Secret Garden Books is hosting a reading for a new book by multiple New York Times bestselling author Tom Angleberger and Caldecott Medalist author/illustrator Dan Santat’s new collaboration (THE PRINCESS AND THE PIT STOP, Abrams Books for Young Readers). The event will be at Secret Garden, 2214 NW Market St., Ballard, on Monday, 16 July 2018 at 7 PM. It is free and the public is invited.
A plucky Princess races against a gaggle of fairy-tale and nursery greats in The Princess and the Pit Stop (Abrams Books for Young Readers; on-sale July 10, 2018), an epic car race of a book. Too bad Princess is in the last place with one lap to go. She’ll have to catch the Gingerbread Man, lose Little Bo Peep and her Sheep, blow the doors off the Big Bad Wolf, and much more. Her Fairy Godmother tells her to just give up. Instead, this Princess hits the gas! This turbo-charged read-aloud puts a princess—not up in a tower or awaiting a kiss—but at the center of the thrilling action, and gives each of her opponents a silly, perfect comeuppance.
Tom Angleberger is a beloved children’s book author best known for his bestselling Origami Yoda series, also published by Abrams. He is also the author of the Qwikpick Papers series, the Inspector Flytrap series, Fuzzy, McToad Mows Tiny Island and many other books for children.
Dan Santat is a critically acclaimed author-illustrator best known for his Caldecott-winning picture book The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend.
