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Sunday is Storytime at the Booksmith!
Be sure to check each event for start time, they are not all the same.

J. Otto Seibold visits in October!

Author and Illustrator J. Otto Seibold will be here on October 26th at 1pm for a reading and signing of his newest book, Vunce Upon a Time. J. Otto Seibold is best known for his Christmas picture book favorite, Olive, the Other Reindeer.

Story Hour

 Story Hour

October 12, 1 pm: SPLASH!
by Maria Von Lieshout
Splash the Seal is having a bad day. He doesn’t feel like playing. He doesn’t feel like doing ANYTHING. Splash feels blue. Will he EVER bounce back? In Splash!: A Little Book About Bouncing Back, a warm and wonderfully illustrated reminder that hope is always on the horizon, San Francisco children’s book author Maria van Lieshout creates the perfect pick-me-up for anyone struggling to bounce back. Please join us at 1:00 pm for this special story time event. ­ Kids can even bring their parents!  

October 26, 1pm: Vunce Upon a Timeby J. Otto Siebold
Dagmar is not like other vampires. He's shy. He's afraid of humans and... he's a vegetarian! But even more than vegetables, Dagmar loves candy! Vunce Upon a Time is the wonderful new book from J. Otto Seibold, author & illustrator of the Olive the Other Reindeer and other children's classics. Please join us at 1:00 pm for this special, not-too-spooky, pre-Halloween Sunday story time event. We'll have special prizes for kids in attendence and a fun activity. Wear your Halloween costumes!

October 19, 11 am: Bone Soupby Cambria Evans
Finnigin is never seen without his eating stool, his eating spoon, and his gigantic eating mouth.When Finnigin finds himself in a new town on Halloween, he hopes to join a great feast with the creatures who live there. But not a body or soul will share any of their food with the ever-famished Finnigin. So what's a hungry skeleton to do? Armed only with his wits and a special ingredient, will Finnigin be able to stir up a cauldron's worth of Halloween magic? Join us for Bone Soup at Sunday 19th, 11:00 am.

 
   

Miss Janine grew up in San Francisco, where she's tried running away to live in a museum, falling down the perfect rabbit hole, and stepping through a magical wardrobe into another world. Despite having failed at these, she's still crazy about books, and spends much of her time reading, writing, studying to be a librarian, and of course, working at the Booksmith.

Miss Martha grew up in the Ozark hills of Arkansas. There she often looked for magical castles and gnomes in the woods. After a lovely few years in the Cascades in the Pacific Northwest she moved to San Francisco. She now lives in an old Victorian in the Upper Haight where she reads, writes, makes homemade cards, and always keeps her eyes peeled for magic.