History Revealed: Creating historical fiction in words and images
Thu, Jun 16
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Meet the author and illustrator of the new book about Lillie Belle Gibbs
Time & Location
Jun 16, 2022, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Zoom
About the event
Historical fiction for young readers can be fun! Meet the creators of the new book Grasshoppers in My Bed: Lillie Belle Gibbs, Minnesota Farm Girl 1877. Author Terry Swanson and Illustrator Peggy Stern show how they created an imagined diary in the voice of the youngest daughter of the Gibbs family, whose homestead is now a Ramsey County historic site. Presented in partnership with East Side Freedom Library and Roseville Library.
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Order Grasshoppers in My Bed from the publisher,
Ramsey County Historical Society.
All rights reserved. Illustrations © 2022 by Margaret S. Stern, used here with permission. Text © 2022 by Teresa M. Swanson. Exclusive publishing rights held by Ramsey County Historical Society, 2022. Site created by Mindy Keskinen with Wix.com.