Today snuck up on me and I'm sorry I didn't shout this out sooner, BUT:

Kirby Larson is presenting her new book, Two Bobbies: A True Tale of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival today at the Mill Creek University Book Store at 11:00 am. Kirby will be in Tacoma later this afternoon if you are in the south end.

I'll be there and so will Logan! Two Bobbies is a wonderful story about two very real and very adorable animals that will make you cry - just warning. Not a sad cry, but a happy one for the happy ending to a harrowing journey of two sweet, lost souls.

Kirby's presentations are exactly what an author's event should be, so go knowing you'll be inspired and moved just from her talk and that's without even reading the wonderful book yet! Kirby co-wrote Two Bobbies with her friend in California, Mary Nethery. And it was announced at the LA Conference by awesome editor Nancy Conescu that Mary and Kirby are working on a second book about a similarly amazing friendship between a stray dog and a Marine stationed in Iraq. Too cool!

Today's event in Mill Creek is pet friendly! I heard Mary had an event in California where adoptable kittens were present. No kittens at Kirby's event or I'd be taking all of them home, but the authors are generously donating ten percent of their proceeds to Best Friends Animal Society, the animal shelter that initially took the two Bobbies in as well as many many lost or abandoned animals post-Katrina. Aren't they too wonderful? You must try to get yourself to a Mary or Kirby event near you, soon. Their event calendar is on The Two Bobbies website.

They look adorable now, but just wait until you read the book and discover how amazing these two are (from the Two Bobbies site):