Come to Book Club Thursday, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the library. We will discuss what you’ve been reading, and we will read selections from some well-known African American writers in honor of African American History Month.

Check out some of the titles by Walter Dean Myers, who recently received a lifetime achievement award from the American Library Association in recognition of his books for children and teens.

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“Reading has changed in my lifetime. When I was a child, my father could not read, but he was strong. My father was a little bull of a man and he could make a living doing that. When I was young, you could work in a factory. With poor reading skills you could still find employment. Today you can’t do that. Today reading is like air. You have to be able to read to find a job. And you have to read more in your day-to-day life. “

from an interview with Walter Dean Myers www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/myersw/transcript