Clifford The Big Red Dog: Costume Character Storytime!

Barnes & Noble Corte Madera Invites Customers to February Children’s Storytime Events Where Kids Explore Their Imaginations and Discover a Love of Reading

Highlights Include a New Picture Book of the Month Program, Valentine’s Day and Celebrate Black History Month Storytimes

Click Clack Peep Storytime – On Saturday, February 21, at 11 a.m., Barnes & Noble will host a Storytime featuring Doreen Cronin’s new book, Click Clack Peep. Farmer Brown, oh-so-sleepy, has a new, adorable—and LOUD—duckling to deal with in this addition to the award-winning Click, Clack series from the New York Times bestselling team who brought you Click, Clack, Moo and Click, Clack, Boo! Participants will also enjoy activities and quacking with noisemakers.Parents and guardians are encouraged to take photographs of their children using their duck quacker noise makers at the Storytime and share them on their social media venues using the hashtag #BNStorytime.

Clifford The Big Red Dog Costume Character Storytime – On Saturday, February 21, at 2 p.m., Barnes & Noble Corte Madera will host a special costume character Storytime featuring Norman Bridwell’s Clifford The Big Red Dog. “With more than 126 million books in print, Clifford The Big Red Dog is a literary classic that is embraced by parents, teachers, and kids. Clifford has been teaching kids life lessons like being kind, sharing, helping others and being a good friends for nearly 50 years through his heartwarming journeys and adventures with friends.” -from www.scholastic.com/clifford. Customers are encouraged to take photographs of their child at the Storytime and share them on their social media venues using the hashtag #BNStorytime.

Black History Month Storytime with author Bolaji Ajayi – On Saturday, February 28, at 10 a.m., Barnes & Noble Corte Madera will celebrate Black History Month Storytime with Bolaji Ajayi, local author of Akiti the Hunter. Akiti’s story is derived from African Folklore passed down from generation to generation, and is retold by the author. This is the first time this character has ever been presented to the world in cartoon form, to reach younger generation and present a super hero many children of color can relate to. The storytime will also feature I Am Rosa Parks and I Am Jackie Robinson, two books from author Brad Meltzer’s picture-book biography series with the inspiring message “we can all be heroes.” Each book in the series tells the story of an American icon and focuses on a character trait that made that role model heroic. Children will enjoy the charming illustrations by Christopher Eliopoulos, and play with special activity sheets as I Am Rosa Parks and I Am Jackie Robinson are read aloud. Attendees are encouraged to share Storytime photographs on social media venues using the hashtag #BNStorytime.

“Barnes & Noble is proud to celebrate Black History Month, and especially Rosa Parks, who helped end public bus segregation and launch the country’s Civil Rights Movement, and Jackie Robinson, who paved the way for equality in sports in America,” said Sarah DiFrancesco, Vice President, Business Development for Barnes & Noble. “It’s important for children to learn about the role they played in our history.”

From February 18 to April 6, while supplies last, customers who want to bring the fun home can buy the Duck & Goose Colors board book for only $3.99 (regularly priced at $6.99) with the purchase of any two children’s books.

Barnes & Noble Storytimes are free and open to the public. To discover more, visit the Barnes & Noble Store Locator at www.bn.com/storelocator. Barnes & Noble Corte Madera is located at 313 Corte Madera Town Center, Corte Madera, CA 94925. For information about these or other events at Barnes & Noble Corte Madera, please contact Laurel Kidd, Community Business Development Manager, at crm2274@bn.com.

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