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Come see me next at…

Sunday, Nov. 16 @ 10:30 a.m. PST
page & pine bookshop
Storytime and Signing
207 W Stewart Avenue
Puyallup, WA 98371
Register to see me as just a small part of the wonderful group of creators that will be at SCBWI WW INSIDE STORY on Sunday, Nov. 16, at 11 a.m. Pacific (I did have to pre-record my part; see above). 🙂
Playback will be available to registered watchers, if you can’t make it live this time, either (though it’s always worth it, if you can)!
You can order THERE'S SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THE BABYSITTER from...
☆ Local independent bookstore Queen Anne Book Company for personalized and signed copies! (They also ship!) ☆
☆ Local independent bookstore Third Place Books for personalized and signed copies! (They ship!) ☆

Or your favorite local indie!!

Also available from:

Bookshop.org
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Books-a-Million
Target.com

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