September 30, 2004

Who is Brian Jacques?

P1010019.jpgAsk your 10 year old, he will know. Brian Jacques was in town for a book signing at a small independent children's book shop in Fredericksburg.

About 400 kids, plus parents, were there to meet him. It was a huge crowd. I talked to people from Richmond (1 hour each way) and Norfolk (3 hours each way). The store can handle about 15 customers at a time comfortably, so they held the signing in an art studio above the book store. Some of the art was decidedly not child friendly, but the kids were so enthralled at Jacque's presence that I don't think any of them noticed.

Jacques talked for about 20 minutes. Then we waited almost 2 hours to get to the front of the line. Breck was bouncing off the walls as we left,so it was definitely worth it.

And yes, I am writing this during the debate that will feature no actual debating. I know where I stand on the issues, and I know which candidate is most palatable to me.

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I was really surprised that he would want to stand in line for two hours to get an autograph from an *author*.

Then I remembered he's homeschooled, and then it all made sense.

Posted by: stoddart at September 30, 2004 10:36 PM

Thanks Daniel! However, all those kids are not homeschooled! We only knew about the signing because Michelle walked by the store a couple of weeks ago and saw a sign in the window. We never saw it in the paper or heard in advertised on local radio. From what I gathered talking to other parents there, the primary advertising venue for this was school librarians.

Posted by: Chris at September 30, 2004 10:40 PM

Oh we got to see him at a small teaching store in Des Moines last year! I ended up purchasing the Redwall books on CD for car trips. They've been so wonderful.

I think the bandaged wrist says a lot in your photo...

Posted by: Diane at October 1, 2004 02:10 AM

KEWL!!!!!!!!!My 13yo is drooling!
Melis

Posted by: Melissa at October 3, 2004 03:56 PM

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