Join the National Building Museum and award-winning picture book author, illustrator, and muralist Katie Yamasaki for our July Building Readers Club Meeting! Families will hear Katie Yamasaki read-aloud her co-authored book, Everything Naomi Loved, learn about her experience as a muralist, and take part in a collaborative paper collage mural workshop where children can explore how to tell the stories of their own neighborhoods. Afterwards, families are invited to discover the murals on display from DCPS high school students and Transform DC through a special scavenger hunt.
Copies of Everything Naomi Loved will be available for participating families (while supplies last).
If you're not member of the Building Readers Club, sign up here for free. Building Readers Club programs (and more!) are perks for members of the Building Readers Club.
The Building Readers Club is your guide to explore the world of architecture, engineering, construction, and design found in the pages of children’s books. The primary educational program of the National Building Museum’s exhibition Building Stories, the Club provides suggested books to read and monthly activities to inspire children to find their place within the world and become active participants in their own neighborhoods and built communities.
Program Schedule:
Doors open: 10 am
Everything Naomi Loved Storytime with author Katie Yamasaki: 10:30 to 11 am
Drop-in collaborative paper collage mural workshop with Katie Yamasaki: 11 to 12:30 pm
Explore the murals of Transform DC: 10 am to 12:30 pm
About Katie Yamasaki
Katie Yamasaki is an award-winning picture book author/illustrator and muralist. She has painted over 90 walls around the world, exploring local stories of identity and social justice. Yamasaki’s books have received numerous awards and starred reviews and appeared on many “Best of __” lists, including Kirkus, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Bank Street, Junior Library Guild, and the New York Public Library. She has presented her work at institutions across the country including The Brooklyn Museum, Northwestern University, The Detroit Institute of Arts, The Seattle Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, The Japanese American National Museum, the DC Public Library, and the New York Public Library.
Currently, she co-facilitates an expressive arts program at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a maximum-security women’s prison in Upstate New York. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.