Meet and Greet with Kelly Starling Lyons

Meet and greet 2021 Piedmont Laureate Kelly Starling Lyons to celebrate the release of a new book in the Jada Jones series! Kelly will also answer questions about children's books and sign her backlist.

Jada is excited to do a school project about her hero Dr. Mae Jemison, a former NASA astronaut and the first Black woman to travel to outer space. She even gets to pretend to be her for the presentation in front of her teacher, parents, and friends! But when Jada's research reminds her how accomplished her hero truly is, she suddenly feels like she's made a mistake. How can she portray someone who seems to have everything together when she feels like she's falling apart? Ages 6+