QC creator of youngsters’s books seems at Rock Island Library
The Rock Island Public Library hosts native kids’s guide creator Allen McCaulley on Tuesday, July 16 as a part of the library’s Learn, Renew, Repeat summer time studying programming.
The 11 a.m. occasion is on the library’s Watts-Midtown Department, 2715 thirtieth St., Rock Island. McCaulley is the creator of a collection of hand-drawn image books about “the fantastic Whimsical Max,” a poodle-like character impressed by the creator’s real-life canine. McCaulley will share what impressed him to grow to be a author, and particulars about his collection of tales starring Max.
He graduated from the College of Illinois with a level in economics and later acquired an MBA from the College of Iowa. Along with writing and different careers, McCaulley is a former Mayor of Moline, the place he nonetheless lives together with his spouse, Linnea. His creator bio states, “My spouse and I had 17 years of sharing our lives with this extremely good and mischievous canine, and when he handed away, writing about him and sharing his spirit turned my ardour. I need to make younger kids snicker and smile and I need them to be good readers to allow them to be part of Max on his adventures.”
Works within the Whimsical Max collection embody the primary guide, “Max Makes Pancakes,” adopted by “Max’s Merry Christmas” and “Max Sings ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Recreation.’” Picket puzzles are additionally obtainable by way of the creator’s web site right here.
The occasion is free and open to all ages. For extra data, go to right here, name 309-732-READ, or observe the Rock Island Library on social media.
The Library’s Learn, Renew, Repeat Summer season Studying Problem continues by means of July 31. The library is encouraging adults, kids, and youths to learn no less than 1,000 minutes, which works out to about 16 minutes a day. The library has set a group aim of 500,000 minutes for the all-ages problem, and individuals could enroll anytime.
