Storytime at the Ijams Nature Playscape - SPECIAL EVENT: AUTHOR READING
Sat, Sep 19
|Ijams Nature Playscape
Join author Mona Martin Batchelor, who reads from her soon-to-be-published children's book, "Nora T and the Champion Tree."
Time & Location
Sep 19, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Ijams Nature Playscape, 3518 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
About the Event
Join Ijams for a free storytime event every Saturday from 10 am–12 pm at the Ijams Nature Playscape at Grayson Subaru Preserve (Mead’s Quarry, 3518 Island Home Pike)!
Ijams welcomes children’s author Mona Martin Batchelor for a tree-themed event Sept. 19! Batchelor will read from her new book, Nora T and the Champion Tree, published by the University of Tennessee Press. Families will get the chance to meet the author, participate in tree-themed crafts and activities, and purchase signed copies of the book one week in advance of its official release.
About the Book
Nora T Singleton, the main character of this chapter book for young readers, is 11 years old and curious about everything under the sun. Luckily, her family (mostly) encourages her. One summer, when Nora T gets curious about the trees on her grandparents’ property, her Gran helps her nominate an enormous tulip poplar tree for the…