On Saturday, February 27, 2016 from 12:30-3:30 p.m. An Unlikely Story Bookstore and Café, Plainville, MA, will be partnering with the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators to present “Leap into Reading,” a special event featuring eleven authors and illustrators of children’s books. Young readers and their parents, as well as aspiring writers and illustrators, are invited to meet authors and artists who represent a range of genres from fiction to nonfiction, picture books to young-adult novels. Authors’ books will be available for purchase and autographing. This event is free and open to the public. Authors include: M.P. Barker *Nicole Tadgell* Jean Taft* Lisa Rose Bauer* Cathren Housely* Nancy Tupper Ling* Linda Crotta Brennan* Mark Binder* Ammi-Joan Paquette* Heather Lang* Joan Duris