IF WE WERE DOGS: Sophie Blackall in conversation with Kerry Sporer

Name: IF WE WERE DOGS: Sophie Blackall in conversation with Kerry Sporer
Start: 2025-09-17T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-17T20:30:00-05:00
Location: Southwest Library

Schedule

Wed Sep 17 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Southwest Library | Kenosha, WI

If we were dogs, what kind would we be?! Find out at this special event with Caldecott-winning picture book author and illustrator Sophie Blackall on Wednesday, September 17th at 6:30 p.m. at the Southwest Library! Sophie will be reading from her new children's book "If We Were Dogs" and chatting with beloved KUSD librarian Kerry Sporer. Sophie will also be taking questions from her fans of all ages and signing books!
This event is free, but registration is required. Get all the details and RSVP here: https://www.blue-house-books.com/events/2975520250917

About IF WE WERE DOGS:
Two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall’s follow-up to her bestselling "If I Was a Horse" explores the challenges of first friendships through imaginative play.
If we were dogs, what kind would we be? I’d be a big dog! And you’d be little dog. Woof!
Join two friends as they bark and growl, woof and howl – and maybe even quack – in a romp that makes room for everybody’s ideas.
Sophie Blackall unleashes a marvelous game of pretend that explores navigating friendship and celebrates boundless imagination.

About SOPHIE BLACKALL:
Sophie Blackall is the bestselling and two-time Caldecott medal-winning artist behind "Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear"; "Hello, Lighthouse"; and "Farmhouse".
She is also the proprietor of Milkwood, a creative retreat for children’s book makers. She divides her time between Brooklyn and a farm in upstate New York.

About KERRY SPORER:
Kerry Sporer is a local KUSD librarian bringing the love of books to all the children. In 2020, Kerry won the Special Area Teacher of the Year! She is a champion of all things library and literacy.