Visiting Author - Carla Ketner - Ted Kooser: More Than A Local Wonder
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Saturday, Dec 2, 2023 2pm - 3pm
Location
Francie & Finch Bookshop
130 S. 13th St.
Category
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Local author Carla Ketner will be visiting Francie & Finch Bookshop on Saturday, December 2nd at 2:00! She has just published, through the University of Nebraska Press, a children's book about the life of local poet Ted Kooser!
About the Book:
Long before Ted Kooser won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, served as the U.S. Poet Laureate, and wrote award-winning books for children, he was an unathletic child growing up in Iowa, yearning to fit in. Young Teddy found solace in stories, and one specific book, Robert McCloskey’s Lentil, inspired him to become a writer. As a child and later, while working in the insurance industry, Ted honed his craft and unique style as he wrote about the people and places of the rural Midwest. Ted Kooser: More Than a Local Wonder celebrates the power of stories and of finding oneself through words.
About the Author:
Carla Ketner is the owner and manager of Chapters Books & Gifts in Seward, Nebraska. She is a former elementary school teacher and instructor of college-level children’s literature courses. Ted Kooser: More Than a Local Wonder is her first picture book. When not reading, writing, or connecting readers with books, she is likely to be walking her grand-dog, looking up the names of local wildflowers, baking anything that lists chocolate as an ingredient, or traveling with friends and family. She and her husband have two grown sons.
