Join us at the historic Andrew Freedman Home for a Storytime event with published authors, curated specially for Boogie Down kids! We're passionate about getting young readers excited about book culture. Stop by to enjoy a live reading, experience the beautiful Andrew Freedman Home, and snag a new, signed book for your home library! We'll be hosting children's author Lissette Norman on December 7th. Learn more about her below:

Lissette Norman is an Afro-Dominican cultural worker, poet and author of MY FEET ARE LAUGHING and PLATANOS GO WITH EVERYTHING. She is also co-author of the books, ON THE LINE: My Story of Becoming the First African American Rockette (w/ Jennifer Jones) and UNTIL SOMEONE LISTENS (w/ Estela Juarez). Lissette was awarded the New York Foundation for the Arts – 2018 Artist Fellowship in Fiction, the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Grant, and the Hedgebrook, Millay Arts and Martha’s Vineyard Writers residencies. She was also an Author-in-Residence for the BookUpNYC program through the National Book Foundation. Lissette received her BA in English at SUNY-Binghamton.

We can’t wait to see you there!

RSVP to attend: https://AFHStorytimeDecember.eventbrite.com