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Screen-Free Sunday with Tom Booth
Back Cove Books and Portland Trails invite you to join us on Sunday, October 11th at 11:00 a.m. for a draw-along storytime celebrating beloved local author and illustrator Tom Booth‘s latest picture book, The Wand in the Woods! After storytime, we welcome you to create your own magic wand (Halloween costume prep!), create with cardboard, and more!
Back Cove Books will also provide small snacks, juice boxes, and art supplies for attendees – all you need to bring is your imagination and your adult!
The event is free, but please RSVP so that we can ensure we have plenty of art materials for participants.
10% of all sales of The Wand in the Woods will be donated to Portland Trails!
About The Wand in the Woods:
For one young child, the discovery of a glowing wand with which she can wave away her chores illuminates the simple pleasure of doing things on her own, mindfully.
For Elliot and her dog, Spinner, this morning’s walk in the woods starts out like most others: practicing their balance, sniffing out snacks, and searching for sticks to build forts. But today she spies something unusual on the forest floor—a stick that glows like the moon. Indeed, this stick proves to have special powers, ones that are useful for a girl who doesn’t like to clean her room or give her dog a bath. Now, with a simple swipe of the wand, every chore is done and every piece of homework is perfectly completed. It’s no wonder that Elliot comes to rely on this new treasure, but what she doesn’t expect is that with its ease of use, the joy of her accomplishments will soon begin to fade. What will it take for Elliot to enjoy her everyday pleasures again and feel the “magic in the doing”? With charmingly expressive illustrations, Tom Booth’s fantastical take on mindfulness reminds us to put down our devices and savor the simple analog joy of doing things ourselves, in the moment.
About Tom Booth:
Tom Booth is an author and illustrator of children’s books, a game developer, and a designer for screens large and small. Tom grew up outside Philadelphia, studied history at Hamilton College, worked as an art director at Scholastic, and now lives in Maine with his wife and son. Also, his middle name rhymes with broccoli.