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Christy Mihaly

Christy Mihaly's recent picture books include FREE FOR YOU AND ME, which introduces readers to our First Amendment through poems and stories, and HEY, HEY, HAY! (a Bank Street Best Book of the Year), about making hay.

Food for Thought
What we eat affects not only our bodies, but the whole world. "Diet for a Changing Climate: Food for Thought" explores how, by changing our diets, we can help our Earth. What's on the menu? How about a tasty weed, invasive species, or a well-prepared insect?

Christy Mihaly

30 Minute Program

Hey, hey, HAY!
For kids who are fascinated by tractors, for future farmers, and for city kids who don't know where hay comes from -- this is for you! We'll start with a rollicking interactive read-aloud of "Hey, Hey, Hay! (A Tale of Bales and the Machines That Make Them") with time to talk about how we make hay.

Christy Mihaly

30 Minute Program

The First Amendment: What Does It Mean?
Kids of all ages tell one another "I can say that -- it's a free country!" But what makes a country free? How does freedom of speech really work? Join me (a former lawyer) for a kid-friendly discussion of the First Amendment, using my book, "Free for You and Me: What Our First Amendment Means."

Christy Mihaly

30 Minute Program

Writing Poems
Are you curious about poems or do you know nothing about them? Whether you're intimidated or intrigued, I invite you to learn about some of the fun forms of poetry and try your hand at creating poems. It's easier than you think!

Christy Mihaly

30 Minute Program

Christy Mihaly's recent picture books include Free for You and Me, which introduces readers to our First Amendment through poems and stories, and Hey, Hey, Hay! (a Bank Street Best Book of the Year), about making hay. She co-authored Diet for a Changing Climate (2018) about how our diet affects the earth. She also writes poems, many of which have been published in magazines and anthologies. A former lawyer, Christy has written 20+ nonfiction titles. She lives in Vermont, where she enjoys walking her dog in the woods and playing cello (though not simultaneously).

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Hey, Hey, Hay!

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Free for You and Me

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Diet for a Changing Climate: Food for Thought

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