Derrick Barnes’ The King of Kindergarten joyously addresses one of childhood’s biggest milestones
Award-winning author Derrick Barnes’ latest book, The King of Kindergarten, celebrates the joy and pride of a child’s first day of school. Barnes will appear at the 2019 Southern Festival of Books, held in Nashville on October 11-13.
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Julia Watts’s new novel for teens finds room for friendship in the so-called culture wars
Quiver, Julia Watts’s new novel for teens, is a story of acceptance against all odds.
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In Lorraine, Ketch Secor and Higgins Bond spin a tale about the power of music
Old Crow Medicine Show frontman Ketch Secor and illustrator Higgins Bond discuss their new picture book, Lorraine.
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In Sea Sirens by Amy Chu and Janet K. Lee, young readers take an underwater fantasy adventure
Illustrator Janet K. Lee will celebrate the release of the graphic novel Sea Sirens, her collaboration with comic book writer Amy Chu, at Parnassus Books in Nashville on June 11.
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Marianne Richmond celebrates individuality in Hooray for You!
For more than two decades, Franklin-based author-illustrator Marianne Richmond has been creating books that celebrate children and family. Richmond will visit Parnassus Books on June 1 to share her newest picture book, Hooray for You!, with children and their families.
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Lambslide, Ann Patchett’s first children’s book, features a flock of lambs and a landslide victory
Acclaimed Nashville novelist Ann Patchett joins Fancy Nancy illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser at Parnassus Books on May 6 to celebrate Lambslide, the new children’s picture book they created together.
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