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OBOA #2: John Schu's This is a School and Louder than Hunger

**Please register by MAY 15! Books will be sent via Bookelicious so late registrants will not be guaranteed books**

Start off your summer reading with TWO (2) books! For our second OBOA, we will be reading John Schu's This is a School and Louder than Hunger.

Discussions will be held on the Discord app. We will also have two(2) live Zoom sessions in June (Dates TBD).

Participants will receive up to five (5) Act 48 hours for completing the weekly readings, for participating in the weekly Discord conversations and Zoom sessions, and for completing the weekly surveys.

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An Evening with Colby Sharp

Join us on Wednesday, May 29 from 6:30PM-8:00PM (EST) for a conversation with Colby Sharp.

Colby Sharp will discuss the books that our students need access to; creating a climate of book love; motivating our students to read; and other pertinent topics.

COLBY SHARP, a fifth-grade teacher at Parma Elementary School in Parma, Michigan, is cofounder of Nerd Camp and the Nerdy Book Club, and coauthor of The Commonsense Guide to Your Classroom Library and Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids with Donalyn Miller. He is also the editor of The Creativity Project: An Awesometastic Story Collection.

This project is made possible in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Governor, Josh Shapiro. Register for this event below.

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