AUTHOR JAMES PATTERSON AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY
The best-selling author will be speaking to 300 Baltimore City Public School students at the library and donating 25,000 copies of his book, Public School Superhero

BALTIMORE – Best-selling author James Patterson will be at the Central Library to speak and meet with 300 Baltimore City Public School fifth and sixth graders.
James Patterson at the Pratt

Wednesday, September 16, 10:30am

Central Library Main Hall

400 Cathedral Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Patterson is also donating 25,000 copies of his book, Public School Superhero, to every third to seventh grade Baltimore City Public School student.

“It is very heartening to have a very successful author like James Patterson visit and give back to communities like Baltimore,” said Carla D. Hayden, Pratt Library’s Chief Executive Officer. “He is a literary super hero to students and to his millions of fans.”

“We are so pleased to host this wonderful celebration of reading and James Patterson’s gift to Baltimore City Public school students,” said Deborah Taylor, Pratt Library’s School and Student Services Coordinator. “It just highlights the many ways the Pratt and the schools work together.”

James Patterson has written 150 books and has sold more than 300 million copies. He has donated a box of books to every school in the Palm Beach County, New York City, Savannah, and Los Angeles Unified School Districts— that is more than 400 schools! Patterson has also donated more than 200,000 books to soldiers at home and overseas. With over $1 million in scholarship money in 2013 alone, the James Patterson Teacher Education Scholarships support up-and-coming teachers who will help give kids the necessary foundation for lifelong reading enjoyment.

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