Events

Please visit us at one of these upcoming events

April

  • Date April 18th
  • Time 7:00 pm EST
  • Event Tinker and Talk Book Chat for Don’t Call Me Fuzzybutt!
  • LocationFacebook Live
  • Description Author Robin Newman will be a guest on Tinker and Talk Book Chat with The Picture Book Mechanic, Lynne Marie! Robin will read from her new picture book, Don’t Call Me Fuzzybutt! and a live discussion will follow!


  • Date April 22nd
  • Time 7:00 pm EST
  • Event 2 Dandelions Bookshop Virtual Launch for Little Dandelion Seeds the World
  • LocationFacebook Live
  • Description Join author Julia Richardson as she celebrates the launch of her new title, Little Dandelion Seeds the World with 2 Dandelions Bookshop!

May

  • Date May 1st
  • Time 10:00 am CST
  • Event The Raven Bookstore Virtual Event for Because I’m New
  • LocationCrowdCast
  • Description Join Brad Sneed and The Raven Bookstore for a virtual reading of his new title, Because I’m New!


  • Date May 8th
  • Time 2:00 pm EST
  • Event St. Petersburg Library Virtual Event for Stompin’ at the Savoy: How Chick Webb Became the King of Drums
  • Location Virtual (Link TBD)
  • Description Celebrate Children’s Book Week with author Moira Rose Donohue and the St. Petersburg Public Library as she reads from new title, Stompin’ at the Savoy: How Chick Webb Became the King of Drums!


  • Date May 26th
  • Time 12:00 pm EST
  • Event Brave Girls Virtual Story Time: June Almeida, Virus Detective!
  • LocationZoom
  • Description Join author Suzanne Slade and illustrator Elisa Paganelli for a live reading + Q&A of their new book, June Almeida, Virus Detective!: The Woman Who Discovered the First Human Coronavirus!


  • Date May 27th
  • Time 6:30 pm EST
  • Event Belmont Books Monthly Bedtime Storytime
  • LocationZoom
  • Description Put on your jammies, and join authors Tracy Marchini (Princesses Can Fix It!), Nicole Cardoza (Mindful Moves: Kid-Friendly Yoga and Peaceful Activities for a Happy, Healthy You), and Nicholas Solis (The Color Collector) for Belmont Books’ monthly bedtime storytime!


Ongoing

  • Date Beginning May 4
  • Event Truth and Honor, a Sneak Peak
  • Location Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum’s DeVos Learning Center website
  • Description In anticipation of the soon to be released children’s book, “Truth and Honor: The President Ford Story,” the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation is releasing an exclusive virtual storytelling experience through the eyes of award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Matt Faulkner. The virtual experiences will begin being available on May 4 through the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum’s DeVos Learning Center website, devoslearningcenter.org. In advance of the book being released, Faulkner joins Clare Shubert, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation’s director of engagement and programming, for “Truth and Honor, a Sneak Peak,” a five-part virtual look into the world of illustration and the process he used for some of the story’s notable illustrations. These mini online segments take a look at President Ford in his childhood and collegiate years, as well as his years serving the military, Congress and as the nation’s 38th president.