Words & Pictures

Rachel Renée Russell

With Nikki Russell, illustrator of the Dork Diaries series

“Dream big dreams, because little dreams have no magic.”

RACHEL RENÉE RUSSELL, DORK DIARIES: TALES FROM A NOT-SO-TALENTED POP STAR

Will Nikki FINALLY make it to Paris?! Or will she and her BFFs plan a Paris-themed fundraiser to help her crush, Brandon, raise money for the Fuzzy Friends Animal Shelter?! 

The New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series follows Nikki Maxwell as she chronicles her life through text and art—her move to a new school, her battles with queen bee MacKenzie, and her zany adventures with her BFFs Chloe and Zoey by her side.

With humor and wit, Rachel’s books encourage tweens to embrace their individuality and always let their inner dork shine through. The Dork Diaries series has been translated into forty-two languages worldwide and its characters are as diverse as the millions of tweens who read the books. With more than fifty-five million books in print, the series has garnered such honors as two Kids’ Book Choice Awards, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children, the Milner Award for Children’s Literature, and a Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Book of the Year nomination.

Rachel Renée Russell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dork Diaries, an international blockbuster series chronicling the life and misadventures of middle school students, Nikki Maxwell and her best friends Chloe and Zoey. Rachel is also the author of a second New York Times bestselling series, The Misadventures of Max Crumbly, which received a Kids’ Book Choice Award.

Nikki Russell is the illustrator for both book series. The mother-daughter team has released nineteen consecutive New York Times bestsellers.

Books

Copies of Dork Diaries 15: Tales from a Not-So-Posh Paris Adventure and other Rachel Renée Russell books are available from City of Asylum Bookstore.

Partner

Words & Pictures is presented with support from EQT Foundation and The Grable Foundation

WHEN

Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 6 p.m.

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