A Plethora of Picture Books!

Join us in-store to hear a collection of stories from SYDNEY SMITH, a 2024 winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, during this installation of storytime!

Come and listen to:

• Do You Remember? by SYDNEY SMITH. Tucked in bed at a new apartment, a boy and his mother trade favorite memories. Now it’s just the two of them, but maybe someday, this will be a favorite memory, too: happy and sad, an end and a beginning intertwined.

• Small in the City by SYDNEY SMITH. It can be a little scary to be small in a big city, but it helps to know you're not alone. When you're small in the city, people don't see you, and loud sounds can scare you, and knowing what to do is sometimes hard. But, if the city gets to be too much, you're always welcome home, where it's safe and quiet.
  
  
• My Baba's Garden illustrated by SYDNEY SMITH. A young boy spends his mornings with his beloved Baba, his grandmother. She doesn't speak much English, but they connect through gestures, gardening, eating, and walking to school together. Eventually, Baba needs to move in with the boy and his parents, and he has the chance to care for her as she’s always cared for him. 
  
  
• I Talk Like a River illustrated by SYDNEY SMITH. When 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.

Sunday, September 15th at 11:30AM ET at Our 17th St Store!

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