powerHouse Arena
37 Main St., DUMBO
Saturday, September 11, free, 4:00
718-666-3049
www.powerhousearena.com
www.teamnerds.com
Brooklyn’s powerHouse Arena might be more well known for its cutting-edge art shows and photography books, but it also caters to the younger set. On Saturday afternoon, author Michael Buckley will be at the DUMBO institution for a reading and signing celebrating the release of NERDS 2: M IS FOR MAMA’S BOY (Amulet, September 2010), the follow-up to last year’s NERDS: NATIONAL ESPIONAGE, RESCUE, AND DEFENSE SOCIETY, which is now out in paperback. Buckley, who also wrote the bestselling series THE SISTERS GRIMM and is a longtime FOT (friend of twi-ny), is a favorite of kids, traveling across the country to schools, libraries, and bookstores to read chapters and engage youngsters’ mids with his zany stories. Future family-friendly readings and signings at powerHouse include Audrey Vernick’s IS YOUR BUFFALO READY FOR KINDERGARTEN? on September 14 and Tad Hills’s HOW ROCKET LEARNED TO READ on September 19.