{"title": "Meet The Author at LPAC", "start": "2026-11-07T11:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "LaGuardia Performing Arts Center", "address": "Van Dam St 45-50", "price": "$27.50 General Admission", "price_from": "27.50", "price_to": "27.50", "tickets_url": "https://ci.ovationtix.com/35690/production/1283138", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["literature/childrens-books"], "description": "Meet The Author at LPAC is a morning series that turns children's books into lively experiences with stories, performances, music, movement and creative activities for kids. On this Saturday, author Susan Verde explores belonging, connection and community through her book I Am We. Families meet the author, hear the story brought to life, ask questions and play in the world of the book, and every child leaves with a free copy to take home. 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In partnership with McNally Jackson Books, poet, writer and performer Patti Smith joins Swiss writer Nelio Biedermann to discuss Smith's latest memoir, Bread of Angels, and Biedermann's acclaimed English-language debut, Lázár. A rare signing event with both authors follows the conversation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/booktalk-patti-smith-nelio-biedermann-51822/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/79390ec1a4120e65e24bbcac94b89b79c2edab4a9b80f55ef0de289b92c788ea-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Storytime with the Author | ANN WHITFORD PAUL", "start": "2026-11-07T11:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Books of Wonder", "address": "West 17th Street 42, 10011", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["literature/childrens-books"], "description": "A storytime event for young children at a bookstore. Author Ann Whitford Paul reads from her new picture book \"If Trucks Said I Love You\", in which trucks do what people do: a dump truck leads her love down the road, a refrigerator truck wraps her young one, and a trash truck serves a breakfast of tasty trash. With playful rhymes, adorable art and trucks galore, the read promises grins from ear to ear. 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The session brings little ones and their grown-ups together for stories shared aloud.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/baby-me-51274/", "official_url": "https://www.queenslibrary.org/calendar/qpl-baby-baby-and-me/013469-0326", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7c922f967087f6bec91b30ba1c16a2a9864434031be68414666792869d854f2a-600.webp"}]}