Interest: Ypsi Family Read
Interest: Ypsi Family Read
2026 Family Read and Spring Challenge Take Flight
Published: February 6, 2026
This year’s Family Read features three books about birds and birding, along with hands-on activities to learn throughout the month of March.
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2025 Family Read and the Spring Challenge
Published: February 19, 2025
We are thrilled to announce The Puppets of Spelhorst as the 2025 Family Read.
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The Puppets of Spelhorst
The Puppets of Spelhorst Family Read 2025 Full List of Family Read Events BINGO CARD A magical and beautifully packaged gift volume designed to be read aloud and shared, The Puppets of Spelhorst is a tale that soothes and strengthens us on our journey, leading us through whatever dark forest we find ourselves in. March is Reading Month and we are excited to announce The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo as this year’s Family Read, to be read and celebrated all month. The Puppets of Spelhorst is a short chapter book with beautiful black and white illustrations. It is the first …
Get ready for the 2024 Family Read
Published: February 23, 2024
We are thrilled to announce Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case as this year’s Family Read.
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2023 Family Read brings virtual visit from national award-winning author
Published: March 6, 2023
Lisa Yee, who has won multiple national awards for her writing, will pay a virtual visit in April to Ypsilanti as part of the 2023 Ypsilanti District Library Family Read activities.
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Maizy Chen’s Last Chance
Join us for a chapter by chapter read aloud of Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds.
2022 Family Read Kicks Off
Published: March 7, 2022
This year’s Family Read is American as Paneer Pie. Read, come to programs, meet the author!
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Little Monarchs
Little Monarchs Family Read 2024 Author Webpage Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case is an outdoor adventure graphic novel that introduces readers to nature, nature journaling and drawing, navigation, and survival skills. Scroll down to find fun activities, links, and writing prompts to help you think, talk, and learn about the book at home or at school. Little Monarchs is set in the future. It’s been 50 years since humans have had to live underground during the day to avoid the sun and nature is taking over again. Only 10-year-old Elvie and Flora, a biologist, can tolerate the sunlight, thanks to …
Chapter 2: The Low Cuts Strike Again
Published: October 30, 2020
Hear Chapter 2 of Look Both Ways!
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Look Both Ways
Published: September 5, 2020
The Ypsi Family Read brings our entire community together around one book. This season’s pick is Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds.
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The First Rule of Punk: Be Yourself!
Published: January 20, 2020
We had lots of library activities planned to hep bring the book alive. But in our effort to help stop the spread of Covid-19, the library had to close. Instead, log into the Spring Challenge to earn two special badges. To earn the Family Read badge, visit the author’s website and explore some of her suggested activities on page 6 of this resource guide. She has a playlist where you can listen to songs from the book. And you can make your own zines using Linette Lao’s YpsiWrites Zine Making Guide. Upload a photo of it in the YpsiWrites Spring …
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Chapter 6: Five Things Easier to do than Simeon’s and Kenzi’s Secret Handshake
Published: December 28, 2019
Hear Chapter 6 of Look Both Ways!
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Chapter 4: How to Look (Both) Both Ways
Published: December 25, 2019
Hear Chapter 4 of Look Both Ways!
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Chapter 9: How a Boy Can Become a Grease Fire
Published: October 17, 2019
Hear Chapter 9 of Look Both Ways!
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Family Read Ypsi History Geocache Scavenger Hunt
Published: October 8, 2019
Ready to go on an adventure? Get a chance to explore historical Ypsilanti on the Family Read scavenger hunt! Collect all 6 tokens to win a special prize.
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See pictures from the Ypsi Family Read Cuban Arts Celebration!
Published: March 20, 2019
This season we read Lucky Broken Girl, the 2018 Pura Belpré award winner by local author Ruth Behar. In the book, Ruthie Mizrahi and her family have recently emigrated from Castro’s Cuba to New York City. Just when she’s finally beginning to gain confidence in her mastery of English – and enjoying her reign as her neighborhood’s hopscotch queen – a horrific car accident leaves her in a body cast and confined to her bed for a long recovery. As Ruthie’s world shrinks because of her inability to move, her powers of observation and her heart grow larger and she …
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See pictures from the Ypsi Family Read Track Meet!
Published: October 23, 2018
This season we Kicked off our very first Ypsi Family Read with Jason Reynolds’, Ghost, a National Book Award finalist. It’s the first in a short series about runners on a middle school track team coached by a former Olympian medalist. Castle “Ghost” Crenshaw is an 11-year old with incredible natural talent, but will he choose to run from his past or toward his dreams? On October 12th, 2018 we hosted the Family Read Track and Field Day at Frog Island Park with the help of Ypsilanti Running Company, Black Men Read, Will Langford, and the City of Ypsilanti. It was …
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