You're invited to September's Kid Lit Drink Night!

With September’s Kid Lit Pub Night in ascendance

It’s time to do something ‘bout our sorry attendance.

Why the poor turnout on these nights out together?

Shouldn’t we flock to our birds of like feather?

Is it because our butts are placed firmly in chair?

And to leave for a drink or a bite we don’t dare?

What nonsense! You know that our butts should be moved

And a drink makes the stuff from our pens much improved

For not only does drinking bring on the good cheer

Look what it’s done for these famous careers:

The woman who started it all, Mother Goose

Wrote her best rhymes only when thoroughly juiced

And Bemelmans’ penchant for drink went so far

That the creator of Madeline now has his own bar

Sendak, the master, so recently departed

Used Jager to get his wild rumpuses started

And those Berenstains may have drawn bears oh so mild

But the cops say their parties tended to get really wild

Now you see that your writing career might depend

On how many drinks of good cheer you upend

A night out with friends might just give you the perk

To go back to your chair and do your best work!

 

So on Mercer Island at the Roanoke, September 22

With sketchbook in hand, I’ll be looking for you

From 5 until 7, and maybe ‘til 9

We’ll talk about kid lit over beer, booze or wine

Rhyming couplets and gorgeous illustrated invitation by Dana Sullivan