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SUMMARY:Storytime
DESCRIPTION:Join for Storytime! New Dominion’s weekly Storytime\, held at 11 AM on Saturdays\, features both recent storybooks and the classics kids know and love. Rain or shine. All ages welcome. Bring a friend! \n\n\n\nRunning late? No problem—they’ll be reading from a variety of books during each Storytime hour. \n Happy Learning! Explore helpful resources in our blogs for Cville families—like how to identify your child’s learning style\, ways parents can support homework success\, local school news\, and practical tips for helping your preschooler dress themselves. Be sure to sign up for our free CharlottesvilleFamily e-Mag so you’ll receive weekly or monthly (you choose!) family news and events right in your inbox. Plus\, meet the amazing local businesses and partners who help families thrive in our community.
URL:https://charlottesvillefamily.com/event/storytime-2/2026-10-10/
LOCATION:New Dominion Bookshop\, 404 East Main St\, Charlottesville\, Virginia\, 22902\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Ages,Learning Fun,Preschoolers
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SUMMARY:Author Event: Dress Your Baby in Sage and Taupe
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an afternoon with Hayley DeRoche\, who will share her new book\, Dress Your Baby in Sage and Taupe: A Handbook for the Sad Beige Parent. An audience Q&A will follow. This in-person event will be free and open to the public. We recommend arriving early for the best seating. \nAbout the Book: From Hayley DeRoche\, the humorist who first coined the term “Sad Beige Mom\,” comes a tongue-in-cheek illustrated guide to the neutral aesthetic sweeping nurseries everywhere. \nWelcome to the wonderful world of beige parenting\, where newborns are swaddled in soothingly sophisticated taupe muslin blankies and toddlers play only with wooden toys in shades ranging from oatmeal to sand. In Dress Your Baby in Sage and Taupe\, Hayley DeRoche\, the creator known online as @sadbeige\, delivers a witty\, illustrated satire of the perfectly monochromatic curated lifestyle embraced by modern parents. In a collection ranging from essays and quizzes to advice columns and poems\, she takes aim at buzzy parenting trends such as feeding children artisanal baby superfoods or choosing obscure names for their kids like Tawny and Sorrel. This guide walks new parents through every step of the sad beige parenting journey\, from decorating the nursery (take care to choose a suitably existential theme such as the Vastness of the Universe)\, all the way to the milestone that is the first birthday party (be sure to eschew plastic party favors in favor of hand-whittled wooden toys.) Along the way\, she gently encourages new parents to realize that they are already the ideal caregiver for their unique little person\, with or without the latest limited edition baby carrier or must-have sleep course. With custom illustrations by Julia Emiliani\, this heartfelt blend of humor and social commentary is a breath of fresh air for both overwhelmed parents and those striving for Instagram perfection. \nAbout the Author: Hayley DeRoche is a humorist and poet\, and the creator of the viral “Sad Biege” TikTok series. Her work has been covered by the BBC\, The Washington Post\, The New York Times\, and more. She lives with her family near Richmond\, Virginia\, where she is also a public librarian. \nDress Your Baby In Sage and Taupe will be released on April 21. To order the book\, please see below for the New Dominion Bookshop book order form or call the shop at 434-295-2552.
URL:https://charlottesvillefamily.com/event/author-event-dress-your-baby-in-sage-and-taupe/
LOCATION:New Dominion Bookshop\, 404 East Main St\, Charlottesville\, Virginia\, 22902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Especially for Parents,Pregnancy/Baby
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SUMMARY:StoryFest - Middle Grades That Matter
DESCRIPTION:Three authors discuss their middle-grade stories\, each written with honesty and meaning in true-to-life fiction. \nIn Dionna L. Mann’s Mama’s Chicken and Dumplings\, a ten-year-old girl living in segregated\, 1930s Charlottesville is determined to find a man for her mother—but Mama’s own mind keeps getting in the way. \nThe Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story\, winner of the 2025 National Book Award\, follows a brother\, Babak\, and his little sister\, orphaned in 1940s Iran\, a neutral country full of British soldiers and Nazi spies. Babak’s plan to become a teacher is thrown into jeopardy when the siblings meet a Jewish boy in hiding — and so too is the trio’s very survival. \nAllan Wolf’s The Vanishing of Lake Peigneur: A Graphic Novel Based on a True Story is about a Louisiana lake that\, well\, vanished — flushing fish\, boats\, barges\, and even an oil rig down a whirlpool. The lake itself knows the story of the oil industry that caused this catastrophe. \nCharlottesvilleFamily is proud to sponsor this event! Search for other StoryFest events in the schedule.
URL:https://charlottesvillefamily.com/event/storyfest-middle-grades-that-matter/
LOCATION:New Dominion Bookshop\, 404 East Main St\, Charlottesville\, Virginia\, 22902\, United States
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