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SUMMARY:Derrick Barnes
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DESCRIPTION:Award-winning author Derrick Barnes presents his beloved pictu
 re books in this family-friendly author talk..\nhttps://columbus.libnet.in
 fo/event/13924813
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2>Authors at the Library with Derrick Barne
 s</h2>\n<h3>Saturday\, November 15 |&nbsp\;10:30 a.m.&nbsp\;<br />Hilliard
  Branch | 4500 Hickory Chase Way</h3>\n<p><strong>9 a.m. |</strong> Librar
 y opens<br /><strong>10:30 a.m. |</strong> Book Giveaway and Author Talk&n
 bsp\;<br /><strong>11:30 a.m.|</strong> &nbsp\;Book signing and Meet &amp\
 ; Greet&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</strong></p>\n<p>Derrick B
 arnes is a National Book Award Finalist for his graphic novel&nbsp\;<em>Vi
 ctory</em>. <em>Stand!-Raising My Fist For Justice</em>\, which also won t
 he YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award\, and a Coretta Scott 
 King Award Author Honor.&nbsp\;He is also the author of the critically acc
 laimed\, multi-award-winning picture book&nbsp\;<em>Crown: An Ode to the F
 resh Cut</em>&nbsp\;which received a Newbery Honor\, a Coretta Scott King 
 Author Honor\, the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award\, and the Kirkus Prize
  for Young Readers. In 2020\, he became the only author to win the Kirkus 
 Prize twice for the&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;bestseller\,&nbsp\;<em>I Am
  Every Good Thing</em>\, which also won a Charlotte Huck Award and a Bosto
 n Globe-Horn Book Award Honor. Derrick is also the creator of the&nbsp\;Ne
 w York Times&nbsp\;bestselling companion picture books\,&nbsp\;<em>The Kin
 g of Kindergarten&nbsp\;</em>and&nbsp\;<em>The Queen of Kindergarten</em>.
  He is a native of Kansas City\, MO\, but currently lives in Charlotte\, N
 orth Carolina\, with his enchanting wife\, Dr. Tinka Barnes\, and their fo
 ur sons\, the Mighty Barnes Brothers.</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.lib
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 hors_at_the_Library/IAmEveryGoodThing.jpg" width="193" height="248" alt=""
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 thors_at_the_Library/QueenofKindergarten.jpg" width="223" height="248" alt
 ="" /><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/columbus
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  /></p>\n<p><strong>EVENT DETAILS</strong></p>\n<p>The event is free to th
 e public but due to limited seating\, registration is requested.&nbsp\;</p
 >\n<p>FREE BOOKS will be available courtesy of Battelle\, while supplies l
 ast. One book per family.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Additional books will be sold on 
 site by Cover to Cover Children's Books.</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.
 libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/columbus/C2C-Logo-Mark-Cannon.jpg" widt
 h="254" height="254" alt="" /></p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.inf
 o/frontend-images/tile/columbus/BATTELLE_BLUE.jpg" width="541" height="92"
  alt="" /></p>\n<p><em>Columbus Metropolitan Library offers events and pro
 grams for customers of all ages. Battelle&rsquo\;s generous gift to the Co
 lumbus Metropolitan Library Foundation helps make it possible for the libr
 ary to host additional author talks and programs for kids and teens that e
 ncourage a lifelong love of reading. Our goal is to host diverse\, nationa
 lly recognized authors at programs that are free and open to all.&nbsp\;</
 em></p>\nhttps://columbus.libnet.info/event/13924813
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