On Jan. 5, Queens-based children’s book Author Crystal Velasquez and Rep. Grace Meng met at the Queens Public Library in Flushing to read to local kids and hold a brief Q&A with them to discuss the book’s themes and more.
Around 40 kids and their families came out to listen to Velasquez read from her new book, “Elmer and the Talent Show,” a heartwarming story about a senior dachshund with several illnesses living at a rescue facility and the boy who adopts him after moving to town. Queens Public Library CEO Dennis Walcott and other executive staff members of the library attended the reading to show their support, as well.
