BookPeople Presents: The Baby-Sitters Club: Baby-Sitters on Board!

BookPeople Presents: The Baby-Sitters Club: Baby-Sitters on Board!

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BookPeople welcomes Raina Telgemeier and Gale Galligan to celebrate The Baby-Sitters Club: Super Special #1: Baby-Sitters on Board! UPDATE: This event has changed locations to Central Presbyterian Church. Ticket purchasers were notified via email on June 10th. All tickets are still valid to th is event. Please welcome Raina Telgemeier and Gale Galligan to celebrate The Baby-Sitters Club: Super Special #1: Baby-Sitters on Board! This event is ticketed. The authors will be available for a photo op after the speaking portion of the event for those who purchase a Book + Photo Op ticket! This will be a Photo Op only and no additional items will be signed. The book bundled tickets will include a bookplate signed by the authors. If you buy a book-included ticket and are unable to attend: Guidelines: About the book: New York Times bestselling authors Raina Telgemeier and Gale Galligan team up and return to The Baby-sitters Club -- both Raina and Gale adapt and illustrate this super special graphic novel! Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, Stacey, Dawn, Mallory, and Jessi are the luckiest baby-sitters in the world. This summer, they're going on what is sure to be the best vacation ever: a plane ride to Florida, a cruise to the Bahamas on an extravagant ship, and then back to Florida for three days of fun at a huge amusement park! The BSC has a million adventures, of course. And they still have time for what they like best of all -- baby-sitting! About the authors: Raina Telgemeier is the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award–winning creator of Smile, Sisters, and Guts, which are all graphic memoirs based on her childhood. She is also the creator of Drama and Ghosts, the adapter and illustrator of the first four Baby-sitters Club graphic novels, and, with Scott McCloud, the co-creator of The Cartoonists Club. Facing Feelings: Inside the World of Raina Telgemeier is based on an exhibition that was held at The Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Raina lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. To learn more, visit her online at goraina.com.Gale Galligan is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning creator of Freestyle, Fresh Start, and four Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adaptations. When they aren't making comics, Gale enjoys knitting, drumming, and spending time with their family and pets in Pearl River, New York. Gale is a founding member of the Comics Advocacy Group, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that is dedicated to making careers in comics more accessible and sustainable. Visit them online at galesaur.com. By purchasing a book from BookPeople, you are not only supporting a local, independent business – you’re showing publishers that they should continue sending authors to BookPeople. Thank you for supporting Raina Telgemeier, Gale Galligan, and your local independent bookstore! [Eventbrite tags: Books, Hobbies & Special Interest, Appearance or Signing, Austin, Author, Booktalk, author_event, book_discussion, book_launch, book_signing]