Meeting friends from LiveJournal in real life and finding out that you like them even more in person. Today, I drove to Alexandria, Virginia for Kristy Dempsey's book signing of her picture book, Me With You at the marvelous new children's book store, Hooray for Books!, located on King Street. Not only did I get to meet Kristy, but I also met jamarattigan, annemariepace ( Read more... )

I have been remiss in not reviewing this lovely picture book. Kristy Dempsey, who is a LiveJournal friend of mine, first wrote this poem for her husband; now, it is a beautiful picture book featuring a little girl and her grandfather. As you may have guessed from the cover art, the people aren't people, they're bears.

While the book is entitled ( Read more... )