SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio –- American storyteller, author, and illustrator Patricia Polacco will visit Hathaway Brown School on Monday.
Polacco is the author of dozens of children's books, including "Chicken Sunday," "The Keeping Quilt," and "Thunder Cake."
Students will eat thunder cake –- a devil's food cake –- at lunchtime, and Polacco will meet with faculty and staff during a reception.
Parents are invited to join their children for reading sessions in the Prime Library.
Hathaway Brown is the first stop on Polacco's Northeast Ohio tour. She will also visit Laurel, Hawken, Gesu Catholic and Bryden Elementary schools, and Cleveland Schools Book Fund.
Contact early childhood and primary school librarian Kathy Englehart at kenglehart@hb.edu or 216-320-8096 for more information.
Get holiday flower arranging tips at Shaker Historical Society program
Learn holiday flower arranging tips at 2 p.m. Nov. 23 at the Shaker Historical Society and Museum, 167540 South Park Blvd.
Floral designers Margaret Ransohoff and Robin Schachat will give tips for decorating your home with flowers and plants for the holidays.
The event is free for historical society members and $5 for non-members. Contact 216-921-1201 or rzeager@shakerhistory.org to reserve a spot.
Shaker library program offers job application tips
Job seekers can learn how to make job applications that get noticed from 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 6 at the Shaker Heights Public Library.
Visit www.shakerlibrary.org to register.
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