National Endowment for the Arts Big Read and the Fox Cities Book Festival present an event with the 2024 NEA Big Reads author, Patricia Engel. We encourage you to read the book with your community and join us for this special presentation!

Join us for the NEA Big Read keynote event with the author on Friday, April 5, 2024

6:30 PM: Enjoy opening stories from Latin American Storyteller, Carolina Quiroga

7:00 PM: NEA Big Read Keynote Event with Patricia Engel

View a community art display created with the Trout Museum of Art, and more at this free event!

Libraries in the Fox Cities will be holding book discussions focusing on the themes of family, home, Colombian Culture and Immigration.

Storytime en Español at Casa Hispana

Featuring storyteller & performer Carolina Quiroga-Hurtado

Animal Tales of Trunks and Tails!//Trompas y Colas, Cuentos de Animales

In this show, we learn how nature, its creatures, and the elements came to be through the tales of ingenious animals. From how the elephant got his long trunk to why the animals lend us their nights every season and why the rabbit has long ears! The younger ones are often delighted with these stories as they get to participate, act, and chant.

A través de los cuentos de varios animales, aprendemos como la naturaleza, sus criaturasy los elementos se crearon. Desde por qué los elefantes tienen la trompa larga, hasta porqué ciertos animales nos prestan la noche cada estación, e incluso por qué el conejotiene las orejas largas. Los más pequeños se deleitan con estas historias porque tienen laoportunidad de participar, repitiendo, cantando y actuando.