Sunday Storytime with Brian Lies!

Schedule

Sun Oct 26 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Little Shop of Stories | Decatur, GA

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Cozy up for a Cat Nap storytime with Brian Lies!
About this Event

Join us for a sweet Sunday Storytime with beloved author/illustrator Brian Lies! Brian will be reading his newest picture book, Cat Nap, and showing us some of his beautiful art while you and your littles get to relax and color some pictures of your own. Come in your PJs or comfiest clothes to hear all about this little kitty's journey through history and art! Read below for more information:

Tickets:

Admission: $0 this free ticket admits one to our event

Admission + Book: $19.99 this ticket admits one to our event and includes a copy of Cat Nap to be picked up and signed at the event

Please note that you must purchse a copy of Cat Nap from Little Shop in order to enter the signing line. Eventbrite, website, and in person purchases all count!

About the Book:

With lush paintings and intricately constructed 3D artwork, bestselling and Caldecott Honor–winning author-illustrator Brian Lies introduces a sleepy kitten whose afternoon nap transforms into an epic journey through art, time, and history. Perfect for fans of They All Saw a Cat, Museum Trip, and Jumanji. Includes back matter.

In the warm, late afternoon sunlight, a girl sits on the couch reading a book. Her kitten dozes nearby. But when Kitten notices a mouse and dives after it, an epic chase through time, art, and history ensues. Is it a dream? That’s up to the reader to decide, but for the kitten, every leap and bound is full of suspense and makes for a masterpiece.

Caldecott Honor–winning and New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Brian Lies creates a truly unique picture book journey that invites young readers through the galleries of an art museum as well as through time, space, and history. As the cat and mouse leap from one page to the next, they are portrayed in the style of masterful artworks from history—an ancient Egyptian relief, an illuminated manuscript, a stained-glass window, a ceramic dog—each painstakingly and lovingly re-created in its original media by Brian Lies. When the sly mouse gets away, Kitten finds himself lost and alone. Will art help him find his way home?

The visual showstopper by an award-winning and bestselling picture book creator offers readers a page-turning cat and mouse chase, an introduction to famous works of art throughout history, an epic adventure story, and a homecoming. Back matter includes information about how each of the illustrations in the book was created, notes on the original artworks featured in the book, and an afterword inviting young readers to make, create, and build things.

About the Author:

Brian Lies is the New York Times bestselling creator of Bats at the Beach, Bats at the Library, Bats at the Ballgame, Bats in the Band, and the Caldecott Honor book The Rough Patch. He has written and/or illustrated dozens of other acclaimed books for children. He lives with his family in a small seaside town in Massachusetts, where he tends a big and thriving garden.

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Little Shop of Stories, 133 East Court Square, Decatur, United States

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