{"id":2534,"date":"2011-04-06T14:40:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T18:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oliverands.com\/blog\/?p=2534"},"modified":"2018-11-28T11:40:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T16:40:49","slug":"book-party-april-10-and-youre-invited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2011\/04\/book-party-april-10-and-youre-invited.html","title":{"rendered":"book party April 10, and you&#8217;re invited!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If  you&#8217;re in the New York City area, I hope you&#8217;ll join us this Sunday, April  10, from 1:00-3:00 PM for a book launch party at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booksofwonder.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Books of Wonder<\/a> at 18 West 18th St.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2651\" title=\"invitation\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/invitation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/invitation.jpg 315w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/invitation-180x275.jpg 180w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/invitation-261x400.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not familiar with Books of Wonder, it is a terrific independently owned kids&#8217; bookstore near Union Square. We love it not only for its fantastic selection of new and old books, but also because it&#8217;s located right next door to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cupcakecafe-nyc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cupcake Cafe<\/a> and on the same block as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paperpresentation.com\" target=\"_blank\">Paper Presentation<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.printicon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Print Icon<\/a>. Plus, the Muji store is just around the corner. I&#8217;m telling you, this is a good spot for a craft-related party.<\/p>\n<p>Drop by for some refreshments, a chance to see some samples from the book, and to chat and meet other crafting families. Please bring the kids, too, because we&#8217;ll set up to do a little paper doll related crafting.<\/p>\n<p>If you come a little early, you can also attend Books of Wonder&#8217;s weekly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booksofwonder.com\/storytime.asp\" target=\"_blank\">story time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I hope to see you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re in the New York City area, I hope you&#8217;ll join us this Sunday, April 10, from 1:00-3:00 PM for a book launch party at Books of Wonder at 18 West 18th St. If you&#8217;re not familiar with Books &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[56],"class_list":["post-2534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-little-things-to-sew"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/invitation.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-ES","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5039,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2012\/11\/your-own-gift-list-books-baby.html","url_meta":{"origin":2534,"position":0},"title":"your own gift list? books, baby","author":"Liesl Gibson","date":"November 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I know, you're a mom and you're busy doing all the holiday shopping and preparations right now. 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