February 2023
- Colleen Green
- Feb 1, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 3, 2023
Events of the Month
Event 1
Author & Guest Speaker
John Kropf
He will talk about his experience writing and publishing the book Color Capital of the World: Growing Up with the Legacy of a Crayon Company.
Saturday, February 25th, 2023
10:30 am-noon
Dayton Library
215 East 3rd Street
Dayton, OH 45402
Room Number: Go to the “ask me” front desk on the first floor of the library and ask for the room number of the Wright Writers of Dayton meeting.
Event 2
Book Signing & Author Event
Author John Kropf will be signing his book Color Capital of the World: Growing Up with the Legacy of a Crayola Company.
Saturday, February 25th, 2023
8:37 pm
Barnes & Noble
The Shoppes of Beavercreek
2720 Towne Drive # 200
Beavercreek, OH 45431
Book of the Month
This is the story of the crayon. Following the Civil War, three entrepreneurial families took their innovative ideas for school chalk from the kitchen stove and transformed them into the American Crayon Company. Color Capital of the World tells this story through the eyes of one of the founding family’s descendants, tracing the cycle of build, boom, and bust. Readers will come away feeling a greater appreciation of the human story behind the crayon and the Ohio town that produced more crayons and paints than anywhere in the world.
Description above from Barnes & Noble website.
Link to buy book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/color-capital-of-the-world
Word of the Month
Rubric
Rubric is a somewhat formal word that is most often used to mean “an established rule, tradition, or custom” or “something under which a thing is classed.” In the latter use it is a synonym of category.
Wright Writers of Dayton
If you are a serious writer, we invite you to meet the Wright Writers of Dayton. Our group may be able to help you become a better writer!
Thanks for reading and see you next month!
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