Friends of the Kankakee Public Library and Kankakee School District 111 present author Angela Johnson as the third annual "Mary Jo Johnson Spring Children/Teen Author." Johnson will speak at the Kankakee Public Library in the 4th Floor Auditorium on Tuesday, March 23, at 7:00 p.m. Johnson is the author of Toning the Sweep (1994), Heaven (1999), and First Part Last(2004). All three books were recipients of the Coretta Scott King Award; First Part Last received the Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature.
Copies of Johnson’s books will be for sale, and a book signing will follow the lecture.
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