I had such an incredible few days from June 26-28 at the American Booksellers Association Children’s Institute (Ci7), held in Pittsburgh this year! Thanks to the incredible team at little bee books, I got to meet wonderful booksellers, including my own awesome local stores—The Concord Bookshop, The Silver Unicorn Bookstore, Wellesley Books, Porter Square Books, and Whitelam Books. I also met so many incredible people from stores across the country, including Red Balloon Bookshop, Once Upon a Time Books, Books Of Wonder, Blue Willow Books, Literati Bookstore, City of Asylum Books, Carmichael’s Kids, Second Star to the Right Books, Quail Ridge Books, RJ Julia Booksellers, Octavia Books, and so many more!!
Independent booksellers are passionate about getting books into the hands of readers, and do so much to support authors. They’re also tons of fun! I’m so honored that MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM is an Indies Introduce and Summer 2019 Kids’ Indie Next selection!
After a packed book signing on June 27, I read a bit from MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM at the #IndiesIntroduce Breakfast on June 28, and then answered a delectable question from a Joan Trygg of Red Balloon Bookshop, a lovely bookseller on the Indies Introduce committee! I also got to rub elbows with a few celebrities…it was amazing all around!!
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