I am so excited to be the guest author at a book signing
on the Queen Mary, now a hotel and
attraction in Long Beach, California. My
historical fiction picturebook, Welcome
to America, Champ! takes place on the Queen
Mary, just after WWII during the “Bride and Baby Voyages.” It will be like
stepping into the book – award winning illustrator Doris Ettlinger created the
lovely illustrations for this title. I’ll be conducting the book signing from
noon – 4 p.m., February 15, during the Queen
Mary Scottish Festival – 10,000 people attended this two-day event last
year.
This month marks the anniversary of the Queen Mary’s first “Brides and Baby”
voyage, transporting the European (including Scottish) War Brides of American
and Canadian servicemen to North America.
Many ships took part in these “Operation Diaper Run” voyages, but the Queen Mary alone transported 22,000 War Brides and Babies during a 7 month span in 1946.
What an honor it would be to meet some of these WWII War
Brides and Babies that day!
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