{"id":71895,"date":"2018-04-08T20:58:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T00:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=71895"},"modified":"2018-04-08T21:06:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T01:06:42","slug":"lets-play-books-bookstore-announces-book-launch-event-ny-times-best-selling-author-chuck-wendig-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=71895","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at  Let\u2019s Play Books Bookstore  on Saturday, April 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong><em>Join over 500 independent bookstores in 48 states for <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>parties, author readings, in-store events, and <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>exclusive day-of merchandise.<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emmaus, PA April 2, 2018<\/strong> Independent Bookstore Day marks its fourth year of celebrating independent bookstores nationwide on <strong><span data-term=\"goog_838027538\">Saturday, April 28th<\/span>,<\/strong> with literary parties around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s Play Books Bookstore will be celebrating with special hours, special guests \u2013 including the Man with the Yellow Hat, sponsored by Ai Orthodontics. \u00a0Story times, face painting, special sales and of course special treats. Plus, a Harry Potter Scavenger hunt \u2013 participants are entered to win a new special edition boxed set of the complete Harry Potter series, brilliantly redesigned by Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick, a $100 value. Members are invited to join the festivities an hour early, at <span data-term=\"goog_838027539\">9am.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndependent Bookstore Day is as good as it gets. It\u2019s a chance for us to share with the Lehigh Valley what we have to offer! I hope we see droves of new faces coming in to experience the unique, magical community of independent bookstores.\u201d says Kirsten Hess, owner and founder of Let\u2019s Play Books Bookstore.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.letsplaybooks.com\/event\/independent-bookstore-day-1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.letsplaybooks.com\/event\/independent-bookstore-day-1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1523320520126000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFzzCvD34eXvSF9OiBvpmZaLS1vfw\">http:\/\/www.letsplaybooks.com\/event\/independent-bookstore-day-1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nKirsten Hess<br \/>\nLet\u2019s Play Books Bookstore<br \/>\n244 Main St., Emmaus PA 18049<br \/>\n610-928-8600 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.letsplaybooks.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.letsplaybooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/lets_play-books.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71895"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}