Join writer Bruce Handy (author of numerous picture books as well as Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children’s Literature as an Adult) for an event focused on the pleasure of reading and listening to children’s books as a parent and as a child. Bruce Handy will read two of his picture books and speak on how a picture book can intellectually stimulate audiences of all ages, what adult readers can get out of (re)reading kids’ books, and lead a discussion of how illustrations invite the consideration of different perspectives.

About Bruce Handy: Bruce Handy is an author, journalist, essayist, critic, humorist, and editor. He has written the picture books Happiness of a Dog With a Ball in Its Mouth, There Was a Shadow, and What If One Day…. He is also the author of Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children’s Literature as an Adult. Handy has also worked as a writer-editor at Vanity Fair, Time, Esquire, and Spy and has contributed to The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, The New York Times, and The Atlantic, among other publications, and also spent a season (1992–1993) writing for Saturday Night Live.

This event is part of Ways of Seeing, a special series exploring the connections between storytelling, creativity, and the visual world. Join the conversation and attend events featuring cultural luminaries. Learn more →