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Books of Wonder
is thrilled to announce our annual
Holiday Kickoff event on Saturday,
November 28th, from
12-2pm, where we will be hosting TEN
of today’s most talented authors and
artists. Five time Caldecott Honor
artist
JERRY
PINKNEY will dazzle us
with his two amazing new titles,
Sweethearts of Rhythm
and
The Lion and the Mouse;
two-time Caldecott Medalists and
husband-and-wife team,
LEO
and
DIANE DILLON will enchant
us with their latest tale,
The Goblin
and the Empty Chair;
Pulitzer Prize winning
author/artist
ART
SPIEGLEMAN and New
Yorker art editor
FRANÇOISE MOULY will introduce
their marvelous collection,
The TOON
Treasury of Classic Children’s
Comics; best-selling
artist
CHARLES
SANTORE will wow us with
his incredible illustrations for two
L. Frank Baum classics,
The Life
and Adventures of Santa Claus
and
The Wizard of Oz;
NY Times best-selling artist
LAURA
CORNELL will introduce
Jamie
Lee Curtis’s Books to Grow By,
a collection of four of her
best-selling picture books with the
acclaimed actor and author; NY
Times best-selling author/artist
HOLLY HOBBIE will
delight all with her new picture
book,
Fanny and
Annabelle, a sequel to
last year’s Fanny;
best-selling illustrator of A
Series of Unfortunate Events,
BRETT
HELQUIST will charm us
with his illustrations for a picture
book adaptation of Charles Dickens’
A
Christmas Carol
and Neil Gaiman’s chapter
book,
Odd and
the Frost Giants; and
artist
JOHN
ROCCO will introduce his
new picture book,
Fu finds
the Way and the
lavishly illustrated new edition of
the first Percy Jackson &
the Olympians series,
The
Lightning Thief: Deluxe Edition.
Beginning at noon, these TEN authors
and artists will introduce all their
titles, take questions from the
audience, and then sign copies of
all their amazing books. Ages 4 and
up. 12-2pm.
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