I was so delighted to host a book signing for Becky Pitts debut book Jane Jacobs: Champion of Cities, Champion of People in November 2023. It’s the first biography for young people on Jane Jacobs, the visionary activist, urbanist, and thinker who transformed the way we inhabit and develop our cities. The photos below capture just some of the community who came out to congratulate the author at the signing.

The first week of May is Jane Jacobs Walk week which is a series of free neighborhood walking, biking, and transit tours that help put people in touch with their environment and with the people who live in their community. Becky will be dropping off some cool pins to go with the signed copies of her book in celebration, so if you missed the original launch event it is another great time to stop by!

Back in October 2023, Picture Book was so delighted to host local author and friend Jessie Kanzer at the shop again for the release of her second book Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky: Lessons We Can All Learn from an Unexpected Leader. It was wonderful to see the community come out and support her and we captured some of the moments in the photo below. The sunflowers in honor of Ukraine were from Lemon Terrace and the cheese was of course from Bloomy.

I need to credit Jessie for helping me come up with this format of book signings during shop hours, which offer an intimate opportunity to meet and congratulate authors on their book releases. We’ve repeated the format since then for Rebecca Pitts, Lynn Schmeidler, Lan Phan, and the forthcoming signings for Alison Cupp Relyea, Lyn Slater, and hopefully many more!

Thank you to everyone who came out to show your support for Jessie and for my shop.