Thank you, Red Balloon! / by Anne Ylvisaker

Could a publication party be any more fun than this? Button cake, a tiny Thos Britton tombstone like the one that inspired The Luck of the Buttons' Tugs, family, friends, readers, even the family that lives in the Dear Papa house! Oh, and how about selling out of books! Hurray!

A huge thank you to the magnificent staff at The Red Balloon, especially Amy Baum for her extraordinary party planning skills (want to come help with a grad party in California?) and Carol Erdahl for the enthusiastic introduction. Click here to see a few pictures from the day.