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In-Store: Storytime with Daniel Salmieri & Sophia Haas: Next to Me

Published: June 20, 2025; Author: Julia Sonrisa

 June 28, 2025    11:00 AM-11:30 AM EDT

Address: 122 Montague Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, United States

Phone: +1 718-246-2665

Web: https://www.booksaremagic.net/

In-Store: Storytime with Daniel Salmieri & Sophia Haas: Next to Me

Event guidelines:

  • All attendees are encouraged to wear face masks at all times.
  • RSVP is highly encouraged but not required.
  • Additional copies 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.

If you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact eventhelp@booksaremagic.net.

This joyful and soothing read-aloud, about noticing all the wonderful things around you, is a bedtime gem that’s illustrated in gorgeous cut-paper collages by husband-and-wife team Sophia Haas and New York Times Best Illustrated winner Daniel Salmieri.

A walk home from school is an opportunity to observe all the happy details along the way: puffy clouds next to an airplane, the twisty slide next to swinging swings, a backhoe next to a big hole. When you take the time to observe, there are so many interesting things to see in every moment of every day. What’s next to you?

From school to home, afternoon to bedtime, this cheerful book invites children to look closely and with delight at the objects all around them.

Daniel Salmieri is the creator of the New York Times Best Illustrated winner Before, Now, and the critically acclaimed Bear and Wolf, as well as the illustrator of numerous picture books, including the #1 New York Times best seller Dragons Love Tacos. His editorial illustrations can be seen in The New Yorker and The New York Times.

Sophia Haas is a Filipina American artist born and raised in New York City. Formerly a teacher, she collages, weaves, dyes fabrics, marbles paper, and illustrates. You can usually find her digging in the dirt at her local community garden or stirring dye pots.

Daniel and Sophia are married and live in Brooklyn with their son and a pet dog.

Time: 11:00-11:30 am EST

Free!

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