{"id":18615,"date":"2018-11-08T13:38:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T18:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-75th-anniversary-party-at-the-leonard-library-on-november-24th\/"},"modified":"2018-11-08T13:38:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T18:38:08","slug":"a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-75th-anniversary-party-at-the-leonard-library-on-november-24th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-75th-anniversary-party-at-the-leonard-library-on-november-24th\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | 75th Anniversary Party At The Leonard Library On November 24th!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Join Brooklyn Public Library as we celebrate the 75th Anniversary of A Tree Grows In Brooklyn!<\/p>\n

Special guests Amy Lyons, artist of the HarperCollins 75th Anniversary edition cover, and the family of Betty Smith–along with contemporary authors–help celebrate a book that, according to The New Yorker, “deserves to be thought of as one of the greatest American novels.\u201d<\/p>\n

With live music and refreshments, Brooklyn Public Library’s year-long celebration of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn continues with this tribute at Leonard Library. The book’s heroine, Francie Nolan, enters Leonard Library and discovers “the world was hers for the reading.”<\/p>\n

Click here for more information!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Address\/Date\/Time:<\/strong>
\nLeonard Library
\n81 Devoe St. at Leonard St.
\nBrooklyn, NY 11211
\nWed, Nov 14 2018
\n5:00 pm \u2013 7:30 pm<\/p>\n

Information\/Image via bklynlibrary.org +\u00a0UW-Madison Libraries<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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