Discuss 'The Children's Blizzard'

The “No Rules” Book Club sponsored by the Bradford Area Public Library will discuss this year’s One Book Bradford selection, David Laskin’s “The Children’s Blizzard,” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the library. The discussion will be led by Dr. Anita Herbert and is open to the public. Anyone who has read the book is encouraged to attend.

The discussion is one of several programs this year planned by the One Book Bradford Committee related to “The Children’s Blizzard.” The culminating event is a visit by Laskin at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, 2009, at Bromeley Family Theater in Blaisdell Hall at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.

Laskin's visit is part of the Pitt-Bradford Spectrum Series and co-sponsored by the Pitt-Bradford writing program and the Division of Communication and the Arts.

“The Children’s Blizzard” tells the story of a group of pioneers on the Great Plains and a blizzard that has been remembered for generations.

Other events planned at the public library include “Talking Up a Storm” at 7 p.m. Nov. 12, a holiday fair from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Dec. 6 and an original short play presented by Bradford Little Theatre Jan. 24, 2009.

Twenty copies of “The Children’s Blizzard” are available for borrowing from the Bradford Area Public Library. The book is also on sale from local booksellers.

One Book Bradford was started last year by the Friends of the Bradford Area Public Library and the Pitt-Bradford Spectrum Series in conjunction with the Friends of the Hanley Library and members of 11 local book groups, including “No Rules.”