We will be visited by Laura Sassi, local author! She will read her book, Goodnight Ark, and the children will make an animal craft to celebrates its 10th anniversary and Read Across America Week! Books will be available for purchase from The Town Bookstore with cash or check.
Laura Sassi has a passion for telling stories in prose and rhyme. She is the author of multiple books for young children including the best-selling Goodnight, Ark (Zonderkidz); Goodnight, Manger (Zonderkidz); Diva Delores and the Opera House Mouse (Union Square Publishing), which was a 2021-2022 Iowa Goldfinch Award Nominee; Love Is Kind (Zonderkidz), which was a 2020 Anna Dewdney Read Together Award Honor Book; Little Ewe: The Story of One Lost Sheep (Beaming Books); Bunny Finds Easter (Zonderkidz) and Happy Birthday, Christmas Child (Paraclete Press). She writes daily from her home in nearby Cranford and finds special joy in sharing her love of reading and writing with kids of all ages.