Join us for  From Roots to Readers: Creating Children's Stories from Family History on Saturday, October 25th from 10 to 11:30 am in the Workshop Gallery at Ball & Socket Arts learn how to turn your family's history into a children's book!

Turn your family stories into engaging narratives for kids! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll draft one scene, learn simple storytelling techniques, and leave with tools to keep writing, ensuring that your family history can be passed on in creative and lasting forms. Guided by genealogists and authors Deb Holman and Tara Rothman.

Workshop is limited to 12 participants, so be sure to register now! 

$30 gets you 90 minutes of instruction in the Workshop Gallery at Ball & Socket Arts from 7 to 8:30 pm. If cost is a barrier to participation, please reach out to our team by emailing info@ballandsocket.org to discuss accommodations.

About the Instructor:
Deborah S. Holman has spent over twenty years turning curiosity about her roots into a full-blown passion—and a teaching career. Editor of QUEST and leader of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut’s Writers Group, she helps fellow researchers transform discoveries into stories. An award-winning author, she’s written family histories, the novel Nothing Really Bad Will Happen, the children’s book Doris’s New Home, and the forthcoming Countess of Cons: The Story of a Gilded Age Grifter, all brimming with real-life secrets and wit.

Tara Blieden Rothman is a retired educator, technology trainer, and longtime genealogy enthusiast who has been digging into family history for over 40 years. Author of Gussie’s Suitcase Packed with Courage, Hope, and Secrets and other children’s books at TinyTalesByTara.com, she brings real history to life for young readers. Her goal is to inspire children—and their grown-ups—to treasure the past, understand the present, and imagine the future.