Event Listing - Book Discussion - *Where'd You Go, Bernadette?* by Maria Semple

Bernadette Fox is notorious. To her Microsoft-guru husband, she's a fearlessly opinionated partner; to fellow private-school mothers in Seattle, she's a disgrace; to design mavens, she's a revolutionary architect, and to 15-year-old Bee, she is a best friend and, simply, Mom. Then Bernadette disappears.

Everyone is welcomed to attend the discussion

Event Listing - Book Discussion - *Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius* by Kristine Barnett

The mother of an autistic child who was eventually recognized as a genius recounts her rejection of basic life-skills instructors who counseled her family to expect very little of the boy, sharing the strategies she utilized for tapping her son's potential while describing his current achievements as a paid teenage researcher in quantum physics.

Event Listing - Ma'at is Missing: Deciphering Manners

What happened to the Golden Rule? Children ages K-5 with caregivers are welcomed to come to a special storytime where families will learn the important role manners and kindness play in how we relate to the people around us. Through magic, storytelling, music, dance, and hieroglyphics, the performer guides the audience in finding clues to the lost Temple of Ma'at, dedicated to the Egyptian goddess of truth, justice, and civility. This family show is a comedy.

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