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Take It Make It: Blackout Poetry
2021-04-26 10:00:00 2021-04-26 20:00:00 America/New_York Take It Make It: Blackout Poetry Create a poem by blacking out words on a printed page, provided at the branch front desk, to reveal a poem inside the page. Take it home with you or give it to us to display in the Teen Area. Firestone Park Branch -

Monday, April 26
10:00am - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2021-04-26 10:00:00 2021-04-26 20:00:00 America/New_York Take It Make It: Blackout Poetry Create a poem by blacking out words on a printed page, provided at the branch front desk, to reveal a poem inside the page. Take it home with you or give it to us to display in the Teen Area. Firestone Park Branch -

Create a poem by blacking out words on a printed page, provided at the branch front desk, to reveal a poem inside the page. Take it home with you or give it to us to display in the Teen Area.

During April, pages for creating blackout poetry will be available for pick-up at the Firestone Park Branch Library's front desk.

Check out these fantastic collections of poetry in our catalog:

A Little History of Poetry by John Carey

Light for The World to See by Kwame Alexander 

The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman 

AGE GROUP: | Tween | Teen | School Age (Grades 3-5) |

EVENT TYPE: | Books & Writing | Art & Crafts |

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Firestone Park Branch Library
firestone@akronlibrary.org
Phone: 330.724.2126
Branch manager
Sylvia Chris
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