# Event Details - **Event Name**: In-Store: Storytime w/ Claudia Rueda: The Smushkins: ABC Zoinks & Colors - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 08 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sun, 08 Mar, 2026 at 11:30 am - **Event Description**: Double-title storytime with author-illustration, and Smushkins creator, Claudia Rueda!About this EventEvent guidelines:All attendees are encouraged to wear face masks at all times.RSVP is highly encouraged but not required.Additional copies of the event books will be available for purchase in-store.The reading will be followed by a book signing.As a reminder: If you are not feeling well, please do not come to the event, even if you have a ticket; email us and we'll work it out.If you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact eventhelp@booksaremagic.net.Who better than the goofy, irresistible Smushkins to act out an alphabet of sounds tailored to toddlers? The ABZs go down easy in a concept book that can’t miss.A is for a big-mouthed dog that goes arf. B is for the boing boing boing of three Smushkins riding bouncing balls. Look, there are some Smushkins at the door (ding-dong)! In a Smushkin’s world, crackers are tasty (nom nom), log cars are speedy (vroom), and trampolines are the most fun of all (yippee! yippee!). Spend a busy day with the Smushkins, and you might just find yourself ready for sleep right along with them (zzzzoinks). Claudia Rueda follows her delightful Meet the Smushkins with an aural alphabet featuring a lovable cast of characters toddlers are sure to visit again.Whether blowing up a balloon or watering a garden, colors abound around the adorable Smushkins—and toddler fans will be excited to discover a world of colors.When Smushkins shake a brilliant autumn tree, what do they get? A massive pile of red leaves to jump into! When a Smushkin twirls some cotton candy at the fair, what comes next? A cloud of pink! In a Smushkin’s world, dogs dig up bones in white snow, painters paint themselves into a purple corner, and friends jump together into luscious brown puddles. Reading a bedtime book might lead to a sleepy black doze, but check out the multicolored celebration with all the Smushkins at the end. Claudia Rueda mines the world of the familiar as her gentle characters introduce a rainbow of colors to the youngest of readers.Claudia Rueda is an author and a New York Times best-selling illustrator of more than thirty picture books for children, including Meet the Smushkins. Her books have been published in the United States, Mexico, and Spain and have been translated into sixteen languages. A Hans Christian Andersen Award nominee and an Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nominee, Claudia Rueda is originally from Colombia, where she went to law school and art school and worked as a political cartoonist before studying children’s book illustration at UC Berkeley and receiving a master’s in creative writing from Lesley University. She lives in New York City. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brooklyn/in-store-storytime-w-claudia-rueda-the-smushkins-abc-zoinks-and-colors/100001980663026430 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, trips-adventures, dog, sports - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Brooklyn - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Books Are Magic Montague - **lat**: 40.6945995 - **long**: -73.994642 - **full address**: Books Are Magic Montague, 122 Montague Street, Brooklyn, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: In-Store: Storytime w/ Claudia Rueda: The Smushkins: ABC Zoinks & Colors - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/ab7f24f467f622224de44ef4157108353ab1c4b7e75885dfad47566af3a4fe77-rimg-w1200-h600-dc208ac3-gmir.jpg?v=1769225553 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is In-Store: Storytime w/ Claudia Rueda: The Smushkins: ABC Zoinks & Colors being held? - **A:** In-Store: Storytime w/ Claudia Rueda: The Smushkins: ABC Zoinks & Colors takes place on Sun, 08 Mar, 2026 at 11:00 am to Sun, 08 Mar, 2026 at 11:30 am at Books Are Magic Montague, 122 Montague Street, Brooklyn, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing In-Store: Storytime w/ Claudia Rueda: The Smushkins: ABC Zoinks & Colors? - **A:** In-Store: Storytime w/ Claudia Rueda: The Smushkins: ABC Zoinks & Colors is organized by Books Are Magic. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "In-Store: Storytime w/ Claudia Rueda: The Smushkins: ABC Zoinks & Colors", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/ab7f24f467f622224de44ef4157108353ab1c4b7e75885dfad47566af3a4fe77-rimg-w1200-h600-dc208ac3-gmir.jpg?v=1769225553", "startDate": "2026-03-08", "endDate": "2026-03-08", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/in-store-storytime-w-claudia-rueda-the-smushkins-abc-zoinks-and-colors/100001980663026430", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Books Are Magic Montague", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "122 Montague Street", "postalCode": "11201", "addressLocality": "Brooklyn", "addressRegion": "NY", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.6945995", "longitude": "-73.994642" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Double-title storytime with author-illustration, and Smushkins creator, Claudia Rueda!", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "2026-03-08", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/in-store-storytime-w-claudia-rueda-the-smushkins-abc-zoinks-and-colors/100001980663026430" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "url": "https://allevents.in/brooklyn/in-store-storytime-w-claudia-rueda-the-smushkins-abc-zoinks-and-colors/100001980663026430", "price": 0, "name": "Free RSVP" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Books Are Magic", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/books-are-magic/22525923", "description": "Books Are Magic opened on May 1, 2017, in Cobble Hill. 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