Author Reading and Activity: A Pocketful of Poems

Wed, Apr 7 2021
11:30 am – 12:15 pm
Virtual

Events for Youth and Family Virtual Programming


Join Caldecott Medalist, Coretta Scott King Award winner, and New York Times best-selling picture book creator, Javaka Steptoe. He has illustrated several books for children, including Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow, A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix by Gary Golio, and Radiant Child, which he also wrote. Javaka will read the book A Pocketful of Poems and the activity will focus on the poem “April Shower.” 

The participants will need the following supplies:

  • writing paper
  • pen/pencil
  • construction paper
  • assorted colored papers
  • collage materials/founded objects
  • scissors
  • markers
  • crayons
  • glue

View the broadcast at 3:30 pm on Javaka's Instagram page.

Add to My Calendar 04/07/2021 11:30 am 04/07/2021 12:15 pm America/New_York Author Reading and Activity: A Pocketful of Poems <p>Join Caldecott Medalist, Coretta Scott King Award winner, and New York Times best-selling picture book creator, Javaka Steptoe. He has illustrated several books for children, including Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow, A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix by Gary Golio, and Radiant Child, which he also wrote. Javaka will read the book A Pocketful of Poems and the activity will focus on the poem “April Shower.”&nbsp;</p> <p>The participants will need the following supplies:</p> <ul> <li>writing paper</li> <li>pen/pencil</li> <li>construction paper</li> <li>assorted colored papers</li> <li>collage materials/founded objects</li> <li>scissors</li> <li>markers</li> <li>crayons</li> <li>glue</li> </ul> <p>View the broadcast at 3:30 pm on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/javakasteptoe/" target="_blank">Javaka's Instagram page</a>.</p> Brooklyn Public Library - Virtual MM/DD/YYYY 60