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THE RABBIT HOLE TEAM
THE RABBIT HOLE TEAM
The Founders!
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DEB PETTID and PETE COWDIN
have operated the Reading Reptile in
Kansas City for more than 25 years,
achieving a national reputation as one
of the most respected childrenʼs bookstores in the country. As founders of
The Rabbit Hole, they bring with them a
wealth of knowledge and experience,
along with a well-established network of
connections, both local and national,
uniquely suited to the project. They will
be able to build upon these assets to
create an unprecedented experience in
Kansas City dedicated to the book.
The Advisory Board
JON SCIESZKA
The countryʼs first National Ambassador for Young
Peopleʼs Literature and author of The Stinky Cheese
Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.
The Board of Directors
FRANK JURDEN
Managing Director,
Strategic Planning,
VML Digital
Marketing and
Advertising
ANNE ST. PETER
Founder, Global
Prairie, Digital
Marketing and
Advertising
CROSBY
KEMPER III
Director, The
Kansas City Public
Library
KATE DICAMILLO
The current National Ambassador for Young Peopleʼs
Literature and two-time Newbery Medal winner for
Flora and Ulysses and The Tale of Desperaux.
SHANE EVANS
Creator of Chocolate Me! with Taye Diggs and winner
of the Coretta Scott King Award for Underground:
Finding the Light to Freedom.
LINDA SUE PARK
Author of A Long Walk to Water, a New York Times
bestseller, and winner of the Newbery Medal for A
Single Shard.
JENNIFER ROE
Grant writer, MidAmerica Arts
Alliance;
Community
Volunteer
PETER SLOAN
Principal, 360
Architecture;
President, AIA
Kansas City
BRIAN SELZNICK
Author of The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins and
winner of the Caldecott Medal for The Invention of
Hugo Cabret, now a film by Martin Scorcese.
LISA CAMPBELL ERNST
Author and illustrator of more than two dozen picture
books, including The Gingerbread Girl, Goldilocks
Returns, and Stella Louellaʼs Runaway Book.
DANIEL HANDLER
Aka, Lemony Snicket, creator of A Series of
Unfortunate Events and All the Wrong Questions, and
winner of the Gold Medal.
SUZIE ARON
Founder, Aron Real
Estate; President,
Crossroads
Community
Association
SONJA SHAFFER
Co-founder, Kids to
the Rescue; Former
Membership
Manager, Seattle
Art Museum