Today was the big day! It's been in the works for months. I read A Murder of Crows and Other Woes to Little Z's second grade class and...
I was so nervous before, honestly. But at the end the kids had all sorts of questions, and then it was time for them to go home and they were all like,
"My favorite drawing was the hoola hoops!"
"My favorite drawing was the mosquitos on the finger!"
"My favorite was the giraffes!"
etc.
Little Z (my publicist) seemed quite content. She pointed out details her classmates might have missed (i.e. the "tree" is really the leg of a giraffe who appears after the page turn). They all said they could see that she was the model for the drawings. And her teacher is an artist, it turns out! She's thinking of changing over from second grade teacher to art teacher. Now I want to see her art.
I had to keep quiet about the fact that some of their parents had already purchased the book for them for Christmas. At least three parents from Little Z's class came to my book signing last Friday and bought copies, sans children. Today, I was thinking, Good thing you like my book, because that's what you're getting for Christmas! But I kept myself from saying it out loud. I did hint that I thought I had seen Santa Claus buy a few copies. [Little Z goes around the house lately saying, "All I want for Christmas is something other than my mom's new book. I mean, I like it, but something else would be nice."]
After school, I went to Selah Vie coffee and tea house to drop off some books. They put up this poster in the window:
All in all, a good day.
I was so nervous before, honestly. But at the end the kids had all sorts of questions, and then it was time for them to go home and they were all like,
"My favorite drawing was the hoola hoops!"
"My favorite drawing was the mosquitos on the finger!"
"My favorite was the giraffes!"
etc.
Little Z (my publicist) seemed quite content. She pointed out details her classmates might have missed (i.e. the "tree" is really the leg of a giraffe who appears after the page turn). They all said they could see that she was the model for the drawings. And her teacher is an artist, it turns out! She's thinking of changing over from second grade teacher to art teacher. Now I want to see her art.
I had to keep quiet about the fact that some of their parents had already purchased the book for them for Christmas. At least three parents from Little Z's class came to my book signing last Friday and bought copies, sans children. Today, I was thinking, Good thing you like my book, because that's what you're getting for Christmas! But I kept myself from saying it out loud. I did hint that I thought I had seen Santa Claus buy a few copies. [Little Z goes around the house lately saying, "All I want for Christmas is something other than my mom's new book. I mean, I like it, but something else would be nice."]
After school, I went to Selah Vie coffee and tea house to drop off some books. They put up this poster in the window:
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| They're nice people at Selah Vie. |
Great poster!
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