Storrs Library will host acclaimed children’s author Vicki Johnson for a special Mass Kids Lit Fest event celebrating her brand-new picture book, Mac Wears a Hat!

Mac loves hats—she has one for every occasion. As an only child, she sometimes feels lonely, but her hat collection cheers her up, helps her express herself, and sparks joyful connections with others. This inclusive book celebrates kindness and positivity, and that what makes you different, makes you special! A hatmaking activity will follow the presentation.

​​This Mass Kids Lit Fest event is presented in partnership with the Massachusetts Center for the Book. For a full schedule, please visit https://www.makidslitfest.org/.

Vicki Johnson is children’s author, and a former band nerd, lawyer, White House staffer, and nonprofit director, among other life adventures. Her debut picture book Molly’s Tuxedo, illustrated by Gillian Reid (2023), received an NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children, was included on the American Library Association’s Rainbow Book List, and was selected as a Children’s Book Council “Teacher Favorite.” Her next book, Mac Wears a Hat, is from the same creative team. Johnson is a Southern writer who lives in western MA, where she tends to several rescue animals and one college kid.