CLAREMONT — Children can receive a free book after attending three diversity readings with new passport program. The passports are free and can be picked up at any diversity reading event offered through the Understanding Diversity and Inclusion through Children’s Literature series.
The next book in the series will be “Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon” by Patty Lovell. Join the Claremont School District and Rural Outright, a community program of TLC Family Resource Center, on Thursday, Jan. 17, at 3:15 p.m. The free reading and discussion will be held at Fiske Free Library, 108 Broad St. in Claremont.The readings are free and open to the public. Everyone is encouraged to attend.
Be yourself like Molly Lou Melon, no matter what a bully may do. Molly Lou Melon is short and clumsy, has buck teeth, and has a voice that sounds like a bullfrog. She doesn’t mind. Her grandmother has always told her to walk proud, smile big, and sing loud, and she takes that advice to heart.
Additional readings will also be held on Thursday, Jan. 17 at:
TLC Family Resource Center, 109 Pleasant St. in Claremont, at noon
Claremont Soup Kitchen, 53 Central St. in Claremont, at 3:45 p.m.
The diversity reading series is a collaboration between Rural Outright and the Claremont School District. This is the second year of the series, which will include a reading and discussion of a new book exploring a different topic of diversity every month over the next year.
TLC Family Resource Center supports and strengthens all families, children, and youth of Sullivan and Lower Grafton counties with a wide-range of free programs, support groups, and education. The Rural Outright program serves LGBTQ+ youth, their families, and allies with peer support groups, educational series, and events throughout the area. For more information, please email [email protected] or visit www.tlcfamilyrc.org.
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