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Reading, art activity & signing with Newtown, CT illustrator Jennifer Thermes Saturday November 16th at 1:00 p.m.
Join us for a fun-filled chance to draw with an illustrator! Byrd’s Books welcomes Jennifer Thermes, illustrator of “There Are No Moose On This Island”.
About the book: Written by Stephanie Calmenson Illustrated by Jennifer Thermes
Jake’s excited about going on a trip to an island, and he really, really, really wants to see a moose. But his dad insists: There are no moose on this island.
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Both Jake and a friendly moose would like to disagree!
Explore the island with Jake and try to spot the moose in illustrator Jennifer Thermes’ beautiful paintings. A moose on an island? Maybe anything is, in fact, possible!
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(ages 4-7)
About the author:
Jennifer Thermes is a children’s book author and illustrator. In addition to being an avid reader, an obsessed gardener, and an adorer-of-cats, she creates illustrated maps for publishing and magazine clients. Her most recent book is “Maggie & Oliver”, or “A Bone of One’s Own”, a middle-grade novel by Valerie Hobbs (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers). She is the author and illustrator of “Sam Bennett’s New Shoes” and “When I Was Built”. Thermes lives in an old farmhouse in Newtown Connecticut with her family, two cats, one dog, and countless mice.
