía loves her busy and cozy casa. With warmth and joy\, author Laurenne Sala and illustrator Zara González Hoang celebrate home in this bilingual picture book that feels like an abrazo from your most favorite people\, your familia. \n\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-oct24/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240508T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240508T190000
DTSTAMP:20240109T212911Z
CREATED:20240109T212911Z
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UID:6151-1715191200-1715194800@www.readandwritekzoo.org
SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - May 2024
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on April 10th\nClick here to register\n\nOur May title is Home is In Between\nwritten by Mitali Perkins and illustrated by Lavanya Naidu \nShanti and her parents say goodbye to the monsoon rains in their Indian village. They move to a snowy town on the other side of the world. At first\, it isn’t easy for Shanti to be new. Back and forth she trudges between her family’s Bengali traditions and her new country’s culture. Again and again\, in between. \nShe feasts on biryani rice while kids in town eat hot dogs and PB&J sandwiches. She watches Bollywood movies at home and Hollywood movies with new friends. Is she still Indian? Is she becoming American? How should she define home? \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-may24/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240410T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240410T190000
DTSTAMP:20240109T212932Z
CREATED:20240109T212520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T212932Z
UID:6147-1712772000-1712775600@www.readandwritekzoo.org
SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - April 2024
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on March 13th\nClick here to register\n\nOur April title is When We Went Wild\nwritten by Isabella Tree and illustrated by Allira Tee \nNancy and Jake are farmers who raise cows and pigs\, and grow crops. They use a lot of big machines to help them\, and spray a lot of chemicals to get rid of the weeds and the pests. That’s what all good farmers do\, isn’t it? And yet\, there is no wildlife living on their farm. The animals look sad. Even the trees look sad! One day\, Nancy has an idea… what if they stopped using all the machines\, and all the chemicals\, and instead they went wild? \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-april24/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240313T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240313T190000
DTSTAMP:20240109T213012Z
CREATED:20240109T212214Z
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UID:6144-1710352800-1710356400@www.readandwritekzoo.org
SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - March 2024
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on February 14th\nClick here to register\n\nOur March title is We Are One\nwritten by Susan Hood and illustrated by Linda Yan \nThe whole is greater than the sum of its parts—and unity and connection are most important of all—in a beautifully illustrated counting book with a timely message. \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-march24/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240214T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240214T190000
DTSTAMP:20240109T213051Z
CREATED:20231219T150051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T213051Z
UID:6117-1707933600-1707937200@www.readandwritekzoo.org
SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - February 2024
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on January 10th\nClick here to register\n\nOur February title is Freedom in Congo Square\nwritten by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie \nThis poetic\, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a human’s capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances and demonstrates how New Orleans’ Congo Square was truly freedom’s heart. \n\n  \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-feb24/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240110T190000
DTSTAMP:20231204T193314Z
CREATED:20231113T193958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231204T193314Z
UID:6097-1704909600-1704913200@www.readandwritekzoo.org
SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - January 2024
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on December 6th\nClick here to register\nour January title is Song in the City\nwritten by Daniel Bernstrom and illustrated by Jenin Mohammed \n\nEmmalene\, a young blind girl\, loves the sounds of her city—but Grandma Jean does not. She doesn’t consider it music. And she just doesn’t get it. But when Emmalene encourages her to take a closer listen\, Grandma Jean hears something beautiful. \nSong in the City is a rhythmic and lightly humorous tale that bridges the gap between generations of music and family while centering love\, understanding\, and joy \n\n  \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-jan24/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231213T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231213T190000
DTSTAMP:20230915T155914Z
CREATED:20230915T155914Z
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UID:6035-1702490400-1702494000@www.readandwritekzoo.org
SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - December 2023
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on November 8th\nClick here to register\nour December title is Imagine!\nwritten by Bruno Tognolini\, translated by Denise Muir\, and illustrated by Giulia Orecchia \n\n\n\nFrom the unique voice of Bruno Tognolini\, Italy’s most-loved children’s poet today\, come these exuberant “rhymes of hope to shout together”. Skillfully translated by Denise Muir\, this musical rhythmic chant gives voice to the wishes and hopes of children for a better future. From grand dreams of peace\, solidarity between nations\, and protection of our environment\, to the intimate\, wishes for friendship\, opportunity\, and joyful birthday celebrations; all are heartfelt cries for a better life and future. \nAccompanied by the vibrant collage art of Giulia Orecchia\, this youthful anthem for change\, in the tradition of social justice poetry\, is a true manifesto of hope. If children hold the key to the future\, this book unlocks their potential. Who can resist the drumbeat call to rise\, take to the streets\, and shout these lines to the skies? Imagine! \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-dec23/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231108T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231108T190000
DTSTAMP:20230912T212012Z
CREATED:20230912T211745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230912T212012Z
UID:6029-1699466400-1699470000@www.readandwritekzoo.org
SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - November 2023
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on October 11th\nClick here to register\nour November title is Jingle Dancer\nwritten by Cynthia Leitich Smith and illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright & Ying-Hwa Hu \nThe cone-shaped jingles sewn to Grandma Wolfe’s dress sing tink\, tink\, tink\, tink… \nJenna loves the tradition of jingle dancing that has been shared by generations of women in her family and intertribal community. She hopes to dance at the next powwow. But with the day quickly approaching\, she has a problem—how will her dress sing if it has no jingles? \nThe affirming story of how a contemporary Native American girl turns to her family and community to help her dance find a voice. \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-nov23/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20231011T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20231011T190000
DTSTAMP:20230908T211314Z
CREATED:20230908T210555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230908T211314Z
UID:6021-1697047200-1697050800@www.readandwritekzoo.org
SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - October 2023
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to share our monthly picture book title. Working in small groups\, we will read aloud and then respond to the story with using engaging and creative prompts that encourage us to discuss\, write\, and draw! After small group time\, we’ll have a chance to share our responses with the whole group. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, enjoy reading together\, express your ideas\, and find power in the written word. \nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on September 13th\nClick here to register\nour October title is The Cot in the Living Room\nwritten by Hilda Eunice Burgos and illustrated by Gaby D’Alessandro \n\n\n\nNight after night\, a young girl watches her mami set up a cot in the living room for guests in their Washington Heights apartment\, like Raquel (who’s boring) and Edgardo (who gets crumbs everywhere). She resents that they get the entire living room with a view of the George Washington Bridge\, while all she gets is a tiny bedroom with a view of her sister (who snores). Until one night when no one comes\, and it’s finally her chance! But as it turns out\, sleeping on the cot in the living room isn’t all she thought it would be. \nWith charming text by Hilda Eunice Burgos and whimsical illustrations by Gaby D’Alessandro\, The Cot in the Living Room is a celebration of the ways a Dominican American community takes care of one another while showing young readers that sometimes the best way to be a better neighbor is by imagining how it feels to spend a night sleeping on someone else’s pillow.
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-oct23/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230510T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230510T190000
DTSTAMP:20230411T174432Z
CREATED:20230223T174931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230411T174432Z
UID:5723-1683741600-1683745200@www.readandwritekzoo.org
SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - May
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join RAWK volunteers and from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to spend time reading out loud then writing together to express their response to the story. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, express your own ideas in writing\, and find power in the written word.\nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on April 12th\nClick here to register\nin practice of Mental Health Awareness Month\,\nour May title is The Breathing Book\nwritten by Drs. Christopher Willard and Olivia Weisser and illustrated by Alison Oliver \nWith The Breathing Book\, you’ll discover the power of mindful awareness through a series of breathing practices and engaging activities designed to calm the mind and body\, set positive intentions\, and spark creativity and imagination.
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-may23/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230412T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20230412T190000
DTSTAMP:20221205T221240Z
CREATED:20221205T221240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221205T221240Z
UID:5638-1681322400-1681326000@www.readandwritekzoo.org
SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - April
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to spend time reading out loud then writing together to express their response to the story. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, express your own ideas in writing\, and find power in the written word.\nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on March 8th\nClick here to register\nour April title is Nigel and the Moon\nwritten by Antwan Eady and illustrated by Gracey Zhang \nIn this stirring and uplifting picture book\, author Antwan Eady and artist Gracey Zhang tell the story of a young Black boy with big dreams of moving past his fear of judgment to share his dreams with his class during career week.
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-april23/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20230308T180000
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - March
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to spend time reading out loud then writing together to express their response to the story. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, express your own ideas in writing\, and find power in the written word.\nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on February 8th\nClick here to register\nIn celebration of Women’s History Month\, our March title is The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq\nWritten & Illustrated by Jeanette Winter \nAlia Muhammad Baker’s library in Basra\, Iraq\, has been a meeting place for those who love books for the past fourteen years. Now war has come\, and Alia fears that the library—along with the thirty thousand books within it—will be destroyed forever.
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-march23/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - February
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to spend time reading out loud then writing together to express their response to the story. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, express your own ideas in writing\, and find power in the written word.\nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families \n\nRegistration opens on January 4th\nClick here to register\nIn celebration of Black History Month\, our February title is Freedom Soup\nwritten by Tami Charles and illustrated by Jacqueline Alcántara \nJoin the celebration in the kitchen as a family makes their traditional New Year’s soup—and shares the story of how Haitian independence came to be.
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-february23/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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SUMMARY:Read And Write Nights - December
DESCRIPTION:Your favorite monthly virtual program is back…\nOh yes\, it’s Read And Write Night!\nKalamazoo County youth in grades K–5 are invited to join volunteers from the Western Michigan University chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association to spend time reading out loud then writing together to express their response to the story. \nHear a perspective that is new to you\, express your own ideas in writing\, and find power in the written word.\nAll Read and Write Nights will take place via Google Meet. \nEach participating family will receive a copy of our monthly book prior to the event\nThis month’s session is open to 16 families\n \n  \n\nRegistration opens on November 2nd\nClick here to register\n\nChild of the Universe by Ray Jayawardhana\, illustrated by Raul Colón \nA lyrical meditation on the preciousness of one child and the vastness of the universe\, this gorgeously illustrated picture book written by a renowned astrophysicist shares the immensity of a parent’s love along with the message that we are all connected to the broader cosmos in important and intimate ways.
URL:https://www.readandwritekzoo.org/schedule/read-and-write-nights-december22/
LOCATION:Virtual – Google Meet
CATEGORIES:K–5,virtual
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