The month is almost half over and Halloween is around the corner! The past two weeks were jam packed with book festivals. We were at the Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival on September 30th, where we were interviewed by Roxie Munro on Kidlit TV on married life as children book creators with Chris and J.J. Grabenstein.
The next day was the Maplewood South Orange Book Festival, whereI got to see my agency-mate, Niña Mata. Then the following day was the launch of How This Book Got Red at Books of Wonder! Margaret Chiu Greanias’ and my publicist for the book, Shara Zaval, came! It was so lovely to meet her on our special day! I was on a panel with Linda Elovitz Marshall (Brave Volodymyr), Caron Levis (Might Muddy Us), and Noa Jones (How Do You Know The Things You Know?).
This past weekend, we were at the Glen Rock Book Festival where there were torrential downpours, but it didn’t dampen the spirits of book lovers. By chance my table mate was Hui Li, who was Denis and my mentee when we were volunteering with Writing With the Stars. We are so happy for her that she is now published! Her debut book, Scroll, is beautiful. Check it out! I also got to hang out with my dear friend, Kristine Lombardi, whose book, The Grumpy Pets, was a huge hit with the kids there!
At the end of the month, I’ll be at Greenlight Bookstore reading Gigi and Ojiji: Food For Thought. I’m dreaming up a food inspired game to play and I may even bring some natto for you to try!
Hope to see you there!