Past Event Category: Book Club
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Feb 4International Book Club: Using Homegoing to Teach Global History and LiteratureEphraim Seseh Danquah and Esther Ama Safia Ptak
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This educator book club will focus on Homegoing as a teaching text, with particular attention to Ghanaian history, the transatlantic slave trade, and the long arc of diaspora and memory. Designed primarily for high school educators, the session will offer historical context alongside space to reflect on language, culture, and belonging in the classroom.
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Feb 2Children’s International Story Hour – These Olive TreesPinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd., Madison, WI 53716 Pinney Library
The Middle East Studies Program is excited to present the children’s book: These Olive Trees by Aya Ghanameh (Author, Illustrator). We will be reading the book to children, introducing basic Arabic words, teaching basic facts about Palestine, creating an art project based on the book, and sampling Palestinian cuisine! This is part of a series that introduces children’s …
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Jan 14South Asia Book Award Presents: The Salt ThiefOnline Register
Part the 2025 Meet the Authors series The South Asia Book Award proudly presents the 2025 Winner in the Young Adult Category, The Salt Thief by Neal Bascomb. Attendees will have a chance to win copies of the book. Register The Salt Thief: Gandhi’s Heroic March to Freedom The dramatic story of Gandhi and India’s long …
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Jan 12Children’s International Story Hour – On My Papa’s ShouldersPinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd, Madison, WI 53716 More information
In an expansion of the African Story Hour experience, Madison Public Library has partnered with The Institute for Regional and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in collaboration with Wisconsin Public Libraries to bring the world to YOU through the brand-new Children’s International Story Hour! Each session will take place at Pinney Library and will be …
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Dec 8South Asia Book Award Presents: The Spice BoxOnline Register
Part of the 2025 SABA Meet the Authors Series The South Asia Book Award proudly presents the 2025 Winner in the Early Readers Category, The Spice Box, written by Meera Sriram and illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat. Attendees will have a chance to win copies of the book. Register In this heartwarming intergenerational story about love, …
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Dec 4South Asia Book Award Presents: The Partition ProjectOnline Register
Part of the 2025 SABA Meet the Authors Series The South Asia Book Award proudly presents the 2025 Winner in the Middle Readers Category, The Partition Project, by Saadia Faruqi. Register Attendees will have a chance to win copies of the book. When her grandmother comes from Pakistan to live with Maha and her family, …
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Nov 12Teaching Migration Through Comics: Exploring Hakim’s OdysseyPeter Russella
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Join us for a special International Book Club featuring Hakim’s Odyssey by Fabien Toulmé — a powerful graphic narrative tracing one man’s flight from war-torn Syria to safety in Europe. The event will explore the use of the bande dessinée (Franco-Belgian comic tradition) to tell complex human stories of migration, displacement, and resilience. Peter Russella …
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Nov 4“Noche de Cuentos Storytime” (Bilingual Spanish/English Storytime)George Culver Community Library, 615 Phillips Blvd, Sauk City, WI More Information
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Oct 27Children’s International Story Hour – Homeland: My Father Dreams of PalestinePinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd, Madison, WI 53716 More information
In an expansion of the African Story Hour experience, Madison Public Library has partnered with The Institute for Regional and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in collaboration with Wisconsin Public Libraries to bring the world to YOU through the brand-new Children’s International Story Hour! Each session will take place at Pinney Library and will be …
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Oct 20Children’s International Story Hour – DreamersPinney Library, 516 Cottage Grove Rd, Madison, WI 53716 More information
In an expansion of the African Story Hour experience, Madison Public Library has partnered with The Institute for Regional and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in collaboration with Wisconsin Public Libraries to bring the world to YOU through the brand-new Children’s International Story Hour! Each session this fall will take place at Pinney Library and will …