Story Hour with Author of Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge
Tuesday, June 21, 10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Children's Activity Room, Main Library
In honor of Juneteenth Day, come meet acclaimed children's author and historian, Ray Anthony Shepard. Mr. Shepard will read from his newest book, Runaway - The Daring Escape of Ona Judge, a picture book biography of Ona Judge, a young enslaved woman who escaped the family of George Washington. Ray Anthony Shepard is a grandson of a slave, a former history teacher, and retired editor- in-chief of a major education publishing company. In addition to Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge, he is also the author of Now or Never!: Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry's War to End Slavery. This event is generously sponsored by the Friends of the Concord Free Public Library.
