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PRINCETON PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENTS
THE CREATOR OF
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atrick McDonnell, creator of the comic strip
MUTTS and children’s book author, will
discuss his work and sign his latest books.
PATRICK
McDONNELL
The Gift of Nothing was McDonnell’s first
children’s book, and it quickly became a New
York Times bestseller. The book was transformed
into a children’s play, commissioned by the
Kennedy Center in 2014, and winning a Helen
Hayes Award for Best Adaptation. He created
nine additional picture books, including the 2012
Caldecott Honor-winning Me...Jane, a biography of
Jane Goodall) and Thank You and Good Night, a
New York Times Notable Book for 2015.
MUTTS debuted in 1994 and appears in over
700 newspapers in 22 countries.
McDonnell is a member of the Board of Directors
of The Humane Society of the United States,
the Fund for Animals and the Charles M. Schulz
Museum. His MUTTS characters appear on New
Jersey Animal Friendly license plates.
In partnership with jaZams, copies of selected Patrick McDonnell titles
will be available for purchase and signing following the program.
Saturday,
Feb. 6, 2 p.m.
Princeton Public Library I Sands Library Building I 65 Witherspoon St. I 609.924.9529 I www.princetonlibrary.org
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