Last week, my daughter Kayle and I went to the BookExpo America book fair at the Javits center in NYC. There were over 1500 exhibitors showing ‘sneak peeks’ of their fall titles. In the morning, we heard Fergie, the princess not the singer, give a great speech in front of hundreds of people. This was the same week her latest scandal broke and I just admired her guts and grace in getting up there, being honest and moving forward. Yep, made a mistake, moving on.
As you can imagine, the show could have been overwhelming with so much going on and so many things to see. But I dd what I do when I go on buying trips — let my instincts guide me and not worry about trying to see everything. That would have been impossible anyway. Of course, everything worked out beautifully. I met great people and learned a lot.
I met the most wonderful people from Onionheads. They publish books for children, parents and educators that help us talk about feelings. They call it ‘peeling feelings – teaching us what to do with what we feel’. Here’s a picture of me with Lane Michel who was so kind – just really heartwarming. I also met the founder Denali Jordan. This is a really great company.
Of course we talked about my books and I am sure we’ll be talking about them more in the future. Another publisher was also interested but let’s just keep that news under our hat – shall we?
Lane Michel and Kathy at the BookExpo America show
Tags: books, Buying trips, Kayle, Kids, Travels
Kathy! We loved meeting you, Kayle and Tripp. Congrats to Kara on her breakthrough. I’m so glad we are all connected now.
Hugs,
Lane from Onionhead
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