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Community Read 2024: The Anxious Generation - A starting point for open dialogue.

Gingerbread House Competition 2019

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Can you build the best gingerbread house in Oakwood?  This year, the Gingerbread House Competition is expanding from just classroom entries to both classroom AND public entries.  It's your time to shine!  You could win a gold ribbon and the pride and admiration of all the city!  Entries will be judged on Saturday and Sunday, December 7-8 during regular Library hours.  The winners will be announced on social media at 5:30pm on Sunday, December 8. 

Gingerbread House Show

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Enjoy the magnificent entries of the 2019 Gingerbread House Show Saturday, December 7 through Sunday, December 15.

Telling A People's Story

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Take a self-guided tour Aug. 19 - Sept. 30.

Special Family Event: Petting Zoo

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Farm animals visit the Library at this petting zoo program for preschool and elementary-age children and their families. Dream Maker Farm and Traveling Zoo are bringing animals to the Library lawn for children to pet and interact with.  Supplementary crafts and activities will also be available to extend the farm and animal learning.

Game On! Special Event: Pixilation Animation

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Registration begins October 7 for this Game On! Special Event, just for tweens and teens in grades 4-12.  At Pixilation Animation, participants will create a stop-motion, group-animated project where everybody works together to create a live animated video starring the participants.

Dayton Society of Artists Art-in-Response

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The Wright Library welcomes the Dayton Society of Artists to a guided tour of the Miami University traveling exhibit, "Telling a People's Story: African-American Children's Illustrated Literature" then invites them to conversation and creation of art-in-response.

Taking the Mystery out of Writing History

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RegisterJoin local author, Trudy Krisher, for a writing workshop focused on using historical research in both fiction and nonfiction. Learn how to select rich historical topics and how to use fictional techniques to enliven non-fiction writing. Krisher's experience with picture books, YA novels, and adult biography gives her a good understanding of different genres.
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