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SUMMARY:Saturday Storytime with Alice McGinty
DESCRIPTION:Join Winnetka indie store The Book Stall (811 Elm Street) for our Saturday Storytime featuring renowned children's author Alice McGinty on Saturday\, April 6 at 10:30 am! As the award-winning author of almost 50 children's books\, Ms. McGinty delights in igniting imaginations and makes fiction and non-fiction accessible\, engaging\, and fun. She'll be sharing a few of her favorites\, including the new picture book\, A Synagogue Just Like Home. A new rabbi's efforts to fix up his aging synagogue are a labor of love and a comedy of errors\, until his congregants pool their talents in this lighthearted celebration of community.  This event is perfect for kids ages 4 to 8. She will be happy to sign her works!\n\n \n\nMore About A Synagogue Just Like Home: Rabbi Ruben loves his synagogue. But he doesn't love the creaking floorboards\, leaking sink\, or drafty windows. Surely\, he thinks\, he can fix it up\, so it feels cared for\, like a happy home! But Rabbi Ruben doesn't know much about home repair\, so when his creative fixes make things humorously worse\, it'll take his whole congregation banding together to remind him what really makes a place feel like a happy home. Alice McGinty's warm\, inviting text pairs with Laurel Molk's lively\, friendly illustrations for a story about community coming together. \n\n \n\nMore About the Author: Alice McGinty loves hosting interactive presentations\, and says\, "There is nothing I like better than to share my enthusiasm for books and writing with children!" Her books include the JLG Selection and Irma S. Black Gold Medalist Bathe the Cat\, the ALA Notable Book\, JLG Selection\, and Norman A. Sugarman Honor Book\, The Water Lady and the 2019 JLG Selection\, The Girl Who Named Pluto: The Story of Venetia Burney. A frequent presenter at schools and conferences\, Alice was awarded the 2017 Prairie State Award for Excellence in Writing for Children. She also runs Words on Fire\, a summer writing camp for teens\, is Regional Adviser Emerita for the Illinois Chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators\, and is a children's book reviewer\, writing tutor\, and writing coach.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">Join Winnetka indie store <strong>The Book Stall</strong> (811 Elm Street) for our Saturday Storytime featuring renowned children&#39\;s author&nbsp\;<strong><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">Alice McGinty</span></span></strong>&nbsp\;on <strong>Saturday\, April 6</strong> at <strong>10:30 am</strong>! As the award-winning author of almost 50 children&rsquo\;s books\, Ms. McGinty&nbsp\;delights in igniting imaginations and makes fiction and non-fiction accessible\, engaging\, and fun. She&#39\;ll be sharing a few of her favorites\, including the new picture book\,&nbsp\;<em><strong><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">A Synagogue Just Like Home.&nbsp\;</span></span></strong></em>A new rabbi&rsquo\;s efforts to fix up his aging synagogue are a labor of love and a comedy of errors\, until his congregants pool their talents in this lighthearted celebration of community.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<u>This event is perfect for kids ages 4 to 8</u>. She will be happy to sign her works!</span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">More About </span></span></strong><em><strong><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">A Synagogue Just Like Home</span></span></strong></em><strong><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">:</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">&nbsp\;Rabbi Ruben loves his synagogue. But he doesn&rsquo\;t love the creaking floorboards\, leaking sink\, or drafty windows. Surely\, he thinks\, he can fix it up\, so it feels cared for\, like a happy home! But Rabbi Ruben doesn&rsquo\;t know much about home repair\, so when his creative fixes make things humorously worse\, it&rsquo\;ll take his whole congregation banding together to remind him what&nbsp\;<em>really&nbsp\;</em>makes a place feel like a happy home. Alice McGinty&rsquo\;s warm\, inviting text pairs with Laurel Molk&rsquo\;s lively\, friendly illustrations for a story about community coming together. </span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">More About the Author: </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">Alice McGinty</span></strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">&nbsp\;loves hosting interactive presentations\, and says\,&nbsp\;&quot\;There is nothing I like better than to share my enthusiasm for books and writing with children!&quot\; <strong><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">Her</span></span></strong>&nbsp\;books include the JLG Selection and Irma S. Black Gold Medalist&nbsp\;<em><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">Bathe the Cat</span></span></em>\, the ALA Notable Book\, JLG Selection\, and Norman A. Sugarman Honor Book\,&nbsp\;<em><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">The Water Lady</span></span></em>&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;the 2019 JLG Selection\,&nbsp\;<em><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif">The Girl Who Named Pluto: The Story of Venetia Burney</span></span></em>.&nbsp\;A frequent presenter at schools and conferences\, Alice was awarded the 2017 Prairie State Award for Excellence in Writing for Children. She also runs Words on Fire\, a summer writing camp for teens\, is Regional Adviser Emerita for the Illinois Chapter of the Society of Children&rsquo\;s Book Writers and Illustrators\, and is a children&rsquo\;s book reviewer\, writing tutor\, and writing coach.</span><br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:The Book Stall 811 Elm Street
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URL:https://chamber.wngchamber.com/events/details/saturday-storytime-with-alice-mcginty-15670
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