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Mika Song, Illustration for A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey (Chronicle). © 2019 Mika Song.

Special Storytime: Jenn Bailey

Artists & Authors
For Families
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Free with Museum admission

Join author Jenn Bailey as she reads A Friend for Henry, featured in The Carle’s book exhibition Boundless: Picture Books about Disabilities. Jenn will read from her book, chat about how we go about finding our friends, and lead a drawing activity.

Book signing to follow program. Can’t make the event? You may reserve signed books online.

Who You'll Meet
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Jenn Bailey

Jenn Bailey’s debut picture book, A Friend for Henry, won ALA’s 2020 Schneider Family Honor Book award, was named a Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year, and was chosen as a 2021-2022 Virginia Reads selection.
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Illustration of child swimming in river at sunset.
Past Exhibition

Boundless: Picture Books About Disabilities

July 22 - December 31, 2021
Explore picture books for and about people with disabilities that promote accessibility and inclusivity.
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Boundless: Curating a Book Exhibition about Disabilities

The Reading Library expands its collection of books for and about people with disabilities. 
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In the Bookshop

Cover image for A Friend for Henry shows a child in a blue shirt looking intently as they stack colorful wooden blocks.

A Friend for Henry