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Olivia Saves the Circus SPECIAL TEA PARTY

Post author By Pam
Post date 6:00 am

You might know that one of the fun parts of my job at the bookstore is to host book themed tea parties! We recently hosted a grand event; an Olivia Circus party!

The tea party was inspired by Olivia Saves the Circus by Ian Falconer. The party was so much fun! If you look at the collage, you’ll notice we had a contortionist/gymnast, a juggler, a hula hooper, a magician, a tattooed lady (me) and a ring mistress (ring master)! I was even able to incorporate my manners lesson into the tea party, as you can see by the photos of me with my feet on the table and the napkin on my head. These are big no nos at parties. Kids will tell you.

The circus party was so much fun, we’d love to do it again. Have you ever hosted a circus party? What did you do at yours, tell me!

Tags circus, hula hoop, Ian Falconer, juggler, lessons, magician, manners, Olivia, tea, tea parties

Books Tea Parties

Bookish Tea Party Fun: It’s Olivia!

Post author By Pam
Post date 10:00 am
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Olivia is another fun party we’ve enjoyed hosting. I love Olivia because she’s a pig who doesn’t care what the normal conventions are, she wants to do things HER way! Here’s a party plan for a group of young people who also like to do things their way.

Here’s the table setting; matches the color of Olivia’s outfit.

And some cute Olivia cookies that complement the patterns from the book.

And here’s another view of the table set for the Olivia party goers. Â I love how cute the red and white polka dots are, they can be re used again and again, don’t you think?

Tags birthday parties, book theme, Olivia, preschool, tea parties, tea party

Books Conferences

#BEA and New York City Here I Come!

Post author By Pam
Post date 1:00 am

I’m so happy to announce that I’m attending BEA this year! What’s BEA you ask? BEA, or Book Expo America, is the biggest, most ginormously fun book conference on the planet!

BEA is THE conference to attend in the book industry; everyone and anyone who likes books is there. So you’ll have book bloggers, book sellers, librarians, authors, book publishers, book illustrators, coffee (goes with books), reporters, and more from all over the world to discuss books. I went last year and had the time of my life. As you’ll see from the collage below, there isn’t anything I didn’t do, except sleep much!

I’d like to thank Thien-Kim of I’m Not the Nanny and Rachee of Say it Rah Shay for tolerating me last year. Kim and Rachee and I are in the From Left To Write, an online book club so we knew each other going into the trip. Rachee and I are in the Philly area and I ~~stalk~~ see her as much as I can. Fun fact #1: Rachee is a real live librarian who works in a library! Fun fact #2: I’m a certified librarian, but I work in a bookstore!

So anyway, you can see from the collage that the three of us met everyone, took every book, and met every challenge that was presented to us!

I expect this year to be no different: I’ve got a full agenda lined up and I hope to meet some new book blogging friends, learn about some new books, and maybe make some new connections.

My dance card is filling up so if you want to get next to me while I’m in New York, leave a message down below, I love making new friends!