Visit the Iowa City Municipal Airport, meet author Jill Esbaum, and learn about a little-known historical event that took place right here in Iowa City!

Jill will read aloud her new, nonfiction picture book “Jack Knight’s Brave Flight: How One Gutsy Pilot Saved the U.S. Air Mail Service,” which tells the suspenseful story of one night in 1921, when Jack Knight flew his biplane straight into a Midwest blizzard, exhausted, freezing, with a rapidly-diminishing fuel tank, struggling to reach the Iowa City airport safely and prove that air mail was worth the investment.

After hearing this astonishing tale, staff from Sidekick Coffee & Books will be on hand with copies of the book for purchase and signing if you wish. Tour the airport, look at the airport’s training planes up close, and enjoy a plane-shaped cookie at the outdoor runway viewing area.

All ages are welcome. The Iowa City Municipal Airport is located at 1801 S. Riverside Dr., Iowa City. Storytime will take place from 10:30-11am in the 2nd floor conference room, followed by the book signing in the same location, with the opportunity to explore the airport, runway viewing area, and view planes until 12.