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Serendipity Book owner Michelle Tuplin will interview author Jeffrey Holden, followed by a Q&A from the audience and book signing. Attend in-person, or register here to attend virtually.
This is the virtual registration for the 2026 Neighbors Read event. To attend via zoom, register here. If you'd prefer to attend in person, join us at the Dexter District Library, no registration required.
Neighbors Read is back! Join the Chelsea District Library, Dexter District Library, and Serendipity Books for our second annual community read. Neighbors Read will bring together readers from the cities of Dexter and Chelsea and the surrounding townships of Lyndon, Sylvan, Dexter, Lima, Scio, and Webster. We will focus specifically on books set in our beautiful state, Michigan, or books by Michigan authors. This year’s book is Dead Moose on Isle Royale by Jeffrey M. Holden.
Isle Royale is one of the most remote and pristine of all the U.S. national parks, and the site of the world’s longest-running predator–prey study. Every summer, Holden leads groups of citizen scientists on week-long expeditions to search for dead moose. Those intrepid enough to join him backpacking off trail in Isle Royale’s rugged beauty face challenges from treacherous weather conditions, to wildlife, primitive backcountry camping, traveling through swamps and wetlands, and backpacks that grow heavier with bones every time a new dead moose is found. Scientists use the bones, photos, and data they collect to reconstruct the moose population through the years, correlating it against other data on wolves, weather, and ticks. Dead Moose on Isle Royale provides a fascinating look into the day-to-day realities of backpacking in the wilderness, while featuring the extraordinary scientific discoveries of the Wolf-Moose Project.
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*Copies will also be available to borrow from the library should free copies run out.
The Chelsea District Library is a single branch library serving the City of Chelsea and surrounding townships. The library has 4 small study rooms, one medium meeting room, and the McKune room, our main programming room.