Grace Lin with Laurel Snyder - The Gate, The Girl, and the Dragon!

Much like a dragon, we adore our little hoard of books (possible alternate name for the shop), which is why we are so thrilled to add a new beautiful tome to our collection written by one of our favorite storytellers of all time: Grace Lin! Grace will be swinging by our Little Shop with fellow brilliant author Laurel Snyder to tell us all about her newest middle grade masterpiece, The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon, on May 9th at 6:00 PM. It's sure to be a night of wonderful books, mystical creatures, and lots of laughs, so be sure to save your spot and read below for more details:

Tickets:

Admission: $0 This free ticket admits one person to the event but does not include a book.

Admission + Book: $18.99 This ticket admits one person to the event and gets you a deluxe edition of The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon to be signed at the event.

Please note that you must purchase a copy of The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon from Little Shop in order to enter the signing line for either author.

About the Book:

From award-winning and bestselling author of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin comes a gorgeously full-color illustrated story about a lion cub and a girl who must open a portal for the spirits, based on Chinese folklore.
Jin is a Stone Lion—one of the guardians of the Old City Gate who is charged to watch over humans and protect the Sacred Sphere. But to Jin, those boring duties feel like a waste of time.
What isn’t a waste of time? Perfecting his zuqiu kick, scoring a Golden Goal, and becoming the most legendary player of all the spirit world.
But when Jin’s perfect kick accidentally knocks the Sacred Sphere out through the gate, he has no choice but to run after it, tumbling out of the realm he calls home and into the human world as the gate closes behind him.
Stuck outside the gate, Jin must find help from unlikely allies, including a girl who can hear a mysterious voice and a worm who claims he is a dragon. Together, they must find the sphere and return it to the world beyond the gate…or risk losing everything.
Award-winning and bestselling author Grace Lin returns with another gorgeously illustrated adventure story about duty, love, and balance—expertly written in the vein of the Newbery Honor winner and modern classic Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Based on Chinese Folklore, this beautiful novel features ten full-page pieces of stunning full-color art, as well as intricate chapter header illustrations.

About the Author and Moderator:

Grace Lin is the award-winning and bestselling author and illustrator of Chinese Menu, When the Sea Turned to Silver, Starry River of the Sky, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, The Year of the Dog, The Year of the Rat, Dumpling Days, and Ling & Ting,as well as picture books such as The Ugly Vegetables, A Big Bed for Little Snow, and A Big Mooncake for Little Star. Grace is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and lives in Massachusetts. Her website is www.gracelin.com.

Laurel Snyder is the author of thirty books for children and several collections of poetry for adults. Her work has been honored with the Geisel Medal and the Sydney Taylor Award, and longlisted for the National Book Award. Occasionally, she also writes essays and reviews for such publications as the New York Times, The Boston Globe, Slate, The Atlantic, and NPR’s All Things Considered. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Laurel lives with her family in Atlanta and online at http://laurelsnyder.com.

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