Author Dan Brown joins Children’s Literacy Foundation’s grown-up book club Feb. 12

January 6, 2021  |  By Waterbury Roundabout 

Dan Brown’s 2020 children’s picture book “Wild Symphony” supports children’s music education. Courtesy image.

The Children’s Literacy Foundation has replaced its in-person programming with virtual events including storytelling, workshops and author visits for kids and adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Author Dan Brown joins the Children's Literacy Foundation's Book Club for Grown-Ups Feb. 12. Courtesy photo.

On Feb. 12, the Waterbury Center-based nonprofit will host best-selling author Dan Brown at 7 p.m. via Zoom video conference in its Book Club for Grown-ups series. The series features  Vermont and New Hampshire authors who write for both kids and adults. Other guests have been Vermont author Sarah Stewart Taylor and poet Rajnii Eddins.

Know for his best-selling novel “The Da Vinci Code” and its sequels, Brown’s latest work of fiction for adults in the Robert Langdon series is “Origin.” He also has penned a children’s picture book titled “Wild Symphony” with the U.S. royalties from it supporting music education for children through the new Hampshire Foundation. The book includes an interactive feature that allows readers to listen to musical selections on each page using a free smartphone  internet application. 

The February online event will focus on Brown’s latest works and feature a question-and-answer session with attendees connecting from home. The event is free although donations to the Children’s Literacy Foundation are appreciated. 

The foundation seeks to nurture reading and writing among low­-income, at­-risk, and rural children up to age 12 in Vermont and New Hampshire. It provides grants, conducts literacy programs and distributes books for free to children in Vermont and New Hampshire.

Learn more and sign up for the book club event at clifonline.org.