Drag Queen Story Hour with Lil Miss Hot Mess

Third Place Books welcomes Lil Miss Hot Mess for a reading of her picture book If You're a Drag Queen and You Know It, illustrated by Olga de Dios Ruiz. Kids and parents of all ages are welcome! This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required in advance.

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This event is free to attend. Registration is required in advance.

Strike a pose. Blow a kiss. Mouth the words. A fun, sing-along book with a drag twist that encourage kids to embrace all the playfulness of drag culture written by a founding member of Drag Queen Story Hour.

If you’re a drag queen and you know it, let it show by winking, shaking your bum, laughing real big, twirling around, and more! Join a cast of fabulous drag queens as you sing along to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It” in this playful celebration of expressing your brightest and boldest self. A perfect companion to The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish written by a board member of Drag Queen Story Hour.

Lil Miss Hot Mess is a renowned storyteller and board member of Drag Queen Story Hour. She is the author of The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swich, and has written for Wired, Salon, and The Guardian. She's performed at venues from Stanford to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to Saturday Night Live.

Founded in 1998 in Lake Forest Park, Washington, Third Place Books is dedicated to the creation of a community around books and the ideas inside them. With locations in Lake Forest Park and Seattle's Ravenna and Seward Park neighborhoods, Third Place Books is proud to serve the entire Seattle metro area. Learn more about their event series at thirdplacebooks.com/events.

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