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The St. Louis County Library Foundation and the Novel Neighbor present international bestselling novelist John Connolly, author of “The Land of Lost Things.” The event will take place on Wednesday, September 27 at 7:00 p.m. at SLCL’s Daniel Boone Branch, 300 Clarkson Rd., Ellisville, MO 63011. The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event from The Novel Neighbor.

The St. Louis County Foundation and The Novel Neighbor present Stephanie Malia Krauss, author of “Whole Child, Whole Life: 10 Ways to Help Live, Learn and Thrive.”
The event will take place on Saturday, September 16 at 2:00 p.m. at the Grant’s View Branch of the St. Louis County Library, 9700 Musick Rd., St. Louis MO, 63123.

St. Louis County Library will host the annual Little Readers Festival on Saturday, September 23, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Florissant Valley Branch. The event will feature activities, shaved ice, free books, performances by Ms. Libby, story time with Pete the Cat and more. The Festival is recommended for families with children ages 0-5.

The St. Louis County Library’s History and Genealogy Department is pleased to host writer David Lange, author of “Soccer Made in St. Louis: A History of the Game in America’s First Soccer Capital, Second Edition.” The event will take place on Wednesday, September 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Daniel Boone Branch, 300 Clarkson Rd. Ellisville, MO 63011. The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

Congresswoman Cori Bush held a press conference at the Natural Bridge Branch on September 7 to highlight the success of her office’s Congress in Your Neighborhood pilot program, first launched in 2021. During the press conference she formally announced the shift to the permanent continuation of the program with the expansion of an additional Neighborhood Service Center at the Natural Bridge Branch in Normandy.