Earlier this week, two titans of children’s picture books, author Mem Fox and author/illustrator Helen Oxenbury, were in town for a special appearance to discuss the importance of reading aloud to your children and to celebrate the publication of their best-selling new book, Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes.
The Reading Connection, one of my favorite local nonprofits, sponsored the wonderful evening at the Washington Post, which included a book signing afterwards.
Since both of these lovely authors are based overseas, this was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see them speaking and signing together. They regaled the capacity crowd with wonderful stories of their collaboration and how the book came to be under the gentle guidance of former Harcourt editor, Allyn Johnston (who now has her own imprint with Simon & Schuster). Their warmth, humor, and obvious love and respect for both children and the craft of writing and illustrating made for a truly memorable evening!
For more information about this terrific artistic collaboration, check out the recent Publishers Weekly interview with the authors.
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