Saturday, April 28 is Independent Bookstore Day. Here’s how Little Shop of Stories is celebrating:
- Free coffee and doughnuts for early shoppers.
- Limited edition Independent Bookstore Day swag for sale.
- A special storytime with guest stars Elephant & Piggie.
- Snacks in the afternoon while supplies last.
- $5 Golden Tickets to benefit the shop’s On The Same Page community-wide reading program.
- Authorly Advice Booth with superstar author Laurel Snyder from 1 to 3 p.m.
And starting at 7 p.m.:
Becky Albertalli and Emily X.R. Pan in conversation with Aisha Saeed
Little Shop of Stories will be hosting Becky Albertalli’s launch for Leah on the Offeat! (Becky’s first novel, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, was recently made into the movie, “Love, Simon,” which was partly filmed in Decatur). She will be in conversation with Emily X.R. Pan, author of The Astonishing Color of After, and moderated by Aisha Saeed, author of Written in the Stars and the upcoming Amal Unbound. Little Shop cannot wait to share these two phenomenal YA books with the community!
