Indies First Storytime Day will be celebrated this weekend
If you decide to head to a storytime hour at your local bookstore on May 17, you may see some famous faces.
Indies First Storytime Day, an event spearheaded by the American Booksellers Association, the organization Every Child a Reader, and the Children鈥檚 Book Council, is being held for the first time on May 17. Kate DiCamillo, the author of such titles as 鈥淔lora & Ulysses鈥� and 鈥淭he Tale of Despereaux鈥� and who is also the National Ambassador for Young People鈥檚 Literature, is the spokesperson for the event, which follows the Indies First celebration that was the brainchild of author Sherman Alexie and which was celebrated on Small Business Saturday (the Saturday after Thanksgiving).听
For this past fall's Indies First celebration, authors were encouraged to work selling books at their local store. For this new event,聽DiCamillo asked authors and illustrators to sign up to read a story at an indie location.
鈥淭he point is to show up and to read aloud, to celebrate stories and to celebrate the indies who work so hard to put our stories in the hands of readers,鈥� she wrote on the American Booksellers Association page for .听
Wondering if your store will be hosting an author or illustrator for the event? Check out this , which shows which locations will be participating. Some authors that will be reading for an audience tomorrow include 鈥淕oosebumps鈥� writer R.L. Stine at New York City鈥檚 Books of Wonder; 鈥淓lla Enchanted鈥� author Gail Carson Levine at Byrd鈥檚 Books in Bethel, Conn.; and DiCamillo herself at the Hudson, Wis. bookstore Chapter2Books.
