Magic Multiplied: Emma Steinkellner and Callie C. Miller

Name: Magic Multiplied: Emma Steinkellner and Callie C. Miller
Start: 2024-09-28T15:00:00-07:00
Location: Once Upon A Time Bookstore

Schedule

Sat Sep 28 2024 at 03:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Once Upon A Time Bookstore | Glendale, CA

Fantastical fun with more than one! Get ready for a a magical adventure with *TWO* local authors celebrating the release of their second books! Emma Steinkellner's new book is Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Tiny Forest Adventure and Callie C. Miller's new book is The Search for the Shadowsoul. For this special event, both authors will be in conversation with bookseller Jessica to talk about all things magical! After the discussion the authors will be available to sign books. Best for fantasy fans ages 8+.
Masks are recommended for our events. If you can't make it to the event, you can order signed books in advance below.
Order Signed Books: https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/event/magic-multiplied
About Nell of Gumbling: Nell of Gumbling and her diary are back! From the bestselling author of The Okay Witch comes another adventure from a twelve-year-old girl living an ordinary life in a magical land. Will an epically enchanted camping trip gone wrong...turn out fantastically right?
Welcome back to Gumbling--Nell Starkeeper's extremely normal fairy-tale hometown. And things couldn't be more happily-ever-awesome, because Nell is about to go on a Gumbling rite of passage--the Multi-Disciplinary Wilderness Engagement Adventure--when all of the seventh graders spend a whole week in the forest! Sure, it's an Enchanted Forest that's full of gumblecreatures, where your most secret wish could be granted at any moment, but that's nothing unusual around here.
What's REALLY magical is that Nell gets to be on a team with ALL her best friends, learning about nature stuff and teamwork and having their very own campout (including roasting marshmallows)! Great friends + forest fun = best summer ever...
Except her Thumbkin friend Gil has been a bit of a grump lately. And everyone's secret crushes are making things super awkward...So when the whole gang gets shrunk down to Thumbkin size after a wish gone wrong, Nell's problems get a whole lot bigger. Can Nell and her friends find a way to work together and celebrate each other's strengths AND vulnerabilities...or will this camp-out be a GIANT disaster?
About Emma Steinkellner: Emma Steinkellner is an illustrator, writer, and cartoonist living in Los Angeles. She is a graduate of Stanford University and the illustrator of the Eisner-nominated comic Quince. She is the author and illustrator of The Okay Witch graphic novel series.
About The Search for the Shadowsoul: A descendant of the great wizard Merlyn must atone for the harm he caused in this second adventure in the A Quest of Great Importance middle grade series that riffs on Arthurian legend in the vein of Adam Gidwitz and Amanda Foody!
The wizard Percy used to be sure of three things: he's a magical prodigy, he's destined to do extraordinary things (as prophesied by his ancestor, the wizard Merlyn), and he would do anything for his twin, Merlynda. But that was before Merlynda was revealed to be the subject of the prophecy, and before Percy became the Hollower, stealing magic for the wicked Morgan le Fey.
Six months have passed since Percy and Merlynda defeated the sorceress, but Percy hasn't been able to reconcile who he is with what he's done. And he carries a dark secret: despite her banishment, Morgan le Fey can still speak to him.
When the mysterious Round Table discovers newly Hollowed objects, Percy is blamed. He escapes on a quest to clear his name but also to make sure whoever is responsible never Hollows anyone again. Joined by Merlynda and Neci (now a royally dubbed knight), an anxious warlock (who seeks to break a curse), and a nonmagical sugar glider (who longs to be a familiar), Percy must defeat this new foe not only to face his past, but to decide what kind of wizard he'll be in the future.
About Callie C. Miller: Callie C. Miller is a children's book author, an animation writer, and a video game writer on Respawn Entertainment's Jedi team. Her animation credits include Monster High, Stillwater, and LEGO Monkie Kid. Callie received her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her books include The Hunt for the Hollower and The Search for the Shadowsoul.
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