12-11-09 Dianne de Las Casas, Marita Gentry & Alyson Guidry
Friends:
On Friday, right after my residency, I had to head to Baton Rouge for a book signing at Barnes & Noble Citiplace. Marita Gentry, the illustrator of my books, The Cajun Cornbread Boy and Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach, sketched live while I performed the story from our latest book, Madame Poulet & Monsieur Roach.
12-11-09 Marita Gentry draws Monsieur Roach pretending to be sick
We performed in the children’s section on the stage. I had children from the audience come to the stage and be roaches in the story, singing and dancing.
12-11-09 Monsieur Roach yells Laissez les bon temps rouler!
We had a great crowd. The children’s area was full of fans, big and little! Yay!
12-11-09 The audience at the performance of Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach
We gave away Marita’s drawings and then signed books.
12-11-09 Dianne de Las Casas & Marita Gentry sign books
We had a lot of people patiently wait for us to autograph their books. Thank you!
12-11-09 The autograph line
We posed for pictures with our sweet little fans and had a wonderful time!
12-11-09 Dianne & Marita with a cutie pie fan
It was a great, successful event and we had a blast! Thank you, Barnes & Noble, for having us. We look forward to returning!
Until next time…
Warmly, Dianne de Las Casas
