Juliet and The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Posted on Mar 23, 2009 under Juliet Archer's Diary |Just back from a weekend in Lincolnshire. We stayed in a lovely B&B, Baumber Park, and spent Saturday in Boston, a bustling market town featuring the tallest parish church tower in England, St Botolph’s.
I’d arranged a book signing at the local Waterstone’s and Jen, the manager, had warned me that they were celebrating the 40th birthday of The Very Hungry Caterpillar the same day. So I turned up early and watched. The children had great fun making caterpillars out of paper circles, listening to the story - which I remember my own children wanting over and over again - and painting beautiful butterflies.
Over on the other side of the store, my table with its spring tulips and bowl of Cadbury’s Roses chocs (thanks, Jen!) struck a distinctly calmer and quieter note. The children left with their handiwork and a Waterstone’s balloon each and I got down to book signing.
Business was brisk and I met some lovely people, including Pauline, who’d been given my book as a Christmas present (thanks, Jo!) and wanted it signed. The staff were great - Jen had even read The Importance of Being Emma on her day off and had given it a glowing recommendation. Quite a few books were presents for Mother’s Day - let’s hope the mums got a chance to put their feet up on Sunday and start reading.
And afterwards, A Very Hungry Juliet was taken out for a nice meal in a country pub!
