The grown-ups had their turn. On Tuesday, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, whose son, Teddy, is 5, introduced the preschool version of “One Book, One Denver.”
The book, Vera B. Williams’ charming “A Chair for My Mother,” is the tale of a cash-strapped small family’s effort to save enough money for a comfortable chair. It’s a timely book that emphasizes financial goals, and figuring out how to save for those goals, even when resources are scarce.
Hickenlooper chose the Mile High Montessori Early Learning Center at Lowry, a program that illustrates the importance and benefits of reading to preschool-aged children, to announce the program. Three weeks of related public events are designed to draw in families who don’t habitually read to their youngest members.
Those events include a series of public readings by Williams. On Feb. 12, she will be at Borders Books at Stapleton at 11 a.m., then at Simon Says Read at 3 p.m., and at the Tattered Cover’s Colfax Avenue store at 5 p.m. On Feb. 13, she will be at the Cultural Legacy Booksellers at 10 a.m., and at the Children’s Museum of Denver from noon to 4 p.m.
The Kaplan Early Learning Co. has donated 5,000 copies of “A Chair for My Mother” to the Denver Preschool Program, which will distribute the books to families and preschools.
Claire Martin: 303-954-1477 or cmartin@denverpost.com
