Meet bestselling author and illustrator Jarrett Lerner

Lerner

Meet bestselling author Jarrett Lerner on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Atrium at the Bowling Green District Public Library.

Lerner will discuss his children’s books, including bestselling Geeger the Robot series, and hold a Q&A and book signing.

Lerner is the award-winning creator of the EngiNerds series of Middle Grade novels, the Geeger the Robot series of early chapter books, the activity books Give This Book a Title and Give This Book a Cover, The Hunger Heroes series of graphic novel chapter books, and the Nat the Cat series of early readers, the first of which was named an ALSC/ALA 2024 Notable Book.

Lerner is also the creator of the illustrated novel in verse A Work in Progress, which received multiple starred reviews, was a Kids’ Indie Next List pick, and was selected for the 2023 Global Read Aloud. The book also appeared on the New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2023 list, the Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best 2023 list, and was named an Audible Best Book of 2023. The book has also, more recently, been nominated for several 2024 state awards.

In addition to writing, drawing, and visiting schools and libraries across the country, Lerner co-founded and co-organizes the KidsNeedBooks and KidsNeedMentors projects, and regularly spearheads fundraisers for various reading- and book -related causes. He is also the founder and operator of Jarrett Lerner’s Creator Club.

No registration is required.

This program is presented in partnership with 1BookBG.

For more information, call 419-352-8253 or email [email protected].