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Raissa Figueroa, Illustration for Do I Love You? Yes I Do!, by Ruth Forman (Little Simon). © 2026. Raissa Figueroa.

Special Storytime with Ruth Forman

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Free with Museum Admission

Join award-winning and bestselling children’s book author Ruth Forman as she shares her newest picture book, Do I Love You? Yes I Do!, a lyrical and vivid picture book celebrating motherhood, daughterhood, and the magic of love and featuring illustrations by Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honoree Raissa Figueroa.

Love shapes every moment in our lives. From a morning sunrise with colors bold to dandelion wishes carried on the wind to an evening sunset with shades soft and cool, the world is made of love. Here is a book that asks and answers the most important question loved ones can ever share: Do I love you? Yes, I do!

A book signing and craft will follow the program in the great hall. Can’t make it? You may reserve signed books online.

Who You'll Meet
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Ruth Forman

Ruth Forman is an acclaimed poet, author, and friend of words. She is the award-winning author of bestselling children’s books – Like So, Curls, Glow, Bloom, Ours, One, and Light – as well as children’s book Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon, and several poetry collections. She has received the Barnard New Women Poets Prize, The Pen Oakland Josephine Miles Literary Award, The National Council of Teachers of English Notable Book Award, and recognition by The American Library Association.

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Do I Love You? Yes I Do by Ruth Forman; illustrated by Raissa Forman

Do I Love You? Yes I Do!

Curls by Ruth Forman; illustrated by Geneva Bowers

Curls