https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:45:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-readingssignings-with-children-book-authors#post-2142418 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:51:03 +0000 Mommy Finger 2142418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My FIL got DS a good for his 2nd birthday that was signed by the author. We even have a picture of the author after he signed the book. He was in South Dakota and the author was set up in a store there. All of this is great and I love the personal touch but the book is just plain dreadful. So we don't read it much. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-readingssignings-with-children-book-authors#post-2142247 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:13:26 +0000 Ms.Badger 2142247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As a child of a children's librarian I went to A LOT of these and unless I really liked the book the author read, they were SO boring! Except, the illustrator ones, those were pretty cool and they'd usually do a drawing when they signed your book! When I got older, my mom would take me to author book talks for books that I really liked - those were cool. I vividly remember the one with Lois Lowery about The Giver and her talking about symbolism. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-readingssignings-with-children-book-authors#post-2142195 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:45:27 +0000 mauxie 2142195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've done readings/signings with Robin Glasser (Fancy Nancy series) and David Shannon! David did a poster illustration after the reading and also drew little doodles with the signing, it was great! </p> <p>Would love to meet Mo Willems but my daughter is not really a fan of his books :( (though I am) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-readingssignings-with-children-book-authors#post-2142157 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:27:48 +0000 Anagram 2142157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I LOVE Mo Willems! So, I haven't ever actually been to a book-store signing event, but because I've been on a few book awards committees in the past, I've had dinner with some authors, and that's always super fun because you get to hang out with them as real people.</p> <p>I've met Veronica Roth, and John Green, and Mo Willems, and Jon Scieszka, and Judy Blume (that was a big one!) and a ton of other YA authors. It's fun, because sometimes you meet their spouses, or see pictures of their kids. I had a dinner with Mike Wolfe from American Pickers, after he wrote a YA book and I was hugely pregnant at the time and we bonded over that, because he'd just had a daughter.</p> <p>I always hover between a little star-struck and realizing they are totally just normal people. Except John Green and Judy Blume, who are like...extraordinary, haha. And really good at capturing a whole room's energy.</p> <p>eta: I have an embarrassing amount of signed copies of all these books--and most are from before I had children, so they are always just signed to me (the huge librarian dork). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-readingssignings-with-children-book-authors#post-2142073 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:21:37 +0000 Andrea 2142073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cool, Mo! We've gone to 2 so far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-readingssignings-with-children-book-authors#post-2142069 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:20:29 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2142069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would love to go to a reading! I'd be super excited to meet Mo too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-readingssignings-with-children-book-authors#post-2142066 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 12:19:00 +0000 T-Mom 2142066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have never sought one out but Diana Hutts Aston visited my DD's school for a reading and book signing. She was very excited about having met her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-readingssignings-with-children-book-authors#post-2141819 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:30:13 +0000 autumnlove 2141819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never been to one with an author but my kids like readings at BN with their staff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-readingssignings-with-children-book-authors#post-2141798 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:10:55 +0000 chopsuey 2141798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow so exciting!<br /> We've never been to one :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/book-readingssignings-with-children-book-authors#post-2141797 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 09:09:21 +0000 mrbee 2141797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love it when authors do a reading or signing at one of our local stores! I find it so much more exciting than having a librarian or store employee read a book... unless the reader is really talented, in which case that can be great too.</p> <p>We're going this week to a book signing for Mo Willems, one of the kids' favorite authors... can't tell who is more excited: me or the kids!</p> <p>Do your kids like book readings/signings with children book authors? </p>