{"id":9880,"date":"2015-11-18T15:25:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T20:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=9880"},"modified":"2015-11-18T15:28:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T20:28:40","slug":"httpwww-thevalleyledger-comp1904-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=9880","title":{"rendered":"Nov. 28, Let\u2019s Play Books!  will act as a &#8220;Neighborhood Champion&#8221; for &#8220;Small Business Saturday&#8221; in Emmaus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Nov. 28, Let\u2019s Play Books!\u00a0 will act as a &#8220;Neighborhood Champion&#8221; for &#8220;Small Business Saturday&#8221; in Emmaus. Sponsored by American Express, Shop Small is a movement encouraging people to shop at small businesses the Saturday immediately following the Thanksgiving holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of individuals, businesses, and communities have embraced it nationwide. The American Booksellers Association, of which Let\u2019s Play Books! is a member, has partnered with American Express to also present Indies First, a national campaign of activities and events in support of independent bookstores, first envisioned by author Sherman Alexie in 2013. It kicks off each November, on Small Business Saturday (Nov. 28), when independent bookstores host authors as honorary booksellers throughout the day.<\/p>\n<h2>Author &amp; Special Guest Extravaganza &#8211; every hour on the hour!<\/h2>\n<p><strong>10am \u00a0Author (and WFMZ Sports Anchor) TROY HEIN &#8211; Jay at Play Series (Ages 3 to 8)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>11am \u00a0 Author PAUL ACAMPORA &#8211; I Kill the Mockingbird, Rachel Spinnelli Punched Me in the Face (Middle grade)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>12pm\u00a0 Princess Belle from A Storybook Party<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1pm\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Author and Illustrator BOB MCLEOD &#8211; Superhero ABC (Ages 3 to adult!) &amp; Lucy McLeod, Bangor Middle School Librarian<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2pm \u00a0\u00a0 Students from EPSD, Elementary through High School!<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>3pm\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Author MARK MAGRO &#8211; Surfacing ( Ages 10 &amp; up) &amp; Molly Magro, EPSD Library Chair\/Eyer Middle School Librarian<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4pm\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Author KAREN KATCHUR &#8211; The Secrets of Lake Road (Adult)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honorary booksellers will also be talking up their favorite Emmaus and Lehigh Valley small businesses and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s Play Books! will be handing out special SHOP SMALL BAGS, stuffed with local Emmaus information, and give-aways. Raffles &amp; prizes all day long. Extended hours of 10am to 5pm. Facebook event page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1638715406379322\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1638715406379322\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s Play Books! is located at 379 Main St., Emmaus, PA, 18049. 610-928-8600. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.letsplaybooks.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.letsplaybooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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":8779,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9880","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\/lets-play-books.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9880"}],"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=9880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}