SATURDAY PICTURE BOOK SPOTLIGHT featuring OA Gold Medalist Beatrice Alemagna

Meet multi-award winning Italian author and illustrator, Beatrice Alemagna, with her acclaimed picture book Pepper and Me, published by Hippo Park. This enchanting and unexpected tale about a childhood mishap becomes the occasion for growth and self-reflection. A little girl falls on the street, scraping her knee and her father tells her not to worry, that “a beautiful scab will form.” But she does worry! The scab is not beautiful and it’s keeping her from bending her knee! When will it ever go away? By the time the scab—who she has named Pepper—falls off, something astonishing has happened! Beatrice will present a “behind the scenes” about how she became an author/illustrator, read her book, and share how she wrote and illustrated it. Participants will have fun creating colorful, unique illustrations related to the story and receive a copy of the book signed by Beatrice! 

For more about Beatrice: beatricealemagna.com

All art materials and a signed copy of the book are included. Good for ages 5 and up.

$35 includes admission and workshop (including signed book and art supplies) for 1 adult + 1 child.  One book per family. Additional siblings are $10/each. 

Beatrice Alemagna was born in Italy in 1973. At the age of eight, she decided that whatever the cost she would become a “painter and writer of novels” when she grew up. Alemagna is the author-illustrator of more than 40 books that have been translated and published in 25 countries, and she has received numerous awards for her books, including three New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book Awards, and a special prize at the Bologna Book Fair this past year. She has been nominated numerous times for the Astrid Lindgren Prize. She is the Society of Illustrators, Gold Medal winner for Original Art, Best in Picture Books, 2024!