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“This place is a few legs short of a bug!” Author Lori R. Lopez does a live reading at the Teen/YA Stage at the 11th annual OC Children’s Book Festival. In her very first public author reading, she presents excerpts from her novel THE FAIRY FLY and her collection POETIC REFLECTIONS: THE QUEEN OF HATS.

Lori R. Lopez reads Chapter 4 of her award-winning book THE FAIRY FLY about Spider, a young jumping spider, who meets many strange and unusual characters while trying to find his way home. She also reads her spooky poem LEFT FEET about hats from POETIC REFLECTIONS: THE QUEEN OF HATS, a varying collection of poetry.

After the Author Reading stick around for the fun Q&A session, where Lori answers questions from the audience about her inspiration for her character Spider, the research she did for her writing, the spider in her kitchen, and more.

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