Literacy KC is thrilled to announce our upcoming event, Let’s Read: A Celebration of Family Literacy featuring Taye Diggs, actor & author, and Shane W. Evans, KC based illustrator!
Taye Diggs is an actor whose awards include an NAACP Image Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. His performance credits include motion pictures (How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Chicago), stage (Rent, Wicked), and television (The Good Wife, Private Practice).
Shane W. Evans is the illustrator of numerous award-winning books for children, including Underground, winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; We March, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012, and Osceola, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.
Together, Diggs and Evans wrote and illustrated three books: I Love You More Than..., Chocolate Me!, and Mixed Me!
Guests will enjoy a panel discussion with Taye and Shane on the importance of family literacy and representation in children’s literature. Sponsorship opportunities include a meet and greet and VIP reception with Taye and Shane. This is a can’t miss event!
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Questions? Contact John Teasdale at jteasdale@literacykc.org or 816-333-9332.
