Press Release Fun: Pooh Release Party

We’ll be hosting a couple important guests next week.
From the press release.  *ahem*

PENGUIN YOUNG READERS GROUP WILL UNVEIL AND PRESENT A PERMANENT MURAL FOR THE ORIGINAL WINNIE-THE-POOH STUFFED ANIMALS THAT LIVE IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
CHILDREN’S CENTER AT 42 STREET

Join Winnie-The-Pooh and Friends as They Reveal Several Surprises and Begin a New Chapter in the Classic Winnie-The-Pooh Legacy

Jim Dale, Grammy Award-Winning Reader, to Give First Official Reading from the Newly Published

RETURN TO THE HUNDRED ACRE WOOD

WHAT:           On October 5, in conjunction with the publication of Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, the first authorized sequel to the last Winnie-the-Pooh novel in more than 80 years, Penguin Young Readers Group will unveil and present a permanent mural for the original Winnie-the-Pooh stuffed animals that inspired the books — adding another chapter to its long history with Winnie-the-Pooh and the Library. Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet, Kanga, and Tigger have lived at The New York Public Library since 1987 and currently find their home in the Children’s Center at 42nd Street. See history.
 
Jim Dale, Grammy Award-winning reader who voiced all of the characters in Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, will give the first official read from the new book to school children before the unveiling.
 
WHO:            

• Paul LeClerc, President of The New York Public Library

• Don Weisberg, President, Penguin Young Readers Group

• Jim Dale, award-winning voice for countless audio books

• Children from New York City’s schools

• …And a SURPRISE SPECIAL GUEST!

 
WHEN:          

Monday, October 5
Press Check-In: 10:00 AM 
Welcome: 10:30 AM
Jim Dale Reading: 10:45 AM
Surprise Unveiling / Photo Opportunities: 10:55 AM
                                            
WHERE:        
Children’s Center at 42nd Street
The New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
(Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street)
 
RSVP:            
Sabrina Strauss / Goodman Media International
(212) 576-2700 / (917) 576-8941 (cell) / sstrauss@goodmanmedia.com
 
ALL PRESS MUST RSVP IN ORDER TO BE CREDENTIALED

Except me, of course.  I work there.  Ho ho!