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Gaithersburg
Book Festival

May 17, 2025

10am – 6pm

Bohrer Park


David LaRochelle

Latest Title: Go and Get with Rex
Go and Get with Rex

The Geisel Award–winning creators of See the Cat channel their comic sensibility into a rousing alphabetical exercise in thinking outside the box.

Jack, Jill, and Rex are excited to play a game of Go and Get! The rules are simple: on the count of three, each player must go and get something that begins with a certain letter. While Jack’s and Jill’s picks always fit the bill (What starts with F? Frog! Fish!), Rex keeps getting it wrong (a duck?)—or does he? David LaRochelle and Mike Wohnoutka share a laugh-out-loud primer on subverting expectations that will have readers clamoring to play Go and Get themselves—and competing to see who can come up with the most creative answers.

About David LaRochelle

David LaRochelle is the author of many books for young readers, including “How to Apologize,” the Geisel Award winner, “See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog,” and its sequels, all illustrated by his good friend Mike Wohnoukta; and “Isle of You,” illustrated by Jaime Kim. “Go and Get with Rex,” illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka, is his newest picture book from Candlewick Press. David LaRochelle lives in White Bear Lake, Minn.

Author Schedule:

Venue(s):

Jim Henson Pavilion

Presentation Start Time:

11:15 am

Presentation End Time:

12:05 pm

Signing Time:

12:15 pm

Presentation Authors: