By popular demand, Staten Island OutLOUD added some extra Big Read events in January & February 2014, to continue our series, Stories & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe.   We celebrated Edgar’s Birthday at the beautiful newly-renovated Stapleton Branch Library, with Poe’s poetry, readings & music by Gary Moore, and hosted by OutLOUD’s Board member Doris Nielsen – with nearly 70 neighborhood kids & their parents, together with our special guests Jean Jamate & the fabulous staff at the Stapleton Branch.  Some kids were so inspired by Poe’s poems & stories, that they improvised their own rhymes & tales, right on the spot (sometimes with a little help from Gary & Doris)!

Below is a photo collage, courtesy of the Stapleton Branch Library: 

And that’s not all!  NY1-TV reporter Patti Murphy stopped by to celebrate with us!  Check out her feature video, in the link below:

http://www.ny1.com/content/pages/202190/stapleton-kids-read-aloud-poe-s-popular-works