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Free Virtual Storytime to Feature Dance Theme  
 
Children’s book author and modern dancer Jocelyn E. Cox will read her book, Jocelyn Learns to Dance, in a special storytime event with the Noyes Children’s Library Foundation on March 6, 2021, and March 7, 2021.

The virtual event will also include an interview of Jocelyn by Karen Vincent, a D.C. stage actor and Kensington mom. The special event is one of the many ways the Foundation is providing literacy outreach while the historic Noyes Library for Young Children in Kensington, Maryland, remains closed due to the pandemic.   

The storytime and interview will be available on the Noyes Foundation’s Facebook page (facebook.com/MakeMoreNoyes) on Saturday, March 6, and Sunday, March 7, at 3 p.m.    
The virtual event, recommended for ages 10 and younger, will combine literacy and the arts for an engaging experience. Jocelyn Learns to Dance focuses on a young girl as she becomes excited about dance. The book introduces five dance styles through descriptive words and pictures.  
 
Cox is a lecturer at Howard University and holds an MFA in dance from SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Dance. She has performed in many shows in the D.C. area and beyond, and has also choreographed several shows. Cox is a recipient of the Prince George’s Arts and Humanities Council 2020 Artist Fellowship Grant for Literary Arts/Dance. Her full bio is at JocelynECox.com.  
 
Families can also tune into free weekly storytimes with Karen Vincent on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. presented by the Foundation on Facebook (facebook.com/MakeMoreNoyes).  Vincent's full bio can be found HERE.
 
The Noyes Children’s Library Foundation works to raise funds, enhance early literacy programs, and inspire community engagement so that all children can discover the wonder of books through Noyes Children’s Library. The Foundation is a grassroots nonprofit founded in 1991 to raise funds for the historic Noyes Children’s Library, a specialized branch of Montgomery County Public Libraries in Kensington, Maryland. The all-volunteer Foundation has grown to support the library’s mission in many ways, and now, in cooperation with Montgomery County, the Foundation is leading the Make MORE Noyes Renovation Campaign to make Noyes universally accessible, while expanding its space and early literacy mission. For more information, go to noyeslibraryfoundation.org.

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