About this Event
PETALUMA --
Copperfield’s Books is thrilled to welcome bestselling author Mac Barnett to Petaluma in celebration of his enlightening new book - Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children!
He will be joined in conversation by beloved author Jon Scieszka for a truly special evening - making Copperfield’s Books the only bookstore to have ever hosted both the inaugural and current National Ambassadors for Young People’s Literature!
This event will include a reading, memorable conversation, audience Q&A and book signing with photo opportunities.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration recommended for seating.
A book for adults about books for children, a rallying cry for art and imagination, and a celebration of the power of storytelling in all our lives.
Make Believe is bestselling children's author Mac Barnett's incisive, intimate, and timely invitation to approach children's literature not only as an art form worthy of deep study and criticism, but as a portal into the lives of the children. And at a time when we are faced with a national literacy crisis, he champions the profound joys of literature and the importance of reading for pleasure.
What if children are a great audience for art?
What if they are in fact better equipped to engage deeply with stories than adults?
What if humans' ability to appreciate art is, if not innate, awakened early in childhood?
Well, then we'd better do our best to make some good kids' books.
Written with humor and academic rigor, Make Believe reads like a letter from your smartest and funniest friend.
Author:
Mac Barnett is the ninth U.S. National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, appointed by the Library of Congress and Every Child a Reader. He’s a New York Times-bestselling author of stories for children and the writer, with Jon Klassen, of Looking at Picture Books, a newsletter for adults about how picture books work. Barnett’s work has been translated into more than 30 languages and sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. His books have won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards, three E.B. White Read Aloud Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Germany’s Jugendliteraturpreis, China’s Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award, The Netherlands’ Silver Griffel, and Italy’s Premio Orbil. He lives in Oakland, California.
Jon Scieszka has been writing for children since the 1900s. You may know him as the author of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, and The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. He was named the first National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. And still has the medal to prove it. He has written about a bazillion books. His most recent book in the 21st century is The Real Dada Mother Goose.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Copperfield's Books Petaluma, 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 22.10
