At Fenway Park, 2000
Easter at the
White House, 2002
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2012
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There Goes Ted
Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived Events
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January
14
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11:00-2:00
New
Stars for Young Stars VII, at Jillian's on Lansdowne Street in
Boston.
Presented by the
Jimmy Fund Council of Greater Boston, this Boston Red Sox autograph-signing event provides a
unique and memorable opportunity to meet and greet Red Sox players,
including the Greatest Red Sox Pitcher of All Time, Pedro Martinez!
Tickets start at $150 and VIP tickets are $250. All proceeds from the
2012 event will benefit the Jimmy Fund and Pedro Martinez and Brothers
Foundation.
Ted Williams was the single most influential person in helping
to
raise
money
for
The
Jimmy
Fund in its early days. So I am
thrilled for this event to be my very frst book signing for There Goes Ted
Williams. The book doesn't actually come out until Fenruary 14, but
Candlewick Press is donating books so every kid from the Jimmy Fund
Clinic gets a free copy.
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Febraury
3-
May 6
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Exhibit: "Picture This: 90
Years of Storybook Art"
Art exhibit at The Wenham
Museum in Wenham, MA, featuring original artwork from
nearly
a
century
of
classic
books
including work by Leo Leonni, Tasha
Tudor, and illustrations from my books Zachary's Ball and The Gingerbread
Pirates.
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February
14
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Release
date
for
There
Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived, Zachary's Ball: Fenway
Centennial Edition (to be
released simultaneously in hardcover and
paperback), and Henry
Aaron's Dream (now available in paperback!)
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February 25
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10:30 am, Book Launch Celebration with Chris Van
Dusen and Matt Tavares, at Kennebooks
in Kennebunk, Maine. Join me and my friend, author-illustrator Chris Van Dusen, to celebrate
the release of our new baseball books, There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived (by me) and Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
(by Chris).
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March 10
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Tucson Festival of Books,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1:00-2:00
pm, "Bats, Balls and Gloves: Great Sports Heroes" panel discussion with
Phil Bildner, Kadir Nelson, and Matt Tavares,
followed by autograph session.
3:00-3:30- reading
of There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived in the "Storyblanket" area, followed
by autograph session.
4:00-5:00, "She
Writes, We Drew: A Story of Two Illustrators and One Author" panel
discussion with Doreen Rappaort,
Kadir Nelson, and
Matt Tavares, followed by autograph session.
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March 11
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Tucson Festival of Books,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
10:30 am, book signing for There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived at the Candlewick/Kids Center booth
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March 17
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12:30-4:00 pm, Barnes and
Noble, Newington,
NH, book signing for There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived
, part of book fair for Wells Elementary School. Time TBD
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| March 18 |
2:00-4:00 pm, book signing at the USM Bookstore in Portland,
Maine.
Chris Van
Dusen and I will be signing our new baseball books, There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived (by me) and Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
(by Chris). |
| March 24 |
10:00 am-noon, book signing at Children's
Book
Cellar in Waterville, Maine. My friend Chris Van Dusen and I will be
signing our new baseball books, There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived (by me) and Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
(by Chris).
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March
31
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12:00-2:00, book signing and talk
at Books of Wonder in New York City. "Batter Up!" baseball event with Diane
deGroat & Shelley
Rotner (author and
illustrator of Homer) and Audrey
Vernick & Steven
Salerno (author and
illustrator of Brothers at Bat).
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April
1
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3:00-5:00
pm,
book
signing at R.J. Julia
Booksellers in Madison, CT, for There
Goes
Ted
Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived
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April
5-
May
27
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Exhibit:
"There
Goes
Ted
Williams:
Matt
Tavares
and Arthur Griffin"
Come see the original artwork from my book, There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived,
at
the
Griffin
Museum of
Photography in Winchester, MA. This exhibit will feature the
original illustrations from my book, alongside spectacular historic
photographs of Ted Williams, taken by Arthur Griffin during Ted
Williams's rookie season in 1939. I'm really excited for this! Come to
the launch party and opening reception on April 12 (details below)!
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| April
7 |
11:00 am, book signing at Maine Coast Book Shop in
Damariscotta, Maine. Chris Van
Dusen and I will be signing our new baseball books, There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived (by me) and Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
(by Chris). |
| April
12 |
3:00-5:00 pm, Winchester
Authorfest, signing There Goes Ted
Williams at the Winchester Town Hall, Wincehster, MA
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| April
12 |
7:00-8:30 pm, BOOK
LAUNCH
PARTY! for my book, There
Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived, and opening reception for the
"There Goes Ted WIlliams: Matt Tavares and Arthur Griffin" exhibit, at
the Griffin Museum of
Photography in Winchester, MA. Free admission, everyone welcome!
Book sales handled by my hometown independent bookseller, Book Ends
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| April
15 |
10:30-noon, book signing at Animal Instinct in
Ogunquit, ME, for There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived
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April
21
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2:00
pm,
book
signing
at
Wenham
Museum in Wenham, MA, part of the Picture This: 90 Years of
Storybook Art exhibit
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April
22
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3:00
pm,
book
signing
and
artist
talk
at the Griffin
Museum in Winchester,
MA, part of the exhibit, "There Goes Ted Williams: Matt Tavares and
Arthur Griffin". I'll sign books, and do a presentation about the
making of There
Goes Ted Williams.
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April 28
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(time tbd) Opening Day of Wells
Ogunquit Little League! I'll be there signing copies of There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived, at the Little League Field in Wells,
ME. |
April 29
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1:00 pm book signing at Longfellow
Books in Portland, ME. Chris
Van
Dusen and I will be reading and signing our new baseball books, There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived (by me) and Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
(by Chris). |
May 5
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noon-
3:00 pm, signing There
Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived with Blackstone's
of Beacon Hill, on the esplanade along the Charles River in Boston,
part of the 6th Annual Backyard Dash.
(I hear Wally the Green Monster will be there too!)
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May 6
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(time tbd) Children's Day! at G. Willikers in Portsmouth, NH. Chris Van
Dusen and I will be signing our new baseball books, There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived (by me) and Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
(by Chris). |
| May
12 |
(time tbd) book signing at Water Street Bookstore in
Exeter, NH. Chris Van
Dusen and I will be signing our new baseball books, There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest
Hitter Who Ever Lived (by me) and Randy Riley's Really Big Hit
(by Chris). |
May
20
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2:00
pm,
presentation
and
book
signing
for
There Goes Ted
Williams at the Louis T.
Graves Memorial Library in Kennebunkport, Maine, part of the Pasco
Lecture Series.
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June
5-6
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Georgia Conference on
Teaching Writing and Reading, Perry, Georgia
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| June
9 |
10:00 am to 5:00 pm at The Eric
Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA. Part of their 7th
Annual Children's Book Festival, "Baseball Bonanza", I'll be doing a
presentation about my book, There
Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived, as well as a story time and book
signing.
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