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Moving House, Moving Place, and Opening Our Minds

Saturday, May 31 | 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Berkeley Public Library - Children's Nonfiction Area

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Adam Ryan Chang, J. P. Takahashi, Seina Wedlick, Stephanie Wildman

Join us for this uplifting read aloud featuring beautiful and heartfelt picture books! Take a peek into Miri’s eventful move into a new apartment, where her grandfathers are waiting with surprises, in Adam Chang and Stephanie Wildman’s Miri’s Moving Day. Form new connections and community around the kitchen table with Zainab in Seina Wedlick’s Space for Everyone, and follow Sai and her cousin Avi as they attend a reunion with their Japanese American and African American extended family in J.P. Takahashi’s Waiting for Hanami. Highlighting families from diverse backgrounds, these stories illustrate the beautiful ways in which big changes can inspire connection, community, and lasting foundations. This read aloud will be emceed by Maia and Serena of Cinnamongirl Inc.

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Book signing information: Medicine for Nightmares, at the venue by the stage

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Cinnamongirl Maia, Cinnamongirl Serena
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