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St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Reading Garden Series for Young Audiences, the Novel Neighbor, and the Very Asian Foundation are pleased to present sensationally popular young adult fiction author Soman Chainani for a discussion of “Fall of the School for Good and Evil.” PUBLICATION DATE: 4/28/2023 LEGACY LINK: https://www.slcl.org/content/slcl-and-very-asian-foundation-present-%E2%80%9C-school-good-and-evil%E2%80%9D-author-soman-chainani ARTICLE TYPE: Press Release ELEPHANT

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Westfall Politics & History Series presents acclaimed historian Peter Cozzens for a discussion and signing of “A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South.” PUBLICATION DATE: 4/27/2023 LEGACY LINK: https://www.slcl.org/content/slcl-presents-peter-cozzens-%E2%80%93-award-winning-author-native-american-history ARTICLE TYPE: Press Release ELEPHANT

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Reading Garden Series for Young Audiences and the Novel Neighbor are pleased to present Newbery Medal-winning children’s book author Katherine Applegate, for a discussion and signing of her latest book “The One and Only Ruby,” a sequel to her beloved modern-classic “The One and Only Ivan.” PUBLICATION DATE: 4/27/2023 LEGACY LINK: https://www.slcl.org/content/slcl-and-novel-neighbor-present-beloved-middle-grade-author-katherine-applegate ARTICLE TYPE: Press Release ELEPHANT

In celebration of National Library Outreach Day (formerly National Bookmobile Day), St. Louis County Library Foundation is thrilled to announced that Cardinals Care, the charitable arm of the St. Louis Cardinals, is donating $200,000 to sponsor a new bookmobile in support of the effort to replace the current St. Louis County Library (SLCL) bookmobile fleet. PUBLICATION DATE: 4/26/2023 LEGACY LINK: https://www.slcl.org/content/st-louis-cardinals-sponsor-new-st-louis-county-library-bookmobile ARTICLE TYPE: Press Release ELEPHANT

St. Louis County Library Foundation is pleased to host an event with acclaimed military historian John C. McManus, author of “To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945.” PUBLICATION DATE: 4/25/2023 LEGACY LINK: https://www.slcl.org/content/westfall-politics-history-series-presents-military-historian-john-c-mcmanus ARTICLE TYPE: Press Release ELEPHANT

St. Louis County Library and the JCC of St. Louis are pleased to host an SLCL Authors @ the J event with Jonathan Losos, Washington University Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Director of the Living Earth Collaborative. Dr. Losos will discuss his new book “The Cat’s Meow: How Cats Evolved From the Savanna to Your Sofa.” PUBLICATION DATE: 4/24/2023 LEGACY LINK: https://www.slcl.org/content/slcl-authors-j-presents-evolutionary-biologist-and-cat-lover-jonathan-losos ARTICLE TYPE: Press Release ELEPHANT