Every year, the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books becomes livelier and brighter due to the growing number of attendees. From book lovers, casual readers, and literary collectors to authors and publishers, people gathered to celebrate literacy.
The largest book festival in the US opened its doors last April for a glamorous two-day weekend celebration with the bookworms. Held at the University of Southern California, many book enthusiasts, book lovers, and book collectors, as well as writers, established authors, and many more, attended the free event.
A lot of bookfair-goers went by the Citi of Books booth to check for their next read and potential favorite book. One of the books that were chosen is “Alisa in Washerland” by Marian Flores. It was displayed on April 20th and 21st at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California.
Marian Flores has spent her life living in small Connecticut towns. She is married, has a son, and has an elderly cat. As an artistic child, she won many art awards. She graduated from Paier College of Art and later from Central Connecticut State University, where she was inspired to write this book. Currently, she is an art teacher at a private special needs school. She greatly enjoys her students, who are children on the autism spectrum with multiple disabilities.
“Alisa in Washerland” is a contemporary twist and plays on words with the classic book Alice in Wonderland.
The book is inspired by the author’s dislike for washing dishes as a child and her nieces’ disdain for putting dishes in the dishwasher. When Marian’s sister had a dream that she was living in the dishwasher, she found a way to combine all these things into this whimsical fable.
Grab a copy here: https://citiofbooks.com/bookstore/motivational-inspirational/alisa-in-washerland/.
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