Children’s Book Event with Author Lee Wind
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When: Sunday July 27
Location: The Playhouse at the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde Park NY
Recommended ages: Children 4 – 8 years old
Registration is required due to limited space, no walk-ins.
Join us for a special family-friendly event celebrating the inspiring legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt through the new children’s book Like That Eleanor – The Amazing Power of Being an Ally by Lee Wind and illustrated by Kelly Mangan. This beautifully illustrated story introduces young readers to the power of allyship and how just one voice—like Eleanor’s—can help create a more fair and compassionate world.
Program includes:
- A book reading and Q&A with author Lee Wind
- A kid-friendly tour of Eleanor Roosevelt’s beloved Val-Kill cottage
- Hands-on craft activities inspired by Eleanor’s life and values
- Earn your allyship badge!
- A special appearance by Anna Eleanor Fierst, Eleanor Roosevelt’s great-granddaughter, who will join the author for a family Q&A
Each child registered will receive a copy of the book Like That Eleanor to take home and enjoy!
Come explore, learn, and be inspired by one of history’s most extraordinary women in the place she called home.
Registration is required due to limited space, walk-ins will not be accepted.
About the Book
What can you do when you see unfair things happening to other people? Eleanor’s not sure, but she wants to make things more fair, like her namesake Eleanor Roosevelt. Robin’s excluded from a boys-only soccer game. Bryce is left out of a girls-only conversation. And nonbinary Star can’t even use the same bathrooms as everyone else. Eleanor collects friends but doesn’t know how to help. But when their teacher leaves Star out of a classroom game, Eleanor stands up for her friend by sitting down in just the right spot… And that changes everything. Like THAT Eleanor. From award-winning author Lee Wind, whose social justice-inspired picture book Red and Green and Blue and White (illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky) was called “beautiful” by The New York Times, in a review that praised it as, “a message the world can use, throughout the year.”
Watch the trailer above!
Excerpts from the book:
About the Author and Speakers
LEE WIND
Lee Wind is an award-winning writer of children’s lit writing books that would’ve changed his life as a young, Gay, Jewish kid, with other titles including Love of the Half-Eaten Peach and Red and Green and Blue and White. He also writes a popular blog called “I’m Here. I’m Queer. What the Hell Do I Read?” where he inspires others with words his younger self only ever dreamed of saying. Lee currently lives in Los Angeles with his husband of over 25 years, where he also raised a daughter. You can visit Lee online at leewind.org
ANNA ELEANOR FIERST
Anna Eleanor Fierst is a great-granddaughter of Eleanor Roosevelt and the daughter of Mrs. Roosevelt’s oldest grandchild, Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves. Anna has a professional background in publication editing and marketing and managed the communications department at the Woman’s National Democratic Club before becoming its president in 2013. Upon retiring from that official role, and just before the pandemic, she joined the Board of the Eleanor Roosevelt Center (ERVK) to promote the values of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Her main goal now is to modernize one of ERVK’s “legacy” programs and build programming support for this and a bold new endeavor, the annual Bravery in Literature Award. A native of New York State and Washington DC, Anna currently serves as the Vice Chair of the National Women’s Foundation, an organization that promotes women’s history, youth voting and civic engagement. She and her husband raised two children in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Thank you to Lawrence and family for providing free copies of Like That Eleanor for every child to take home.
Book Event Registration
Location
The Playhouse at the
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
106 Valkill Park Rd, Hyde Park, NY 12538
Location
The Playhouse at the
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
106 Valkill Park Rd, Hyde Park, NY 12538