Janet Costa Bates, "Rica Baptista: A Week of Shenanigans"

Adventure Week with Grampy: A Rica Baptista Story Time

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Kick off our Kids' Summer Series with a book talk and story time featuring Janet Costa Bates. Discover Janet's Rica Baptista series and experience her latest adventure in Rica Baptista: A Week of Shenanigans.


Rica can’t wait for Adventure Week with her grandfather! But when Grampy arrives with a sprained ankle, can they make their own fun at home instead?

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Rica Baptista is living the good life. Grampy, the best Grampy of all Grampies, is coming to visit, and Adventure Week, the best week of all weeks, is finally here. Rica doesn’t yet know if they will bounce on trampolines, go horseback riding, or even tour Fenway Park and watch the Red Sox play, but she knows they will have the best time ever. When Grampy hobbles into the house on crutches, however, Rica worries that this year’s Adventure Week will be adventure-less. So she pulls out all the stops with the help of her best friend, Laini (who surely has eaten enough cachupa to be at least part Cape Verdean like Rica), from organizing a family talent show to secretly planning a whole day of playing cards and eating candy.

Will it be enough to keep this year’s Adventure Week from being a total flop? A sweet story of making memories during an unexpected stay-venture, sprinkled with funny and cute family moments.

Janet Costa Bates is the author of Time for Bed, Old House, illustrated by AG Ford. Her grandparents, like Rica’s ancestors, immigrated from Cape Verde. Janet Costa Bates lives in Massachusetts.

Janet Costa Bates
Event Date: 
Saturday, July 13, 2024 - 11:00am EDT
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RJ Julia Booksellers
768 Boston Post Road
Madison, CT 06443
Rica Baptista: A Week of Shenanigans By Janet Costa Bates, Gladys Jose (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Janet Costa Bates, Gladys Jose (Illustrator)
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ISBN: 9781536227666
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Published: Candlewick - April 30th, 2024

Rica Baptista: Llamas, Iguanas, and My Very Best Friend By Janet Costa Bates, Gladys Jose (Illustrator) Cover Image
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Time for Bed, Old House By Janet Costa Bates, A.G. Ford (Illustrator) Cover Image
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Published: Candlewick - September 28th, 2021