Shannon Hale Book Signing

This year, the school where the girls dance, The Creative Arts Academy, will be performing a Ballet based on Shane Hale's novel "The Goose Girl", an adaptation of a Grimm Fairy Tale. Since she is from Salt Lake, a book store in Bountiful was able to have her come to speak at the the Creative Arts Academy and book signing. Ellie and I head read the book the month prior, and she loved it. She also got to play the part of the princess' lady in waiting "Selia" for the beginning scenes in the ballet, which takes place when the princess in the book is a little girl. So getting to meet the author and have her talk to Ellie and Emma was so exciting for them. Ellie is so funny, she loves stories of female authors, like Jane Austine (could I ask anything more from a daughter!), Beatrice Potter and Laura Ingalls Wilder. Becoming an author is consistently on her rotating lists of "what she is going to be when she grows up". She writes stories about her American Girl dolls in various historical settings - which are hilarious! Anyway, Shannon Hale gave a great speech and was very encouraging about "following your dreams" to all the kids in attendance. The first picture is of Ellie, with her friend, Elise Monson and the author Shannon Hale, the next with the girls getting their books signed