STORYTIME: Pam Vaughan with Anika Denise

Name: STORYTIME: Pam Vaughan with Anika Denise
Start: 2024-10-17T18:00:00-04:00
Location: 111 South Street,Plainville,02762,US

Schedule

Thu Oct 17 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

111 South Street,Plainville,02762,US | Plainville, MA

Join us for a fun-filled storytime event with Pam Vaughan! Pam will read from her debut picture book, Missy Wants a Mammoth . First-grader Missy pushes the bounds of her imagination—and her older brother Mason’s patience—as she lays out her plan for a new pet. This book is a must-have for fans of Charlie and Lola and Olivia, or anyone crafting a case for why they need a new animal addition to the family.
Pam will be joined by Anika Denise, award-winning author of Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré. Following their reading and discussion, they will sign books!
Tickets to this event are $5, which may be redeemed towards Pam or Anika's books on the night of the event.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
At the Museum of Natural History, first-grader Missy has a genius gigantic idea: she wants a wooly mammoth as her new pet. She’ll name him Malcolm. They’ll take bubble baths with strawberry-banana shampoo, and go on picnics, and she’ll swing from his tusks. They’ll be best friends. Older brother, Mason, spots one mammoth-sized problem with her plans. . . . But once Missy gets an idea in her head, nothing (not even the fact that mammoths have been extinct for ten thousand years) is going to stop her from getting her fuzzy new friend.
Missy and Mason are a winning new pair for the canon of sibling stories—when Missy dreams a little too big, Mason is always there to help pull her back, and when practical Mason plays it too safe, Missy helps push him to think bigger—and Missy Wants a Mammoth is sure to charm in a massive way.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Pam Vaughan lives with her family across from a pond on a cul-de-sac in central Massachusetts. She’s director of Whispering Pines Writers’ Retreat and co-ARA of New England’s SCBWI chapter. When she’s not writing books for kids, she loves walking in the woods and playing ice hockey. Missy Wants a Mammoth is her first book.
Anika Aldamuy Denise is an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction picture books. Her book Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré won a Pura Belpré Author Honor, an NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor, and the Arnold Adoff Poetry Award. Anika draws inspiration for her stories from her multicultural upbringing, family, and cuddly orange tabby, Charlie—the original Gato Guapo. Visit Anika online at www.anikadenise.com.