• Free

• Any pace of walk, jog, or run—all are welcome!

• Non-competitive

• No registration required

• Participate at your own risk

• Follow all local laws, including parking regulations and leash ordinance

• Library address: 200 Miller St SW

Perfect way to start your Saturday before heading over to the Blacksburg Farmers HOLIDAY Market at 9 am.

The theme for this meetup is your favorite book(s) from childhood:

• What’s your earliest reading memory?

• What book did you read over and over and over again?

• What character(s) made an impression you? Was there one you wanted to be or meet (or not meet!)? A role model, a hero, a friend?

• What do you notice now about the book that you didn’t notice when you were younger? Does reading it now feel different—how or how not?

• Option: Read The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

  • Was it worth the read? Why or why not?

• What “children’s” or “young adult” book will you read next?

“Children’s books say: the world is huge. They say: hope counts for something. They say: bravery will matter, wit will matter, empathy will matter, love will matter. These things may or may not be true. I do not know. I hope they are.”

—Katherine Rundell in Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are so Old and Wise