Author Story Time with Lisa Chow - BEAR WAKES UP
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Bear wakes up
"When a troop of noisy children wakes Bear from hibernation, he discovers winter for the first time and must learn to face the unfamiliar snowy world"-- Provided by publisher.
This book will be available for purchase at the event.
About This Event
Local author Lisa Chow will visit Brazos for a story time reading and book signing on Saturday, November 28 at 10:30 a.m. When a troop of awfully loud children stomp through the woods outside his home, Bear is woken up before he’s done hibernating. And, wow, does the world look different! Bear has never experienced winter before, so he has never seen snow before. He has never seen naked trees before. And he has never seen his food trapped in the river before. It is a total catastrophe! Bear does what anyone does when confronted with a new and shocking situation—he PANICS. But when ignoring the problem doesn’t help, Bear begins to find a way to face the incomprehensible. And maybe he’ll find a few things to like about his new, snowy and sparkly world. Lisa Chow is a Houston-based artist who loves quirky characters, dry humor, and plot twists. After a brief stint in IT, she followed her passion for art and spent years running craft fairs, hosting workshops, showing in galleries, and designing products. Now, Lisa spends her days illustrating mischievous characters and dreaming up tall tales. When Lisa isn’t creating, she can be found debating the merits of indie films with her husband, playing ponies with her two daughters, and analyzing picture books with the family cat.
Featured Author
Chow, Lisa (Illustrator)
About the Venue
Brazos Bookstore
Houston's oldest independent bookstore, operating since 1974. We are a general bookstore with a curated inventory in fiction, poetry, romance, horror, graphic novels, works in translation, history, media studies, local interest, and children's books. Brazos hosts or participates in over 300 events a year, in-store and with some of Houston's premiere cultural and educational organizations, such as Inprint, Performing Arts Houston, Asia Society, Rice University, and University of Houston.
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