we love to have fun at the little shop.
join us for storytime each and every week!
Little Shop does Storytime three times a week. Storytime usually lasts between 20 and 30 minutes, depending on the restlessness of the crowd. Thursday evening features milk and cookies. Come in your pajamas!
storytimes:
tuesday at 11am
thursday at 7pm
sunday at 3pm
the ajc decatur book festival is coming soon- september 3rd, 4th, and 5th!
It IS coming soon. Ohhhhhhhh! Who's coming? you ask. Well, authors and illustrators coming to the Chidren's Stage include Anna Dewdney (Llama Llama books), Michael Buckley (N.E.R.D.S. and Sisters Grimm), Ridley Pearson (Kingdom Keepers and lots of other stuff), Liz Kessler (Emily Windsnap books), Brian Jordan (former Atlanta Falcon & Brave), and Ingrid Law (Savvy and Scumble). That's just a handful of the great authors coming. Young Adult writers coming to The Escape Stage include David Levithan, Terra Elan McVoy, Carrie Ryan, and Nancy Werlin. In addition, YA author Cassandra Clare (The Mortal Instruments books) will be debuting The Clockwork Angel, book one in the Infernal Devices series on the Decatur Presbyterian Sanctuary Stage. Wow! Please note that Jacky Davis & David Soman, authors/illustrators of the Ladybug Girl books, have been put on the disabled list. Batting first on Sunday will be Miss Krista, relief reader extraordinaire. To check out the entire schedule, go to the AJC Decatur Book Festival website!
jamie lee curtis is coming!
Little Shop of Stories and the Georgia Center for the Book will be hosting the lovely and talented (at acting AND writing) Jamie Lee Curtis. She will be speaking about her new book, My Mommy Hung the Moon: A Love Story, at the Decatur Library on Saturday, September 18th at 2:00 p.m. Only a limited number of tickets will be available.
Tickets will be distributed on a first-come basis beginning at 5pm on Tuesday, September 7th. Tickets are free, but you must purchase a copy of Ms. Curtis' new book to receive one. One ticket will admit two people to the event.
Seating at the event on September 18th will be on a first-come, first-seated basis. There are a limited number of seats in the library auditorium; some attendees will be seated in an overflow room with a video feed. Everyone with a ticket will be admitted to the event, and all attendees will be able to meet Ms. Curtis and attend the book signing. She will sign two books per ticket.
september events
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other upcoming events in decatur!
September 3rd, 4th, and 5th : 5th Annual AJC Decatur Book Festival!
September 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th: Blue Sky Concerts on the Square every Wednesday at noon (co-sponsored by Little Shop of Stories!)!
September 5th, 11th, 18th, and 25th: Concerts on the Square every Saturday night at 7pm (except the one on Sunday, September 5th)
September 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th: Jazz Nights at Scotish Rite every Thursday evening at 7pm
September 25th and 26th : Decatur Garden Tour
