This week, Sandra Boynton’s pajama party is no snooze; Lindsay Lackey brings a reptilian friend on her debut tour; Holly McGhee and Pascal Lemaître inspire kids to listen up in New Jersey; and Bao Phi’s second picture book gets off on the right foot.
Jamming Out in Jammies
Last weekend, author-illustrator Sandra Boynton hosted a Saturday morning pajama party at CAMP’s family experience store in Manhattan to celebrate Dinosnores and Silly Lullaby, her latest bedtime board books. Guests of all ages arrived in their comfiest sleepwear to enjoy story time, a book signing, games, a photo booth, free goodies, and a live musical performance by three of Boynton’s children: (from l.) Keith Boynton, Darcy Boynton, and Devin McEwan).
Shell-ebrate Good Times
On September 3, Lindsay Lackey launched her debut, All the Impossible Things (Roaring Brook), at Second Star to the Right in Denver. Also present was Savannah, who represented tortoise-kind on behalf of Tuck, one of the rescue animals in Lackey’s magical realist middle-grade novel. The story follows an 11-year-old girl who must reckon with new foster parents, as well as the wind powers she inherited from her mother. Lackey’s book tour winds down on September 14, with Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, Calif., as her final stop.
Listen to Your Heart
Picture book collaborators Holly McGhee and Pascal Lemaître made an appearance this past weekend at New Jersey’s Maplewood Public Library. The duo, who previously worked together on Come with Me, presented their new book Listen (Roaring Brook), a gentle narrative that encourages sensory interaction with the world. Library patrons took part in themed activities, decorations, and snacks, with copies of the book for sale thanks to [words] Bookstore.
Toe-tally Heartwarming
Caldecott Honor author Bao Phi (A Different Pond) attended a party on September 7 for his new picture book, My Footprints (Capstone), at Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul, Minn. Phi and his daughter, Sông (l.), pictured with Phi and his editor Kristen Mohn, alternated reading the tale, in which a Vietnamese-American girl draws power from her two loving mothers and their culture in order to overcome bullying.
