Over the past few days, I had the pleasure of participating in two very special book events — a signing at Menchaca Elementary School's Scholastic Book Fair and the Savannah Children's Book festival. I had an absolutely fantastic time at both events, though each one had it's own way of feeding or starving my ego.
Last Thursday evening, I signed books at Menchaca. The librarians there are SO good. They really excited the kids about my book Ron's Big Mission, so much so that it became the hottest seller at the fair. It sold 99 copies and I was honored to be there to sign most of them. Check out the nice display behind the table. I can't thank the librarians enough.
Following that event, I flew to Georgia where I was a featured author-ilustrator in the the 7th annual Savannah Children's Book Festival. This is a top-notch festival, to say the least. More than 30,000 people attended the festival last year, and this year was even bigger. The lineup included included Judy Schachner, “Skippyjon Jones”; Anna Dewdney, “Llama Llama Red Pajama”, in addition to Alan Katz, Brian Jordan, Pat Mora, Vicky Alvear Schecter, Charles R. Smith, others. I was especially excited to meet two very young authors, 9- and 11-year-old Miles and William Rabun, who wrote the book "My Grandma's Backyard." Behind Judy and Anna, they were clearly the most popular authors at the festival.
My book signing (above) was a bit, um, humbling. But that happens sometimes, and I found much humor in the situation.
When I returned, I received this wonderful letter from the mother of an attendee. This made my day and I thank her for sending this along.
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An illustrator living in Austin, Texas. Don Tate II specializes in children's publishing.
By: Don Tate II,
on 11/15/2010
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What a great letter to you! It comments on your ability to relate to kids as well as to create literature and art. Thanks for sharing the letter. It's so good to see what effect you have on others and how our works affects its listeners and readers.
Lovely.
Oh my gosh, what an incredible warm fuzzy! :)
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That letter makes me so happy! I can only imagine how it makes you feel!
Book festivals are so amazing -- I am always happy to hear about great experiences like this!
Thanks for sharing that letter with us, Don. It doesn't get much more beautiful than, "You signed a little girl's heart that day."