We had a really neat opportunity to attend a book signing event with children's author, Mo Willems, at the Highlands Ranch Tattered Cover Bookstore this evening.

One of Abby's very first book addictions was with Mo's "Knuffle Bunny: A Case of Mistaken Identity", the second book in the Knuffle Bunny trilogy. Also, one of her all-time favorite books is "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" by the same author.

"Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion" is the most recently published book and it concludes the Knuffle Bunny trilogy. With the purchase of this book, we got a free ticket to attend the book signing event, which I thought would be neat to take Abby.

Mo is a very animated reader - he was a comedian before his Sesame Street days that led him to authoring books for kids - and Abby laughed so hard during readings of Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Book!"

Activities were set up for the kids at 4 different stations. Playing on the travel theme of "Knuffle Bunny Free" the kids were each given a passport and as they visited each activity table they collected a stamp. While groups of people were called to stand in line for the signing, the activities were a diversion for the rest of the folks.

Since I wasn't sure how long the signing would be and whether or not we would actually make it to the event, I had reserved the books yesterday and requested that they be signed. So, when we arrived at the bookstore, we found that our books had already been pre-signed, so we never had to wait in line. Unfortunately, that also meant we didn't actually get to meet Mo up close, but Abby was fine with that. She felt that she had "already met Mo" when he read his books.

In the end, both Abby and I had a great time and we got to do and see a lot in the 45 minutes we were there.

Along with "Knuffle Bunny Free," we also got "We Are in a Book!" and "Cat the Cat Who Is That?" signed for Abby and Kayleigh.