Project Literacy 2025
Visit the Midland County Public Libraries to meet the featured authors for the 15th Annual Project Literacy, a collaborative initiative that promotes literacy and a lifelong love of reading. Don't miss these free, public events to meet this year's featured authors!
Books by all of our Project Literacy authors are available for purchase at The Plot Twist, located at 4400 N Big Sprint St STE C-28 leading up to Project Literacy week, October 6-9. Staff from The Plot Twist will be at Centennial Library during the book signing event with featured author, Dan Santat, on Monday, October 6, 4:30-6:00 pm.
Project Literacy is a collaborative initiative that promotes literacy and a lifelong love of reading. Every year, each first grade student receives a book to keep, and each campus library receives copies of the selected books to circulate among their students. This project would not be possible without the dedicated support from Wells Fargo, the Fasken Foundation, the Midland Reporter Telegram, the Midland Public Library Foundation, Basin PBS, and the Midland County Public Libraries.
After the Fall
Dan Santat – Featured Author, After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)
Book Signing | Monday, October 6th I 4:30-6:00pm | Centennial Library
Stop by the library to meet the author and get your own copy of After the Fall signed!
Themed Craft | Monday, October 6th I 4:00-6:00pm | Centennial Library
"DIY: An Imaginary Friend."
Live Performance | Monday, October 6th I 5:30-6:00pm | Centennial Library
Live performance of After the Fall by MCT Thinking Cap Players.
About Dan Santat
Dan Santat is a #1 New York Times Best Selling Author author/illustrator of over one hundred titles which include “The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend” which won the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal in 2015. Other titles include, Are We There Yet? and After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) He is also the creator of the Disney animated hit, The Replacements. Dan lives in Southern California with his wife, two kids, and various pets.
Goodnight, West Texas
Callie Fuqua - Local Author, Goodnight, West Texas.
Richard Cowdry - Illustrator, Goodnight, West Texas.
Book Signing | Tuesday, October 7 I 4:30-5:30pm | Centennial Library
Stop by the library to meet the author and get your own copies of Callie and Richard's book signed!
Pajama Party | Tuesday, October 7 I 4:00-6:00pm | Centennial Library
Pajama Party at the Library!
Themed Craft | Tuesday, October 7 I 4:00-5:30pm | Centennial Library
Themed craft activity: "Make Your Own Bedtime Chart."
Author Reading | Tuesday, October 7 I 5:30pm | Centennial Library
Author Reading of Goodnight West Texas.
About Callie Fuqua
Callie Fuqua is a native West Texan and first-time author. Being a fourth-and sixth-generation Midlander on either side of her family and having grown up on family ranches in both Fort Davis and Snyder, she has a meaningful connection to the area and understands its rich culture. There is lots of fun to be had and many places to see way, way out west. Callie wrote this book hoping to inspire in others the same love for West Texas that she has.
About Richard Cowdry
Richard Cowdrey is an illustrator from Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1978, Richard left Cincinnati for Columbus College of Art & Design, graduating in 1981. After a short stint at Hallmark Greeting Cards in Kansas City, Missouri, he went out on his own beginning a nearly 40-year career as a freelance illustrator. In his professional career, Richard has worked with many bestselling publishers, including Harper Collins, Scholastic Inc., Simon & Schuster, Random House, Harcourt, MacMillan McGraw Hill, Bantam Books, Grosset & Dunlap, Penguin Publishing, Workman Publishing and Harvest House.
Linus the Troll & the Isle of Huggles
Rosie Talley – Local Author, Linus the Troll and the Isle of Huggles
Book Signing | Wednesday, October 8 I 4:30-5:30pm | Centennial Library
Stop by the library to meet the author and get your own copies of Linus the Troll & the Isle of Huggles signed!
Themed Craft | Wednesday, October 8 I 4:00-5:30pm | Centennial Library
Themed craft activity: "Build a Puggle Pal."
Author Reading | Wednesday, October 8 I 5:30pm | Centennial Library
Author Reading of Linus the Troll and the Isle of Huggles
About Rosie Talley
Rosie Talley is an award-winning author living in the wilds of West Texas, where tumbleweeds roll, and the coffee never runs dry. When she’s not wrangling her preschooler, dodging laundry piles like a caffeinated acrobat, or teaming up with her husband to manage the delightful chaos, she’s busy crafting stories and sharing the wonders of history through her podcast, Past and Pen.
A self-proclaimed cheese enthusiast, Rosie believes creativity is best fueled by gouda.
Rosie is the author of the Linus the Troll series, a collection of picture books that reimagine the classic troll tale. Linus, a knobby-kneed, yellow-eyed troll with a heart of gold, teaches young readers that true beauty comes from kindness and what’s inside, showing that appearances don’t define us.