Youth Literacy Event: March 25th at 6pm

The Room to Write invites all youth, toddlers to teenagers, to stop by for a cup of hot cocoa, sweet treats, free books, local authors, art activities and creative community on Tuesday, March 25th from 6:00-8:00pm at the Boys & Girls Club of Metro North’s Saugus Club location inside the Square One Mall. This is a free event open to all kids and teens from all communities. No registration required.

Looking for a fun and casual way to instill a love for literacy at a young age? This is your opportunity! Youth, preschool to high school, will meet and get to know twelve talented authors, including three who are also illustrators, who are the creative minds behind the books The Room to Write is giving away for FREE!

Youth will go on a scavenger hunt, can ask authors questions, enjoy an art activity, receive a book personalized by its author, receive a notebook to write their own story, and feel excited to read, write and be creative with others. This amazing event is made possible with sponsorship from Kids’ Test Kitchen, Causative Connections, and a generous, partnership with Whitelam Books, Boys & Girl Club of Metro North and Kidcasso Art Studio.

We are proud to partner with independent bookstore: Whitelam Books, located in Reading, and excited to announce that The Room to Write will be giving away over 100 BOOKS FREE. Books were purchased and written locally.

Participating authors and illustrators represent over a dozen different titles ranging in genres from picture books and young readers/chapter books to middle grade novels, a young adult novel and graphic novels. Participating authors are: Picture Books: Lisa Perron (All the Rocks We Love), Andrew Hacket (Ollie, the Acorn, and the Mighty Idea), Natakki Jones (Nia's Wash Day: A Family Tradition), Pam Vaughan (Missy Wants a Mammoth), and Kari Percival (Safe Crossing); Chapter Books/Early Readers: Janet Costa Bates (Rica Baptista Series), Jannie Ho (The Lost Mitten & Fry Guys) and Susan Tan (Invasion of the Pugs & Revenge of the Chipmunks); Middle Grade Novels: Lisa Stringfellow (Kingdom of Dust), Diana Renn (The Owl Prowl Mystery & Trouble at Turtle Pond), and Shawn Peters (The Unforgettable Logan Foster 1&2); & Young Adult: Laura Hatosy (Drawn from Memory) and Dirk Tiede (Paradigm Shift 1&2)

Stop by this free event on Tuesday, March 25th from 6:00 pm until 8:00pm at the Boys & Girls Club of Metro North’s Saugus Club location in the Square One Mall, 1201 Broadway, Saugus, MA.

This event is one of the many events and programs brought to you by The Room to Write with special thanks to our sponsors: Kids’ Test Kitchen, Causative Connections, Whitelam Books, Boys & Girls Club of Metro North, and Kidcasso Art Studio.