Clint Smith with Cicely Lewis - How the Word is Passed!

Little Shop is beyond honored to welcome Clint Smith to our starry upstairs event space to tell us all about the young readers adaptation of his book How the Word is Passed: Remembering Slavery and how it Shaped America! Clint will be in conversation with Read Woke advocate, fellow author, and librarian extraordinaire Cicely Lewis for one unforgettable night! Read below for more details:

Tickets:

Admission: $0 this free ticket admits one to our event but does not include a book

Admission + Book: $18.99 this ticket admits one to our event and includes a copy of How the Word is Passed (Adapted for Young Readers) to be picked up and signed at the event.

Please note that you must purchase a copy of the book from Little Shop in order to enter the signing line. Eventbrite, online, and in person purchases all count!

About the Book:

Adapted from Clint Smith's #1 New York Times bestselling and universally acclaimed How the Word Is Passed, this must-read narrative takes readers to historical sites across America, exploring the legacy of slavery to help readers make sense of our nation's past and present, and be better stewards of their own future.Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads young readers through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are honest about the past and those that are not—offering an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation’s collective history, and ourselves.How the Word Is Passed illustrates how some of our country’s most essential stories are hidden in plain view—whether in places we might drive by on our way to school, holidays such as Juneteenth, or entire neighborhoods (like downtown Manhattan) on which the brutal history of the trade in enslaved people has been deeply imprinted.Informed by scholarship and brought alive by the story of people living today, this adaptation of Clint Smith’s #1 bestselling, award-winning work of nonfiction offers kids a new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in making sense of our country, and shows how they can reckon with the past and present to become better stewards of their future.

About the Author and Moderator:

Clint Smith is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and was named one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2021. He is also the author of the New York Times bestselling poetry collection Above Ground and the award-winning poetry collection Counting Descent. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic.

Cicely Lewis is the 2020 School Librarian of the Year, named by SLJ and founder of the award-winning Read Woke® movement, which empowers students to read critically and speak up for justice. A school librarian, author of 13 books, and SLJ columnist, she is shedding light on voices and stories often left out of traditional history books. Her work has been recognized nationally, including the 2023 Shirlyn Johnson-Granville Award from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc and as a top 10 Finalist for Global Educator of the Year . Follow her @cicelythegreat.

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