About this Event
ABOUT THE EVENT
Registration is required for attendees. Each individual person (including parents and children of any age, including those in strollers) must register due to fire-code restrictions. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Ticket options:
- ADULT REGISTRATION: Includes entry + one copy of "Love & Mercy"
- CHILD REGISTRATION + BOOK: Includes entry + one copy of "Love & Mercy"
- CHILD REGISTRATION (NO BOOK): Includes entry only
After the program, Kate will take photos and sign "Love & Mercy" + ONE book from home per person after the program. Other signed books will be available for purchase.
All live author events are subject to change. More information about our events can be found at quailridgebooks.com/eventsfaq.
ABOUT THE BOOK
What could be the secret to spreading some love and mercy on a cold, gray February day? Mercy Watson creators Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen reunite to make a warm and toasty holiday classic boasting a special press-out valentine.
It’s Valentine’s Day and Stella Endicott is feeling dreary. But when she delivers a valentine to Mercy Watson’s house, Mrs. Watson invites her in to join them in making heart-shaped toast (with a great deal of butter, cinnamon, and sugar). On her way home, Stella bumps into the mail carrier Norman Fenzer, who says his heart is as heavy as a mailbag full of valentines that are never for him. As the sounds of Eugenia Lincoln’s mournful accordion waft through the trees, Stella suddenly gets an idea—a surefire way she can lift her friends’ hearts, and her own. Whether they are longtime fans or first-time visitors to Mercy Watson’s world, readers will feel their own spirits lighten as they follow a beloved cast of characters through the streets of Gizzford in this pitch-perfect picture-book valentine.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kate DiCamillo is the beloved author of many books for young readers, including the Mercy Watson and Tales from Mercy Watson’s Deckawoo Drive series. Her novels Flora & Ulysses and The Tale of Despereaux both received Newbery Medals. A former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, she lives in Minneapolis.
Event venue & nearby stays
Quail Ridge Books, 4209-100 Lassiter Mill Road, Raleigh, United States
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