BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Virtual Author Event: Conversation with Joy McCullough & Sheyd a Abvabi Best | Champ and Major BEGIN:VEVENT UID:65552021-01-19 DTSTART:20210119T220000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210119T230000Z LOCATION:133 Rehoboth Avenue\nRehoboth Beach Delaware 19971 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=133 Rehoboth Avenue\nRehobo th Beach Delaware 19971;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=133 Rehoboth Avenue:geo: 38.716477,-75.080204 GEO:38.716477;-75.080204 SUMMARY:Virtual Author Event: Conversation with Joy McCullough & Sheyda Abv abi Best | Champ and Major CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online\, interactive conversation with author Jo y\nMcCullough and illustrator Sheyda Abvabi Best\, to discuss their new\nb ook\, _Champ and Major: First Dogs_\, a picture book about\nPresident-ele ct Joe Biden's two adorable dogs. Also joining them will\nbe Delaware Hum ane Association [https://delawarehumane.org/] (DHA)\,\nwhere the Bidens a dopted Major.\n\nThe evening will include a reading from the book by the a uthor\,\nsketching by the illustrator\, and highlights of pets available f or\nadoption through DHA. Kids\, families and grandparents will want to\nh ear all about Champ\, who is excited to go back to the White House\,\nand Major\, who is going to be one of the first rescue dogs to live in\nthe Wh ite House!\n\nJoy McCullough writes books for kids and teens. Her debut yo ung adult\nnovel _Blood Water Paint_ was longlisted for the National Boo k Award\nfor Young People's Literature\, and won the Washington State and\ nPacific Northwest Book Awards. Her next young adult novel\, _We Are\nthe Ashes\, We Are the Fire_\, will be released on February 9\, 2021. Her\nde but middle grade novel\, _A Field Guide to Getting Lost_\, was a\nJunior Library Guild selection. She studied theater at Northwestern\nUniversity\, lives in the Seattle area\, and is human to Australian\nShepherd Athena.\ nSheyda Abvabi Best is an artist at a Kansas City-based studio\, where\nsh e illustrates\, designs product\, and sculpts. She earned her BA in\nIllus tration at Bethany College\, and lives with her husband and very\nfluffy c at.\n\nWe invite you to support the author by purchasing a copy of their\n book. HERE [https://www.browseaboutbooks.com/book/9780593407141].\nCall-i n orders are accepted at (302) 226-2665 or you can stop by the\nstore to p urchase a copy. For store hours\, please visit their website.\nEach copy p urchased comes with a signed archival bookplate.\nBrowseabout Books is don ating $2 from each book sold to event\nco-sponsor\, Delaware Humane Associ ation.\n\nNOTE: this meeting is being conducted through Zoom\n[https://zo om.us/]. You MUST REGISTER to receive instructions for\njoining the meetin g.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for an online\, interactive convers ation with author Joy McCullough and illustrator Sheyda Abvabi Best\, to d iscuss their new book\, \;Champ and Major: First Dogs\, a pic ture book about President-elect Joe Biden'\;s two adorable dogs. Also j oining them will be \;Delaware Humane Association \;(DHA)\, where the Bidens adopted Major.

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The evening will include a reading from the book by the author\, ske tching by the illustrator\, and highlights of pets available for adoption through DHA. Kids\, families and grandparents will want to hear all about Champ\, who is excited to go back to the White House\, and Major\, who is going to be one of the first rescue dogs to live in the White House!

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Joy McCullough writes books for kids and teens. Her debut young adult novel \;Blood Water Paint \;was longlisted for the Natio nal Book Award for Young People'\;s Literature\, and won the Washington State and Pacific Northwest Book Awards. Her next young adult novel\,&nbs p\;We Are the Ashes\, We Are the Fire\, will be released on Febru ary 9\, 2021. Her debut middle grade novel\, \;A Field Guide to Ge tting Lost\, was a Junior Library Guild selection. She studied theate r at Northwestern University\, lives in the Seattle area\, and is human to Australian Shepherd Athena.
\nSheyda Abvabi Best is an artist at a K ansas City-based studio\, where she illustrates\, designs product\, and sc ulpts. She earned her BA in Illustration at Bethany College\, and lives wi th her husband and very fluffy cat.

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We invite you to support the author by purchasing a copy of their book. \;HERE. Call-in orders are accep ted at (302) 226-2665 or you can stop by the store to purchase a copy. For store hours\, please visit their website. Each copy purchased comes with a signed archival bookplate. Browseabout Books is donating $2 from each bo ok sold to event co-sponsor\, Delaware Humane Association.

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NOTE: this meeting is being conducted through \;Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive instructions for joining the meet ing.

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