‘Book Birthday Event’ celebrates release of children’s book by Maine author
Camden Public Library
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An online “Book Birthday Event” at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 23, celebrating the release of “Hip, Hip . . . Beret!” by local children’s book author Melanie Ellsworth and illustrator Morena Forza hosted by the Camden Public Library. The event will include a special reading by the author and a question and answer session afterwards with the author and illustrator. Email children’s librarian Amy Hand at [email protected] to request a Zoom link to attend.
“Hip, Hip . . . Beret!” celebrates the joyful, whimsical adventure of a beret in the wind. In the story, a young girl named Bella is gifted a beret by her grand-père. But just as she places it on her head, a gust of wind whisks it away. When the beret lands in a chef’s pan . . . hip, hip, soufflé! When it lands on the head of a dancer . . . hip, hip, ballet! The wind continues to sweep the hat farther and farther away. Will Bella ever get back her beloved beret?