COUNTY News:

Mesa Public Library welcomes prolific local author Shirley Raye Redmond back to the lower level rotunda at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 for a reading from her latest book Brave Animal Stories for Kids: 50 True Tales That Celebrate God’s Creation.

Published in March by Harvest House, Brave Animal Stories is a welcome addition to recent similar work including Courageous and Bold Bible Heroes: 50 True Stories of Daring Men and Women of God and Change the World: 10 Daring Women of God. Redmond will read excerpts from several of her award-winning children’s books. This event is great for kids ages 5-11 but all ages are welcome. 

Redmond has been a popular presence on the shelves of the public library for many years. She has published both fiction and non-fiction for emerging and early readers, juvenile non-fiction, young adult fiction, and more. In March of 2023, she marked the milestone of selling a million copies of her 46 published works.