Jennifer L. Holm's Blog, page 5

Fourteenth Goldfish book tour begins!

I'm so excited to hit the road and introduce my new book to the world! 


This week I'm in the land of delicious peaches (I love peaches) -- Georgia! I'll be in Athens & Decatur.

THURSDAY, August 28 - Avid Bookshop!

TIME: 4:00 pm
493 Prince Avenue
Athens, Georgia
#706-352-2060


SATURDAY, August 30 - Decatur Book Festival

12:15 - PANEL "Great Books for New Readers"
Children's Stage

12:45 - AUTOGRAPHING

4:00 - PANEL "All the Girls in the World"

4:30 - AUTOGRAPHING

Hope to see you all there!

Countdown to THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH!

THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH -- chapter sampler!

We're getting excited around here for the release of my new novel: THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH! 



In advance of the release, Scribd has put up a chapter sampler HERE.

Check it out and read the whole book when it's published on August 26!

SDCC!!

Team Babymouse will be heading  to San Diego tomorrow to attend the world-famous SDCC! Come on by and say "hi"!
THURSDAY 12:00-1:00“CBLDF Presents: Using Graphic Novels in Education”  Room 30CDE
4:00-5:00“Kids' Heroes, Capes and Journeys: Does One Size Fit All?”  Room 29A 
SATURDAY 10:00 – 10:30 Signing - HELLO KITTY TURNS 40Viz Media Booth #2813
11:00-12:00Signing - COMICS SQUAD: RECESS & BABYMOUSERandom House Booth #1515 
SUNDAY - KIDS DAY!!!!!
9:00-10:00 AM
BABYMOUSE Meet & Greet
Random House Booth #1515
10:00-11:00“Kids Draw! A Comics Live Drawing Panel” Room 30CDEAutograph Area Signing, 11:30 – 12:00 PM 
12:00-1:00“Panels & Pictures: A Graphic Novel Panel”  Room 32ABAutograph Area Signing, 1:30 – 2:00
2:00-3:00 “Perfect Square presents: Making Kids Comics Awesome” Room 32AB

BEA & BookCon!

I'm so excited to be heading to the Big Apple for BEA and BookCon! 


I'll be talking about my upcoming novel, THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH!


Here's where I'll be! Hope to see you there!

Friday, May 31 - BEA
3:30 - 4:45 PM CBC/ABC/ABA "Tea with Authors & Illustrators"Jacob Javits Center Location: 1E12/1E13
Saturday, June 1 -  BOOKCON
10:30 – 11:30 AM  SIGNING 
Jacob Javits Center
Location: Random House Booth #2839, Table 2I will be signing ARCs of The Fourteenth Goldfish!

We're crazy for Zita!

We're so psyched to be part of the Zita the Spacegirl Blog Tour!!

The final Zita book is out and it is awesome!



How can you not love a great girl like Zita? I know that Babymouse is BFF's with Zita!

C2E2!!!

Team Babymouse will be at C2E2 this weekend!

Come on out and see us!
Sunday, April 27
10:00 – 10:30 AMCOMICS SQUAD ARC SIGNINGLocation: Random House Booth, #418Details: We will be signing advance copies of Comics Squad: Recess! 
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM “COMIC BOOK HEROES” PANELLocation: Room S404ABDescription: An all-star panel of kids comics creators and educators discuss ways to get children excited about reading, encourage creativity, and cultivate a love of literature using great graphic novels and comics. Panelists: Jennifer Holm and Matthew Holm (Babymouse), Charles Brownstein (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund), Aaron Renier (The Unsinkable Walker Bean), Jeffrey Brown (Darth Vader and Son) and moderated by librarian John Schumacher.
12:15 – 1:15 PMAUTOGRAPH AREA BOOKSIGNINGDetails: Signing Babymouse and Squish as well as Happy Birthday Babymouse!) 

It's gonna be the party of the century!

Come join me on Saturday, May 3 to celebrate HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABYMOUSE & CALIFORNIA BOOKSTORE DAY at the Reading Bug!

There will be awesome birthday crafts and treats and a whole lot of messy whiskers!

WHEN: 2pm
WHERE: The Reading Bug
785 Laurel Street, San Carlos, CA

Hollywood, here we come!

Team Babymouse will be at the LA TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS on Sunday, April 8! 


We'll be on a panel and will be autographing our new book --
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABYMOUSE!


Here's our schedule--come by and say "hi"!

12:30 PM PANEL— Children's Books: Giggles & Guffaws Annenberg Auditorium Panelists: Tad Hills, Alan Sitomer, Jennifer L. Holm, Matt Holm and Aaron ReynoldsModerator: Barbara Bottner
1:30 PM Booksigning - Mysterious Galaxy Booth #368

TLA - San Antonio!

I'm heading to TLA -- The Texas Library Association Conference -- in San Antonio, Texas next week. TLA is one of my favorite conferences! 
Here's where I will be speaking and signing:
Tuesday, April 8 th 
2:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Children’s Round Table Program: “Animals Misbehaving: Being Bad Never Felt So Good” Featuring Jennifer L. Holm, Jim Benton, Peter Brown, Nick Bruel, Adam Rubin, and Aaron Reynolds Moderated by: Marianne Follis Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center | Room 001A | River Level 
Wednesday, April 9 th 
3:00 p.m. Random House Children's Books In-Booth Happy Birthday Babymouse Celebration! Featuring Jennifer L. Holm  Random House will be giving out a select quantity of Happy Birthday, Babymouse! on a first come first served basis. Celebratory treats will be served!
Thursday, April 10 th  
10:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. Children’s Round Table Program: “Be Book Cool! Join the Nerdy Book Club” Featuring Jennifer L. Holm, Kirby Larson, Tom Angleberger, John Schumacher, Colby Sharp, and Linda Urban  Moderated by: Cynthia Alaniz, Coppell ISD Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center | Room 217CD | Concourse Level 
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Signing in the Author Signing Area, Aisle #7 
2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Signing at Perma-Bound, Booth #1515 
Hope to see you there!