{"id":73574,"date":"2024-11-01T20:57:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T00:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=73574"},"modified":"2024-11-19T16:42:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T21:42:02","slug":"73574","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2024\/11\/01\/73574\/","title":{"rendered":"December 1: Gesu School Library Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Gesu-2024-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Gesu-2024-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\"><\/a><br \/>\nSunday, December 1st, from 12-5 p.m. will be our <strong>Tenth Annual Bookraiser for the Library of <a href=\"http:\/\/gesuschool.udmercy.edu\/\">Gesu School<\/a><\/strong> at <strong>Book Beat<\/strong> (26010 Greenfield Dr., Oak Park, MI 48237). <strong>20%<\/strong> <strong>of purchases<\/strong> can be donated to the library, along with any books purchased directly for the school library.<\/p>\n<p>Anita Sevier, Community Outreach Coordinator for the school, says: &#8220;Gesu students are like all children who want to read the newest, trendy books. We try to purchase books that are currently popular\u2014those that the students are excited to read.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Also meet with local authors. Details are pending, see below for the schedule of appearances:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1-3 p.m.<\/strong> Jon Milan and Gail Offen, co-authors of <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/1028\/9781467153058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Classic Michigan Food and Drinks: The Stories Behind the Brands<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/1028\/9781467104241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Michigan Haunts: Public Places, Eerie Spaces<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/1028\/9781540200303\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Iconic Restaurants of Ann Arbor.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1-2 p.m. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deelasheeartistry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeAnn Wiley<\/a>, author of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/1028\/9781250876379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homegrown<\/a><\/em> and illustrator of many children&#8217;s books, including the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/1028\/9780762485659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>My Afro Is a Rising Sun<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please call Book Beat at <strong>(248) 968-1190<\/strong> with any questions.<\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, December 1st, from 12-5 p.m. will be our Tenth Annual Bookraiser for the Library of Gesu School at Book Beat (26010 Greenfield Dr., Oak Park, MI 48237). 20% of purchases can be donated to the library, along with any books purchased directly for the school library. Anita Sevier, Community Outreach Coordinator for the school, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}