Library Joy with Mychal Threets!

Event date:
Saturday, May 30
Event time:
1:00pm-2:00pm
Location:
Berkeley Public Library, Mystery Room
Audiences:
Themes:
Booksales:
Eastwind Books, on the 2nd floor, right adjcent to the room
Access:
FREE

Welcome to the library, the place where you will always belong! Join the Internet’s favorite librarian and host of the relaunched Reading Rainbow Mychal Threets as he introduces his bright and exciting picture book, I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy. After a short read-aloud, Mychal and Supervising Librarian Shani B will talk about his experiences and inspiration for writing his book. Then, Samaya, Chloe, and Miley—students from local public schools—will join the conversation about the sense of wonder and community that libraries nurture, and what library joy means to them. The possibilities are endless at a library, which has activities, movies, games, and so many stories! Make sure to bring your curious questions and fond library memories to share in this session, which will feature lots of Q&A time with Mychal and the amazing panelists. Whether you’re a regular visitor or stepping into the stacks for the first time, we’re so happy you’re here with us for this interactive celebration of the joy that libraries bring!

Moderators:

Dan Alter

Dan Alter’s poems, reviews and translations have been published in journals including Field, Fourteen Hills, and Zyzzyva; his first collection My Little Book of Exiles won the 2022 Cowan Poetry Prize. A volume of translations Take a Breath, You’re Getting Excited, from the Hebrew of Yakir Ben-Moshe, was published by Ben Yehuda Press in September 2024, and Hills Full of Holes, a second collection of poems, by Fernwood Press in March 2025. He lives with his wife and daughter in Berkeley. He works at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley.

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