R+W connecting the ANDs Family Book Club

Roots + Wings School of Art + Design is pleased to offer a new book club for the whole family! Each season, we’ll select a series of books dealing with social issues, including books for adults, teens, middle grade students, and picture books and host a series of discussion groups and events for various ages, or follow along on your own and have your own book club discussion around the dinner table.
We don’t claim to be experts in any of these topics, but as one of our connecting the ANDs projects, the goal of this book club is to build community, expand our circle, and create meaningful connections. We want to hold space for these important conversations in and across communities. We’ll also collect and share resources to help support families having conversations around these sometimes difficult subjects. Visit rootsandwingsarts.com for more information and registration. We suggest a donation of $10 per series, 10% of which goes directly to support the Colorful Pages Coalition.

FIRST FALL MEETING: Sunday, Nov. 24th 10:30am-Noon
R+W families, staff & community
(childcare provided by AVL Kids Yoga and Art)

Saturday, Dec. 7th ALL DAY
Cherokee Experience- Field Trip to Cherokee including Museum tour, storytelling & traditional Cherokee dinner

Sunday, Dec. 15th 10:30-11:30am
Community Conversation in conjunction with Asheville Kids Yoga + Art

Book Selections:
For adults: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxane Dunbar-Ortiz

For middle grades and young adults: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States: For Young Readers by Roxane Dunbar-Ortiz with Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza

Picture Books: We are Grateful: Ostaliheliga by Traci Sorell The People Shall Continue (40th Anniversary Edition) by Simon J. Ortiz Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson This Land is My Land by George Littlechild Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard At the Mountain’s Base by Traci Sorell

We recommend finding these titles through our local library system. Firestorm Books & Coffee is offering a 10% reading group discount, Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe is a great local resource to support, and BetterWorldBooks.com is a great source for new and secondhand books.