Holiday Stroll Saturday Story Time with Matt Tavares and Christopher Denise!
Schedule
Sat, 06 Dec, 2025 at 11:00 am
UTC-05:00Location
12 Spruce St., Acton, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01720 | Acton, MA
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'Tis the season for the annual West Acton Holiday Stroll, sponsored by the West Acton Village Merchants Association, and we've lined up a special DOUBLE holiday-themed Saturday Story Time you won't want to miss. TWO best-selling award-winning author-illustrators will be joining us: Matt Tavares and Christopher Denise!Matt will be reading the newest book in his beloved Dasher series of picture books, Dasher and the Polar Bear. In this all-new Christmas tale, Dasher the reindeer discovers that the only thing better than making Christmas magic is making a new friend to share it with.
Chris will be celebrating the newest installment of his best-selling Knight Owl books: Knight Owl's Little Christmas! Knight Owl and Early Bird are counting down the days until Christmas! They have many festive activities planned, such as wrapping presents, baking cookies, and singing carols. With help from good friends, and with a cup of holiday cheer, their Christmas is sure to be merry and bright.
Signed books made great holiday gifts!
About Matt Tavares
Matt Tavares is the author-illustrator of the New York Times best-selling picture book Dasher and its sequel Dasher Can’t Wait for Christmas, Red and Lulu, the graphic novel Hoops, and several sports biographies, including Becoming Babe Ruth and Growing Up Pedro. He is also the illustrator of Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesfeld, The Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup, ’Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore, and Over the River and Through the Wood by L. Maria Child, among many other picture books. Matt Tavares lives in Ogunquit, Maine.
About Christopher Denise
Christopher Denise is the award-winning creator of Knight Owl, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller; a #1 Indie bestseller; a Caldecott Honor Award winner; an ALA-ALSC Notable Book for Children; a Zena Sutherland Award winner for Excellence in Children’s Literature; was hailed as a “contemporary classic” by NPR; and was named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post, NPR, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage, and Good Housekeeping. Christopher is also the illustrator of many critically acclaimed books for young readers, including Groundhug Day and Firefly Hollow.
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