Events for Youth & Families: Ron's Big Mission

New York City Children's Theater's Creative Clubhouse Stories is an interactive storytime class that uses children’s literature to explore diverse narratives through theater, music and movement! This month we are celebrating Black History Month! 

In this program, Miss Caitlyn will explore the concept of fairness & self advocacy by investigating racism and discrimination in the children’s book Ron’s Big Mission. Nine-year-old Ron loves going to the Lake City Public Library to look through all the books on airplanes and flight. Today, Ron is ready to take out books by “himself.” But in the segregated world of South Carolina in the 1950s, Ron’s obtaining his own library card is not just a small rite of passage – it is a young man’s first courageous mission. Here is an inspiring story, based on Ron McNair’s life, of how a little boy, future scientist, and Challenger astronaut desegregated his library through peaceful resistance.

This pre-recorded program will air on the BPL Facebook page and remain there for 48 hours, then will be taken down.