Author Visit Vibes!

Okay, peeps.

READING rules!

It's the BEST!

It's a reward, in-and-of-itself, and...sometimes, there are actual awards associated with it!

Like, this past Friday, when the girlies' Middle School hosted a pretty high profile illustrator and graphic novelists, who not only authored/illustrated a bestselling graphic novel series in his own right, but also illustrated the 15th anniversary edition paperback covers of freaking Harry Potter...and happens to live right here in the San Antonio area!

And Chicklet--thanks to the fact that she's read the entire graphic novel series and could therefore put her name in a drawing--got to participate in a fun, lunch meet-and-greet above and beyond the school-wide presentations the author did by grade level.

I mean...how freaking cool??!!

There they are! Selfie and all! Amazing!

Chicklet read this series ages ago and it still holds a place of honor within the playroom bookcases, so it was especially cool for her to take her favorite novel in the series and get it personally signed!

Wild! He even drew a rough sketch of one of the characters in the novel. The one that's on this page...

And this was the pin Chicklet needed to wear that day, to signify she was one of the 30 or so students who got to participate in the lunch hour fun, and he signed the pin, as well. :)

As I shared in a previous post, my Chicklet is both slaying it and struggling just a bit with her Middle School transition--as most kiddos tend to do! So this author visit was a happy event to look forward to. She took extra care braiding her hair the night before (so it would be wavy for school), selected one of her happy/comfy outfits to wear, and was singing Taylor Swift as she headed out the door. All. Positive. Signs. And she came home showing off all of her autographs...before promptly ignoring me for her current book. ;)

No matter what changes are going on in my Chicklet's life, a constant that provides her so much stinking entertainment and joy is reading. And it literally makes my heart burst, considering the dyslexic hurdles she's overcome to fully realize this love of literature. 

I'm grateful for all the enrichment opportunities and events within the district and I'm logging this one as a great way to spend a Friday and usher in a weekend that turned out to be rainy and chill!

Okay...double post in the books! If I get lucky, I might *might* manage just one more, today, but...we'll see!

Over and out!