W. Kamau Bell & Adam Mansbach's ROCK PAPER SCISSORS CHEESE In-Store Event

Join us at Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore on Sunday, November 1 at 3:00 PM when local authors W. Kamau Bell and Adam Mansbach come to the store to present their new picture book for children Rock Paper Scissors Cheese. Kamau and Adam will sign copies of their book after the presentation.

Click here to preorder a copy of Rock Paper Scissors Cheese.

An ordinary game of rock, paper, scissors riotously goes off the rails in this rhyming, rollicking celebration of family and fun from two three-time dads: Peabody and Emmy award-winning producer and stand-up comedian W. Kamau Bell and mega-bestselling author Adam Mansbach.

A bit after lunch
on day eight of the rain
The youngest Bell, Peanut
remembered a game . . .

Sometimes, she thought
nothing else quite delivers
like the old school fun
of rock paper scissors.

But the Bell family doesn't play your grandma's version of the game . . . In their household, paper may beat rock, but what beats paper? Well, cheese, of course!

Join the Bells on a delightful romp with the most chaotic and inventive game of rock, paper, scissors you’ve ever seen! Featuring hilarious illustrations from Breanna Chambers, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Cheese is an infectiously fun rhyming read-aloud about making the best of a boring day stuck indoors. And how, ultimately, any place shared with loved ones can be the best of all.

W. KAMAU BELL is a Peabody Award-winner, four-time Emmy Award-winner, Celebrity Jeopardy! champion, part-time activist, and full-time family man. Kamau is a two-time New York Times Bestseller with Do The Work! - An Antiracist Activity Book and Who is Government? - The Untold Story of Public Service. Kamau is best known for his CNN series United Shades of America and his docuseries We Need To Talk About Cosby, Kamau has a podcast and a bestselling Substack, both named Who’s With Me? Kamau is the ACLU Artist Ambassador for Racial Justice, is on the Board of Directors for DonorsChoose, and is on the advisory board of LiveFree. Kamau is currently on his 2026 Who’s With Me? stand-up comedy tour.

ADAM MANSBACH is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Go the F*** to Sleep, as well as the novels Rage is Back, The End of the Jews (winner of the California Book Award), Angry Black White Boy, the national bestseller The Golem of Brooklyn, and the memoir-in-verse I Had a Brother Once. With Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel, he co-authored For This We Left Egypt? and the bestselling A Field Guide to the Jewish People, and his books for young readers include the New York Times bestseller Just Try One Bite and the award-winning Jake the Fake series, co-written with Craig Robinson. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, New York Times Book Review, Esquire, The Believer, The Guardian, and on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, The Moth Storytelling Hour, and This American Life.

THIS EVENT is free but registration is requested. Registration ends at 2:00 pm on November 1.

BECAUSE SEATING is limited, please register only if you plan to attend.

DUE TO SPACE limitations, we may not be able to accommodate every person at an event, so early registration is encouraged.

WALK-INS will be accommodated only if space allows.

WE ASK that attendees arrive between 2:45 and 3:00 PM for the event.

PLEASE leave your non-support companion animals at home.