National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Mac Barnett to Visit Guthrie Memorial Library...

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September 3, 2025
 
National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Mac Barnett to Visit Guthrie Memorial Library in Hanover on September 23, 2025
 
National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Mac Barnett will visit Guthrie Memorial Library in Hanover, Pennsylvania on September 23, 2025 as part of his nationwide tour engaging readers through his initiative, Behold, The Picture Book! Let’s Celebrate Stories We Can Feel, Hear, and See.
 
During his visit, Barnett will share his passion for picture books and invite children and adults alike to join him in celebrating what’s vibrant, joyful and inspiring about this quintessential – and highly participatory – American art form. Barnett will showcase the deeply impactful ways picture books blend words and illustrations, and even the turning of a page, to create a uniquely powerful reading experience.
 
Barnett will visit Guthrie Memorial Library located at 2 Library Place, Hanover, on Tuesday, September 23 at 6 PM in the library’s Bare Center located on the lower level. The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Registration is only available online and will be available on the York County Libraries website beginning August 31, 2025. Limited parking for the event will be available in the library parking lot with overflow parking available in the Eichelberger Center parking lot. For more information, visit https://events.yorklibraries.org/event/mac-barnett or call the library at 717-632-5183. 
 
“Picture books are a beautiful, sophisticated and vibrant art form, the source of some of the most profound reading experiences in children’s (and adults’) lives,” said Barnett. “What excites me is the living, thinking, feeling kid who exists right now and needs a good story. Magic is what happens at that moment in childhood.”
 
In partnership with the Library of Congress and Every Child a Reader, the National Ambassador is an advocate for reading across the country. Learn more about the National Ambassador and his campaign, Behold! The Picture Book: https://guides.loc.gov/mac-barnett and https://everychildareader.net/ambassador/.

About Mac Barnett
Mac Barnett, a New York Times bestselling author of stories for children, is the ninth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages and sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. Barnett’s books have won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards, three E.B. White Read Aloud Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Germany’s Jugendliteraturpreis, China’s Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award, The Netherlands’ Silver Griffel, and Italy’s Premio Orbil. He is the co-creator, with Jon Klassen, of “Shape Island,” a stop-motion animated series on Apple TV+, based on their best-selling Shapes series of picture books. Barnett lives in Oakland, California.
 
About the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature 
The National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature is an initiative of the Library of Congress, in partnership with Every Child a Reader, with generous support from The Library of Congress James Madison Council. The program was established in 2008 by the Library, the Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader to emphasize the importance of young people’s literature as it relates to lifelong literacy, education and the development and betterment of the lives of young people.
 
About Guthrie Memorial Library
Guthrie Memorial Library has been Hanover, Pennsylvania's public library since 1911. Guthrie strives to be a welcoming environment representing education, recreation, and progress, forming a cultural connection that joins people through text, technology, and meeting spaces. Guthrie Memorial Library is located at 2 Library Place, Hanover, and can be reached at 717-632-5183. For more information, go to https://www.yorklibraries.org/find-a-library/hanover-guthrie/."
 
About the Borough of Hanover
The Borough of Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, was incorporated in 1815. The Borough serves the public through stewardship, government, development and improvements of public assets including water/sewer/stormwater & refuse utilities, parks & recreation facilities, the Hanover Market House, the Guthrie Memorial Library, as well as Code Enforcement, Police & Fire Departments. It is governed by the Borough Council, overseen by the Borough Manager, and staffed by administrative, public service, public works, sewer, water, refuse and engineering professionals. Known as the Snack Food Capital of the World, Hanover is home, not only to numerous food industries, but also to manufacturing, technology, commercial sales, and services. Hanover Borough offices, located at 33 Frederick Street, can be reached at 717-637-3877 or by email at Info@HanoverBoroughPA.gov. More information is available at www.HanoverBoroughPA.gov.
 
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