Laws Celebrates National Book Day
LAWS CELEBRATES NATIONAL BOOK DAY
Laws is honoring National Book Day Saturday, November 18th with several special opportunities worth a visit. Bring your lunch, your family, your leashed fur baby and join us on this special day to appreciate books: books for pleasure, books for gifts, or books for education. Besides all these reasons to celebrate books, they give us opportunities for spending quality time with the quality people in our lives, whether through a book club, or a child’s bedtime story.
Americans love books! We have National Book Day (November), National Literacy Month (September) National Reading Month (March), and National Library Month (April). When the town of Laws was a thriving railroad hub, long before audio books or digital books, its children learned to read from McGuffey Readers, we still have a few. How surprised and delighted those children would be to see the cornucopia of delightful children’s books on today’s library shelves and bookstores. Inyo and Mono Counties are fortunate to still have that increasingly rare thing: Independent Book Stores.
This Saturday at Laws, author and artist Christine Eyer will be on hand to sell and autograph her brand-new publication: “ABCs for LOGOPHILES AND PHILOTHERIANS”. Each page is wondrously illustrated with Chris’ original watercolors depicting creatures from aardwolf to zokor. You will find Christine in the gift shop/reception center. We are also offering docent talks in the Station Agent’s House at 11:00 a.m. and the Bottle House at 12:30 p.m. to enhance visitor experience of these two recently renovated Museum buildings. At 11:30, the 1910 Northern Inyo Schoolhouse will host Children’s Story Hour, suitable for children ages 4-8, especially those who love train. Come celebrate with us!
Laws Railroad Museum and Historical Site is open 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Admission is a $10.00 donation per adult. Come on out and enjoy a relaxing day.
