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SUMMARY:National Library Week
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate National Library Week April 19-25\, 2026\, with the theme “Find Your Joy” and Honorary Chair Mychal Threets!\nNational Library Week is an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries and library professionals play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. \nMonday\, April 20: Right to Read Day\, a day for readers\, advocates\, and library lovers to take action to protect\, defend\, and celebrate the right to read. The American Library Association (ALA) kicks off National Library Week with the release of its State of America’s Libraries Report\, including the list of Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2025. \nTuesday\, April 21: National Library Workers Day\, a day for library staff\, users\, administrators\, and Friends groups to recognize the valuable contributions made by all library workers. \nWednesday\, April 22: National Library Outreach Day (formerly National Bookmobile Day)\, a day to celebrate library outreach and the dedicated library professionals who are meeting their patrons where they are. \nThursday\, April 23: Take Action for Libraries Day\, a day to rally advocates to support libraries. \nIn the mid-1950s\, research showed that Americans were spending less on books and more on radios\, televisions and musical instruments. Concerned that Americans were reading less\, the ALA and the American Book Publishers formed a nonprofit citizens organization called the National Book Committee in 1954. The committee’s goals were ambitious.  They ranged from “encouraging people to read in their increasing leisure time” to “improving incomes and health” and “developing strong and happy family life.” \nIn 1957\, the committee developed a plan for National Library Week based on the idea that once people were motivated to read\, they would support and use libraries. With the cooperation of ALA and with help from the Advertising Council\, the first National Library Week was observed in 1958 with the theme “Wake Up and Read!”  The 2024 celebration marked the 66th anniversary of the first event. \nAward-winning librarian\, author\, and new host of the children’s program “Reading Rainbow” Mychal Threets will serve as Honorary Chair of National Library Week. \n“Find Your Joy\,” is an invitation for people of all backgrounds to explore and discover what sparks joy in them at the library. The theme amplifies a message that is ever-present in Threets’ recurring viral videos about the innumerable ways people can find joy in the library\, and in his debut picture book\, I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy\, publishing on February 3\, 2026.
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SUMMARY:The Montana Story Project with Allen Morris Jones\, Montana's Poet Laureate
DESCRIPTION:The Montana Story Project is made possible thanks to Humanities Montana. \nThe Montana Story Project\nWe live surrounded by stories. They shape our lives and tell us who we are\, where we come from\, and where we might be going. Some stories unite us as communities while personal stories inform our sense of self. Who has impacted our lives? What places have shaped us? \nMontana Poet Laureate Allen Morris Jones has used storytelling as a foundation for his work across several literary forms\, including novels\, children’s books\, personal essays\, and\, of course\, poetry. Over the course of an hour\, Allen will offer a compelling presentation that includes: \n\nA PowerPoint slide show that describes his personal journey toward finding the essential\, irreducible elements of storytelling.\nA reading from his own\, autobiographical poetry\, demonstrating how we can find narratives in various aspects of our own lives.\nA solicitation of stories from the audience\, with prompts to help them get started telling their own stories.\n\nAt the end of his two-year tenure as poet laureate\, Allen intends to compile a selection of these solicited stories into a published collection. His hope is that the larger project will demonstrate how our individual stories have helped shape the Montana of today. \n2025-27 Montana Poet Laureate\, Allen Morris Jones\nWidely published across genres and forms\, Allen Morris Jones is the author of three novels\, three children’s books\, a highly regarded look at the ethics of hunting\, an award-winning collection of poetry\, and more than 100 published personal essays\, profiles\, short stories\, and other incidental pieces. His first novel\, Last Year’s River\, was selected by Barnes and Noble for its Discover Great New Writers program; his second novel\, A Bloom of Bones\, was recognized as a Montana Book Award honor book. His recent poetry collection\, Mumblecusser\, was both a High Plains Book Award winner as well as a Montana Book Award honor book. His first children’s book\, Montana for Kids\, won a Spur Award from the Western Writers of America. With William Kittredge\, he edited The Best of Montana’s Short Fiction. He has worked as a magazine editor (Big Sky Journal)\, as an acquisitions editor (Lyons Press / Globe Pequot Press)\, small press publisher (Bangtail Press)\, and as a Communications Director for Montana State University. A graduate of the University of Montana in Missoula and Livingston’s Park High\, he currently lives in Bozeman with his wife and teenage son.
URL:https://stillwatercountylibrary.org/event/the-montana-story-project-with-allen-morris-jones-montanas-poet-laureate/
LOCATION:Stillwater County Library\, 27 N 4th St\, Columbus\, MT\, 59019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Literature
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