February 5. 2010, For Immediate Release

WCDPL's Children's Place celebrates Black History Month this February with a display that features winners of the Coretta Scott King Book Award. For more than forty years, this award has  encouraged the artistic expression of the African American experience through literature and graphic arts. Multiple copies of the 2008 winner, We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson are available for check out.

We Are the Ship is also this month's selection for Novel Chit Chats, our fun and supportive monthly book discussion group for children ages nine and up with an adult partner. This month the group meets on Monday, February 22nd at 7pm.

For more information, call the Children's Place at 419-352-8253.

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