Hello Reps,
HER RIGHT FOOT went on sale last week and it’s off to a wonderful start! We’re getting fantastic publicity for this very timely title, and I want to encourage you to re-approach this title with your accounts. HER RIGHT FOOT has a powerful message of acceptance that is so pivotal today, and it can work in any store across the country. Please make sure your customers aren’t missing out on this HOT TITLE.
Author Dave Eggers was recently featured on NPR’s HERE & NOW. It really was a great interview and I encourage you all to take a list HERE.
HER RIGHT FOOT went on sale last week and it’s off to a wonderful start! We’re getting fantastic publicity for this very timely title, and I want to encourage you to re-approach this title with your accounts. HER RIGHT FOOT has a powerful message of acceptance that is so pivotal today, and it can work in any store across the country. Please make sure your customers aren’t missing out on this HOT TITLE.
Author Dave Eggers was recently featured on NPR’s HERE & NOW. It really was a great interview and I encourage you all to take a list HERE.
Just look at all the media hits HER RIGHT FOOT has received and is still upcoming:
Entertainment Weekly: The Must List 9/22 issue
Wall Street Journal: Review; 9/16/2017: “Witty, moving” – The Wall Street Journal
Please click here to view the feature
Fast Company: Creative Calendar; 9/12
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Chicago Tribune: Review; 9/12: “Fresh and compelling, and its ending is everything you could possibly want it to be.” – Chicago Tribune
Please click here to view the feature
Entertainment Weekly: Book Announcement & Acquisition; 2/28
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NPR’s Here & Now: Author Interview – Taping 9/19; Air Date TK
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New York Times Books Podcast: Taping 9/28; Air Date TK
Scholastic Teacher: Feature including the Children’s Drawing Project – Date TK
School Library Journal: Featured Story & Video; 8/18
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Shelf Awareness: Trailer of the Day; 8/8
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Time for Kids: October Issue (9/29 on-sale)
Wall Street Journal: Review; 9/17 – date to be confirmed
Wall Street Journal: Review; 9/16/2017: “Witty, moving” – The Wall Street Journal
Please click here to view the feature
Fast Company: Creative Calendar; 9/12
Please click here to view the feature
Chicago Tribune: Review; 9/12: “Fresh and compelling, and its ending is everything you could possibly want it to be.” – Chicago Tribune
Please click here to view the feature
Entertainment Weekly: Book Announcement & Acquisition; 2/28
Please click here to view the feature
NPR’s Here & Now: Author Interview – Taping 9/19; Air Date TK
Please click here to listen
New York Times Books Podcast: Taping 9/28; Air Date TK
Scholastic Teacher: Feature including the Children’s Drawing Project – Date TK
School Library Journal: Featured Story & Video; 8/18
Please click here to view the full story
Shelf Awareness: Trailer of the Day; 8/8
Please click here to view the feature
Time for Kids: October Issue (9/29 on-sale)
Wall Street Journal: Review; 9/17 – date to be confirmed
Fellow children’s authors are raving
“This book makes me happy as a person and jealous as an illustrator.” –Jon Klassen
“Funny, smart, timely, and true.” – Leonard Marcus
“It might be trite to call a book a love letter to America, but you read Her Right Foot and tell me Eggers and Harris aren’t in love with their country. You read it and tell me your heart doesn’t swell.” –Adam Rex
“Beautiful, powerful, funny, moving. Eggers and Harris are in perfect thoughtful harmony.” –Jon Scieszka
“Funny, smart, timely, and true.” – Leonard Marcus
“It might be trite to call a book a love letter to America, but you read Her Right Foot and tell me Eggers and Harris aren’t in love with their country. You read it and tell me your heart doesn’t swell.” –Adam Rex
“Beautiful, powerful, funny, moving. Eggers and Harris are in perfect thoughtful harmony.” –Jon Scieszka
“I want to hold this book in one hand and a torch in the other and stand on an island someplace so everyone can see.” –Lemony Snicket
above: Daniel Handler ( AKA Lemony Snicket) with his copy of Her Right Foot in a Lady Liberty costume.
Daniel Handler, Twitter: @DanielHandler
Facebook: Daniel Handler
above: Daniel Handler ( AKA Lemony Snicket) with his copy of Her Right Foot in a Lady Liberty costume.
Daniel Handler, Twitter: @DanielHandler
Facebook: Daniel Handler
For an inside look at the illustration process, please take a few minutes to watch this video:
By Dave Eggers
Art by Shawn Harris (@shawnharri5)
Chronicle Books / On Sale September 19, 2017
HC ISBN: 978145216812 / eBook ISBN: 978145216935
Price: $19.99 / Ages: 5-8
Art by Shawn Harris (@shawnharri5)
Chronicle Books / On Sale September 19, 2017
HC ISBN: 978145216812 / eBook ISBN: 978145216935
Price: $19.99 / Ages: 5-8
All the best,
Vanessa
Vanessa