This is a book discussion for kids and we will have a special guest via Zoom, the creator of the graphic novel, The Inscrutable Doctor Baer and the Case of the Two-Faced Statue Doctor, Jerzy Drozd !

Date: Tues. October 29th, 4:30-5:30pm

Location: 2nd floor, Board Room

Who can sign up? Kids in Grades 4-6.  The first 12 kids to sign up AND pickup their book will get a copy to keep.***

Due to high demand for this title, we ask that you pickup your book within 5 days of receiving an email that the books are in and being held at the 2nd Floor Kids Desk.

How does sign up work:

Once you’ve been emailed the books are in:  pick up your copy of the book from the 2nd Floor Kid’s Desk: Mon.-Thurs. 10-8:30 PM, Fri. & Sat. 10-5 PM.

Read the book and show up to the in person discussion and you get to keep the book!

To be fair, if you don’t show up, you have to return the book.

What is this book about?

The Inscrutable Dr. Baer, at your service!

While he’s much too busy to embark on any adventures himself, Dr. Baer is here to help with yours. Are you burdened with an unwanted magical object? Gorgon’s head? Monkey’s paw? Flaming sword?! Sell it to Dr. Baer; he’ll tame its spirit, carefully catalog its origin, and keep it safe and orderly within the walls of the spookiest house you’re ever likely to find.

But when novice explorers Taft the Tortoise and Pickles the Pig accidentally enable the theft of Baer’s most powerful artifact by the nefarious sorcerer Gallus Lugubrious, the good doctor is forced out of his house to reclaim it. The only problem is, for everything he knows about magic, he knows nothing about adventuring, and he’ll have to figure this one out as he goes, far from the comforting safety of home.

In over his head, along with his equally inexperienced new allies, Dr. Baer sets out on a dangerous quest through a world of monsters and magic to set things right . . . and to find his next chapter.

BIO

Jerzy Drozd is a cartoonist and teaching artist. He wrote and illustrated Science Comics: Rockets with his wife, Anne Drozd, and he is one of the artists of The Warren Commission Report graphic novel adaptation. Jerzy leads cartooning workshops for children and teens in libraries and schools, as well as for teachers who want to bring comics to the classroom. He’s also a member of the Ohio Arts Council’s Teaching Artist roster and hosts multiple podcasts about comics and how to make them, such as How to Be a Teaching Artist and Lean into Art. Jerzy has drawn special projects for Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Marvel Comics, VIZ Media, and many others.