The official launch party for Flora's Very Windy Day at Children's Book World was a rousing success and loads of fun. The store was all decked out with a wall of books, balloons, and an eager crowd and Jeanne Birdsall was decked out in super-special heavy-duty red boots.
Jeanne and I chatted about how the book came to be and the collaborative nature of picture books. Then Jeanne riveted the crowd by reading a super-secret excerpt from the upcoming third Penderwicks novel. Speaking as a Penderwicks fanatic myself, it is going to be a looooooong wait until the book is published in May of 2011. And to top it off, the good folks at CBW even had a delicious cake made. Thanks to everyone who came by and thanks to CBW for the grand send-off!
4 comments:
Looks like a great time! I love Jeanne's boots!
Congrats! Looks like a lovely store and a great event. And a really awesome cake! :)
What fun! So, wished we could have been there, it looks like it was magical.
Thanks, guys! Mikki, it is indeed a lovely store and they provide a delicious cake. You should stop by on a tour!
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