Virginia Hamilton's Life and Legacy
Wright Library will shine a spotlight on Virginia Hamilton, one of the most important and most celebrated local authors of children's literature.
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Virginia Hamilton's Life and Legacy
Wright Library will shine a spotlight on one of the authors featured in the Telling a People’s Story exhibit, Virginia Hamilton.
Hamilton was also a local author, having lived most of her life in Yellow Springs. She is one of the most important and most celebrated authors of children’s literature. Julie Rubini, author of Virginia Hamilton: America’s Storyteller, will tell the story of how Hamilton became a writer, the barriers she had to overcome, and the importance of her work.
Julie K. Rubini is a children’s book author, co-founder of Claire’s Day, literacy advocate, wife and mom. Virginia Hamilton: America’s Storyteller, part of the Biographies for Young Readers series (Ohio University Press), received a starred review in Kirkus, and is listed in the Bank Street College of Education’s Best Children’s Books 2018, with outstanding merit and was an Ohioana finalist. Books & Co. will be at the event to sell Julie's books, which she will be available to sign.
Ms. Rubini’s visit is made possible by a generous grant from the Wright Library Foundation.
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