Book Launch: Ellie Peterson, Anait Semirdzhyan, & Polina Gortman

Join us to welcome members of the Broad Stokes, a local critique group of illustrators, and celebrate the release of three picture books.

Ellie Peterson is a returning author guest with us, having previously launched her picture books Bea’s Bees (written by Katherine Pryor) and It’s a Round, Round World (the first Joulia Copernicus book) at Brick & Mortar Books. Her newest book, The Reason for the Seasons, is the second book in the Joulia Copernicus series and teaches all about why the seasons happen. This book releases on Feb. 11, 2020.

Anait Semirdzhyan is the illustrator of The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story (written by Aya Khalil), the story of a young girl whose poem about her grandmother’s quilt inspires her class to create its own Arabic paper quilt. This book releases on Feb. 18, 2020.

Polina Gortman is the illustrator of Randall and Randall (written by Nadine Poper), the story of a pistol shrimp and a goby fish who are friends even though they don’t see eye to eye. This book is available now.