Celebrate the release of Kari Allen’s of Maddie and Mabel Know They Can, the third in the Maddie and Mabel series, and Kate Storey’s biography about the Kennedy's, White House by the Sea.
About the Book: Maddie and Mabel Know They Can
Kari Allen is back at it with her gentle and timeless writing, reminiscent of Frog and Toad, in the third of the Maddie and Mabel series. Paired with delightful illustrations by Tatjana Mai-Wyss, sisters and friends Maddie and Mabel learn the importance of perseverance as they take on new adventures and challenges.
When Mabel has a big idea and Maddie faces a big challenge, the sisters know they’ll succeed together. But how long will it take? Who gets to decide? If you don’t get it the first time, how many times do you try again?
From a risky big idea to learning to ride a bike, the sisters are there for each other through failures and frustration, together for the wait as well as the wins.
The third entry in the applauded Maddie and Mabel series, Maddie and Mabel Know They Can adds lessons on perseverance and compassion to the timeless themes of sisterhood and sibling relationships.
About the Author: Kari Allen
Kari Allen is a teacher where everyday she gets to share stories with kids. Kari is the author of the much praised early reader series, Maddie and Mabel, with book three, Maddie and Mabel Know They Can, out this summer. Her debut picture book The Boy Who Loved Maps illustrated by G. Brian Karas hit the shelves in 2022. Kari has an MA in the Teaching of Writing and one of her favorite things is to help kids fall in love with words. She will happily chat about children’s literature and all the amazing books that are out there to anyone who will listen. Kari feels happiest with her toes in the water and a book in her hand. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and two book-loving kids.
About the Book: White House by the Sea
The intimate, multi-generational story of the Kennedy family as seen through their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod—the iconic place where they’ve celebrated, mourned, and forged the closest of bonds—based on more than a hundred in-depth interviews by a Rolling Stone editor whose pieces have appeared in such publications as Town & Country, Esquire, and Vanity Fair.
Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, is synonymous with the Kennedy family. It is where, for a hundred years, America’s most storied political family has come to celebrate, bond, play, and, also, grieve. It is also the setting of so many events we remember: JFK giving his presidential acceptance speech, Jackie speaking with a Life magazine reporter just days after her husband’s assassination, Senator Edward Kennedy seeking refuge after the Chappaquiddick crash, Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger tying the knot—and even Conor Kennedy courting pop star Taylor Swift. Anyone who has lived in, worked at, or visited the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port has had a front-row view to history. Now, with extraordinary access to the Kennedy family—and featuring more than fifty rarely-seen images—journalist Kate Storey gives us a remarkably intimate and poignant look at the rhythms of an American dynasty.
Drawing from more than a hundred conversations with family members, friends, neighbors, household and security staff, Storey delivers a rich and textured account of the Kennedys’ lives in their summer refuge. From the 1920s, when Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy rented then bought a home known as The Malcolm Cottage, to today, when many Kennedys have purchased their own homes surrounding what’s now called The Big House, this book delivers many surprising revelations across the decades, including what matriarch Rose considered the family’s greatest tragedy, the rivalrous relationship between brothers Jack and Joe, details about Jackie’s life at the compound, and previously unknown glimpses into JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette’s loving and ill-fated relationship.
Fascinating, engaging, and illuminating, White House by the Sea provides a sweeping history of an American dynasty that has left an indelible mark on our nation’s politics and culture.
About the Author: Kate Storey
Kate Storey is the senior features editor at Rolling Stone. She was previously a staff writer at Esquire, where she covered culture and politics, and has written long-form profiles and narrative features for Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, Town & Country, and other publications. She lives with her family in New Jersey.
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