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Raina Telgemeier & Gale Galligan
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Featured Book
Baby-sitters on Board!: A Graphic Novel,
New York Times bestselling authors Raina Telgemeier and Gale Galligan team up and return to The Baby-sitters Club -- both Raina and Gale adapt and illustrate this super special graphic novel!
Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, Stacey, Dawn, Mallory, and Jessi are the luckiest baby-sitters in the world. This summer, they're going on what is sure to be the best vacation ever: a plane ride to Florida, a cruise to the Bahamas on an extravagant ship, and then back to Florida for three days of fun at a huge amusement park!
The BSC has a million adventures, of course. And they still have time for what they like best of all -- baby-sitting!
This book will be available for purchase at the event.
About This Event
Join Anderson’s Bookshop for an author event with Raina Telgemeier & Gale Galligan , to celebrate the paperback release of Baby-sitters on Board!: A Graphic Novel, on Tuesday, September 15th at 7:00 pm at Community Christian Church in Naperville. All books will be pre-signed. Event Format We will begin checking you in approximately 60 minutes before the start time. After a presentation and Q&A with the authors, the photo line will form in numbered order with the following guidelines: Posed photo with your camera taken by our staff. All books will be pre-signed. The authors will not sign anything during the photo line. All events have open seating. The “Order Line Number” on your pdf ticket is your reserved place in the photo line. You will line up to meet the authors based on that number. If you cannot attend, you must pick up your book (if included with ticket) at the hosting store within 30 days of the event. We can ship that book to you for an additional charge of $9.99; please call the store to arrange that. Pre-registration is required for this event because space is limited. More about Baby-sitters On Board! : New York Times bestselling authors Raina Telgemeier and Gale Galligan team up and return to The Baby-sitters Club -- both Raina and Gale adapt and illustrate this super special graphic novel! Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, Stacey, Dawn, Mallory, and Jessi are the luckiest baby-sitters in the world. This summer, they're going on what is sure to be the best vacation ever: a plane ride to Florida, a cruise to the Bahamas on an extravagant ship, and then back to Florida for three days of fun at a huge amusement park! The BSC has a million adventures, of course. And they still have time for what they like best of all -- baby-sitting! About the Authors: Raina Telgemeier is the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award–winning creator of Smile , Sisters , and Guts , which are all graphic memoirs based on her childhood. She is also the creator of Drama and Ghosts , the adapter and illustrator of the first four Baby-sitters Club graphic novels, and, with Scott McCloud, the cocreator of The Cartoonists Club . Facing Feelings: Inside the World of Raina Telgemeier is based on an exhibition that was held at The Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Raina lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. To learn more, visit her online at goraina.com . Gale Galligan is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning creator of Freestyle , Fresh Start , and four Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adaptations. When they aren't making comics, Gale enjoys knitting, drumming, and spending time with their family and pets in Pearl River, New York. Gale is a founding member of the Comics Advocacy Group, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that is dedicated to making careers in comics more accessible and sustainable. Visit them online at galesaur.com .
Featured Author
Raina Telgemeier
Raina Telgemeier is an American cartoonist. Her works include the autobiographical webcomic Smile, which was published as a full-color middle grade graphic novel in February 2010, and the follow-up Sisters and the fiction graphic novel Drama, all of which have been on The New York Times Best Seller lists
About the Venue
Community Christian Church
Presented by Anderson's Bookshop - Naperville
1635 Emerson Lane
Naperville, IL 60502
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