In-Store: Storytime with Galia Bernstein: “The Pumpernickel-Daffodil”
Event guidelines:
- All attendees are encouraged to wear face masks at all times.
- RSVP is highly encouraged but not required.
- Additional copy of the event book will be available for purchase in-store.
- The reading will be followed by a book signing.
- As a reminder: If you are not feeling well, please do not come to the event, even if you have a ticket; email us and we’ll work it out.
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A misfit pup faces his first competitive dog show in this heartwarming and hilarious tale about family, friendship, and being yourself, from the author-illustrator of I Am a Cat.
Wodehouse Chili Pepper Pumpernickel the Third has an important family: His mother is the famous Mathilda Lily-Rose Daffodil, and his father is the celebrated Wodehouse Chili Pepper Pumpernickel the Second. It’s a family of champions, blue-ribbon winners, and Bests in Show galore, and all of them agree that one day, he will be the best of them all! After all, he IS a Pumpernickel-Daffodil . . .
But when he gets his own human, neither feels so sure that they’re blue-ribbon material. Will they be top dog at their first competition? From acclaimed author-illustrator Galia Bernstein comes a charming and hilarious story that celebrates kindred spirits and forging your own path.
Galia Bernstein was born and raised in Israel. She started her career as a designer and cartoonist in the Israeli Army’s magazine and was the art director of two children’s magazines as well as a writer of a monthly column in a computer magazine. She later moved to New York to study illustration at the Parsons School of Design at the New School. Today, she is a full-time illustrator and author who also works in textile design and ceramics. Her debut author/illustrated picture book, I Am a Cat, was published by Abrams Books in 2018 and has been co-editions in 14 languages and countries, across Europe and around the world. Her second picture book, Leyla published in May 2019 with a starred review from Publishers Weekly. And her 3rd author-illustrated book, The Pumpernickel-Daffodil, will be published by Abrams in June 2023. Galia lives in Brooklyn, NY with her beloved dog, Ollie.
Time: 11:00-11:30 am EDT
Free!
