Mrs. MacLeod's Blog

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HOW TO EAT A BOOK has been selected as the the BARNES & NOBLE PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR! Thank you to the Barnes & Noble Booksellers.

Look for us on the Barnes & Noble Holiday Book Gift Guide 2023 and get ready for more exciting news on the way!

#THEDOOR #NEVER BEEN OPENED #THE GRUNIONS

HOW TO EAT A BOOK is a Finalist for the Barnes & Noble PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR! ❤️ Congratulations to all the Nominees and thank you to all of the Barnes & Noble Booksellers! We are honored.

"Where to even begin? How about with this — If Shel Silverstein, Maurice Sendak and Arnold Lobel were working on a group project and then Edward Gorey showed up, they would submit How to Eat a Book. Mrs. & Mr. MacLeod channel their brilliance into a wholly unique, exhilarating package that will leave you in awe. This debut is the celebration of books and reading that you didn't know you needed."

–B&N Reads HOW TO EAT A BOOK

Thank you to Betsy Bird for including HOW TO EAT A BOOK in the FUSE #8 BEST BOOKS OF 2022!

"In short, a heckuva lot of fun. Highly recommended..."

-Betsy Bird, SLJ #Fuse8 Blog - Unconventional Picture Books

*CONGRATULATIONS* to everyone selected for the SLJ BEST BOOKS OF 2022!

Thank you School Library Journal for including HOW TO EAT A BOOK!

"The MacLeods have a distinct view on reading, and they are not afraid to tear up some tropes to put it across. This delightful book will have children staging their own versions of what it takes to know a book inside out, once cousins Sheila, Gerald, and Geraldine Grunion have shown them the way. Inventive fun."

-School Library Journal, BEST BOOKS 2022

️“If Lewis Carroll, Piet Mondrian and Shel Silverstein

had ever decided to start a family and write a book together,

these are the kids and the book they would have conceived.”

– The New York Times Book Review

“️A time-warping joyride of graphic delight and conceptual dexterity.”

– The New York Times Book Review

Sunday, November 13th, 2022 The New York Times Book Review

HOW TO EAT A BOOK was voted a KIDS' INDIE NEXT LIST NOV/DEC PICK!

#eatabook #thegrunions

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Thursday Oct. 6th, 7pm

Barnes & Noble The Grove -

HOW TO EAT A BOOK

Official Launch Party

Farmers Market, Los Angeles, CA

Join us as we welcome author & illustrator Mrs. & Mr. MacLeod to read & sign their debut picture book HOW TO EAT A BOOK.

Free Event with Giveaways, Games, Posters, T-shirts and more!