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Welcome the new picture book Ada and the Goat by Heidi Aubrey with a story time and conversation with fellow author-illustrator Marla Frazee.Masks are optional but preferred at 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/ada-and-goat
About Ada and the Goat:
Ada and the Goat book cover. A pen and ink drawing of a white woman with her brown hair in a braided crown with some strands of hair flying loose, wearing a grey coat with colorful patches, grey pants, and green rain boots carrying a basket of apples. She looks down behind her with a slightly worried expression at a tan goat eagerly following her eating an apple.
Ada doesn't need the goat. She doesn't want the goat. So why isn't she happy when it leaves?
When Ada leaves town and moves into a fixer-upper cottage on a hill, she can't wait to settle into a life of peace and quiet. She'll wear a soft gray coat and grow perfect red apples, and everything will be just so.
Yet Ada's lovely plans are soon dashed by a troublesome goat that hangs around long after she frees it from a tangle with a fence. Its antics undo her perfect new life piece by piece, until Ada snaps and sends the goat firmly on its way. Never again will it chase after her apples... or sleep on her porch... or nibble on her soft, gray coat. And suddenly, Ada isn't so glad. What if it's stuck in a fence again?
A triumphant reunion, complete with baby goats, perfectly concludes this adorable and timeless tale of reluctant animal love. Heidi Aubrey's prancing, clattering goat illustrations crackle with the spark that goat lovers know no other creature quite shares. As for Ada and her cottage, parents reading aloud may well see something familiar in having a tidy, calm home upturned by a mischievous small creature--and not wanting to have it any other way.
About the author-illustrator:
Heidi Aubrey lives among the trees just outside Portland, Oregon, homesteading on six acres with her husband and a Pembroke Welsh corgi named Leo. She holds an illustration degree from Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, and studied classical draftsmanship and sculpture at Gage Academy of Art in Seattle. When she's not dreaming up stories, she's exploring the mountain foothills or working on woodland restoration projects.
Photo credit: Maurice Aubrey
About the moderator:
Marla Frazee has written and illustrated many acclaimed books for children, including the Caldecott Honor Books In Every Life, All the World (written by Liz Garton Scanlon), and A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever. Her picture book The Boss Baby is the inspiration for two DreamWorks animated feature films and a TV series. She's thrilled to be illustrating another book by Mary Ann Hoberman after their collaboration on The Seven Silly Eaters, a book that has delighted many families over the years. Marla has three grown sons, two grandsons, a Little Free Library in her front yard, and a studio under an avocado tree in her backyard in Pasadena, California. She invites you to visit her at marlafrazee.com.
Photo credit: Jenn Fox
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Once Upon A Time Bookstore, 2207 Honolulu Ave,Glendale, California, United States
