<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"></div><h1 dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="m_-5666187640203708771gmail-docs-internal-guid-a12570ad-7fff-2753-de64-9b89be79acea" style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(30,10,60);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:485px;height:363px"><img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXd4_DLYcG9wCg-5ElufO5bHK4zE_uE88XTyqvLFMHWYwYDHyKWrvxtjIUU2HXPCxK-RVk_7wI-pC0_Ol0yMj9CfkA75YIlns3YK1W3jUPOZuf_msVS6VTgtB-EizNGri0UyC8M0PA?key=hmW2RYP9VTTnpocWhQzlqPcg" width="485" height="363" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></span></h1><h1 dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:20.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(30,10,60);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">2025 Children's Literature Lecture with Kyle Lukoff</span></h1><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(57,54,79);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Newbery Honor and two-time Stonewall Award winner Kyle Lukoff presents "What Do We Ask Books To Do?"</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(57,54,79);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Ages 13+</span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://multcolib.org/lukofftickets" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Reserve your free ticket</span></a></h2><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(30,10,60);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Thursday, March 20, 2025 · 7 - 8:30pm</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(30,10,60);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(30,10,60);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Judy Kafoury Center for Youth Arts (The Judy)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(111,114,135);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">1000 Southwest Broadway #T-100 Portland, OR 97205</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Kyle Lukoff is the author of many books for young readers. His debut middle-grade novel, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Too Bright To See</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, received a Newbery honor, the Stonewall award, and was a National Book Award finalist. His picture book </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">When Aidan Became A Brother</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> also won the Stonewall, and his book </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Call Me Max</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> has been banned in schools across the country. He has forthcoming books about queer history, unicycles, breakups, and lots of other topics. While becoming a writer he worked as a bookseller for ten years, and then nine more years as a school librarian.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:7.5pt 0pt 0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Each year the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) sponsors a Children’s Literature Lecture geared toward adults who have an interest in children’s books. The lecture features an author, critic, librarian, historian or educator presenting a paper considered to be a significant contribution to the field of children’s literature. This year the lecture is hosted by Multnomah County Library.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">A limited number of books will be available for purchase at the event.</span></p><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><b><font size="2"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Jackie Partch</font><br></font></b><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><font size="2">Youth & Family Services Librarian</font></b><br></font><span style="font-size:13px"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Multnomah County Library</font></span><font style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">971.500.1733</font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><i style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px">she/her/hers</i><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:13px"><br></span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Work schedule: Monday-Friday</font></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> 8:30-5</span></div><div dir="ltr"><u style="color:rgb(42,93,176)"><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.multcolib.org/" style="color:rgb(42,93,176)" target="_blank">multcolib.org</a></font></u></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><u style="color:rgb(42,93,176)"><br></u></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>