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Here’s Nana’s Getting Married author, Heather Hartt-Sussman reading to kids at TYPE Books’s beautiful new Forest Hill location on June 13th.
This Sunday, please join Heather Hartt-Sussman (Nana’s Getting Married), Rebecca Eckler and Erica Ehm (Mischievous Mom at the Art Gallery) at Type Books for readings, signings, and tea!
We are happy to hear that there is a new literary festival for children in Kitchener-Waterloo!
Here are the scheduled times for our authors and illustrators:
11:30 am – Laura Beingessner
Illustrator of Our Corner Grocery Store and Sail Away With Me.
3:00 pm – Heather Hart-Sussman
Heather Hart-Sussman wants to tell you about Nana’s wedding. Life with Nana is perfect, that is until she meets Bob!
3:30 pm – Nan Forler
Local teacher, Nan Forler, brings the story of Bird Child alive. Bullying and the ability to rise above it are at the heart of this strikingly beautiful picture book.
Turning Pages – A Literary Festival Date: Saturday, May 15th, 2010 When: 10:00am-9:00pm Where: The Children’s Museum Address: 10 King Street West, Kitchener, ON N2G 1A3 Admission: $10 each or buy any kids or teen book from Words Worth Books and receive 25% off a single admission!
The expo portion of the Ontario Library Association‘s Super Conference is now over. Another great show and thank you to everyone that came to visit our booth. Here are some photos from the two day show:
Before the show began, all is quiet…
Books on display: OLA Best Bets and OLA Forest of Reading nominees!
Heather Hartt-Sussman came in to sign Nana’s Getting Married on Thursday.
Ann Love came in to sign Talking Tails: The Incredible Connection Between People and Their Pets. Are you dog person or a cat person? Maybe both?
Monica Kulling signing All Aboard! Elijah McCoy’s Steam Engine.
Shane Peacock signing Death in the Air: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 2nd Case.
Illustrator Laura Beingessner came in to sign Sail Away with Me by Jane Collins-Philippe.
Rona Arato signing Mrs. Kaputnik’s Pool Hall and Matzo Ball Emporium. She even brought in a giant matzo ball for display!
Not pictured, but Richard Scrimger, Theo Caldwell, Marla Stewart Konrad, and J. Torres also braved the weather to come in to sign their books:
Last Saturday, Heather Hartt-Sussman presented Nana’s Getting Married at Indigo Yorkdale. Children, parents, and grandparents attended the special story time and Heather signed books after her reading. If you weren’t able to make it to the event, Indigo Yorkdale has a few signed copies left – first come, first serve!
Heather Hartt-Sussman even brought in the original artwork by Georgia Graham!
We also have a guest post today, please welcome Heather Hartt-Sussman!
HH-S: I wrote Nana’s Getting Married when my then 5-year-old son asked me why in the world we were at my mother’s wedding. He was confused because it contradicted the order of things. You attend your children’s and grandchildren’s weddings; not the other way around. He knew this to be true, at 5, but I had to explain to him that my mom had been divorced from my father since I was 8, and she had finally, thirty years later, fallen in love again.
It lead me to think about how confused I was when my parents started dating again after their divorce. I, like my son, was upset that this wasn’t the way it was “supposed” to be. I have since learned, and I have tried to impress upon my two sons as well, that you only get upset when you bank on “normal.” If you modify your expectations and stop dictating the way you think things should be, you can have a lot more freedom to enjoy the way things just are.
Further, with the baby boom population getting older, you can be pretty sure there will be a LOT more grandchildren attending their grandparents second and even third weddings, as people are living longer, and benefiting from more vibrant health.
Let’s turn our attention away from the G20 Summit for a moment and focus on amour! June is all about weddings and to celebrate, we’re holding a contest to WIN 1 copy of Nana’s Getting Married by Heather Hartt-Sussman and Georgia Graham, AND 1 copy of Here Comes the Bride by Beatrice Masini and Anna Laura Cantone.
