Young Pawtucket Readers Love Roller Girl
Pawtucket Library
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On Saturday, May 7th, the Pawtucket Public Library’s Book Club for Kids group met to discuss the Kids Reading Across RI selection for 2016. Kids Reading Across Rhode Island, the ???one book, one state??? initiative for students in grades 3-6, kicked off its 7th year with the 2016 Newbery Honor winning book, Roller Girl by Rhode Island School of Design graduate Victoria Jamieson.
Roller Girl is a fast-paced, honest, and funny graphic novel about friendship and surviving junior high through the power of roller derby.??
Following the Book Club for Kids meeting at the library, many families extended the day’s excitement by traveling to the RI State House in the afternoon for the KRARI Kick-Off Event for Roller Girl.
Kids were able to listen to the author speak about the book, meet the author, and get their free copies of the book signed.
Throughout the first and second floors of the State House, various RI public libraries and community organizations created activity tables related to the themes of the book for families to enjoy.
Kids Reading Across Rhode Island is a partnership of the Rhode Island Center for the Book at the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services.
Through Kids Reading Across Rhode Island, RI schools and public libraries join forces to bring the joys of reading from the classroom to summer vacation.??
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Kids Reading Across RI Logo
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It was all thumbs up for Roller Girl as members of the Pawtucket Public Library’s Book Club for Kids group show off their copies of the book while meeting in the library’s Caidin Room before heading off to the Kids Reading Across RI Kick-Off Event at the RI State House on May 7th.??
Connor Cirello, age 9, of Pawtucket meets author Victoria Jamieson and gets his free book signed at the RI State House on May 7th.
Pawtucket Book Club for Kids member Philopateer Morcous, age 9, of Pawtucket shows off his Roller Girl inspired craft that he created at a local library’s activity table at the RI State House.??
Fans of graphic novels, sister and brother Breyannie and Anthony Davis, ages 8 and 6, of Pawtucket smile as author Victoria Jamieson signs their book as their mother looks on.??
Using their STEAM skills (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math), Ivy Vadnais, age 10, of Pawtucket and Cadence Belisle, age 11, of Central Falls race their roller skate creations down the ramp at the Pinewood Roller Skate Derby activity station at the Kids Reading Across RI Kick-Off Event at the State House.
As the Children’s Librarian who was apart of this book club and kick-off event, it was so wonderful to see kids and families excited about a book! I love this annual program.