{"id":109050,"date":"2025-08-01T01:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T01:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/109050\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T01:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T01:55:10","slug":"geneva-creator-of-finn-the-frog-to-sign-copies-of-new-childrens-book-saturday-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/109050\/","title":{"rendered":"Geneva creator of Finn the Frog to sign copies of new children\u2019s book Saturday \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"

Young readers of Kane County<\/a> can meet a local author, get their books signed and possibly hear a live reading this Saturday in the Geneva<\/a> Commons.<\/p>\n

Geneva children\u2019s book author, and creator of the popular Finn the Frog collection, Ron Keres, will host a book signing to debut his newest title, \u201cThis Book Is Viral!\u201d<\/a> from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 2 at Barnes & Noble. 102 Commons Drive.<\/p>\n

Keres\u2019 new book is the fifth iteration of his self-published Finn the Frog collection, which includes \u201cThis Book Is Perfect!,\u201d \u201cThis Book Is On Fire!,\u201d \u201cThis Book Is A Mistake!\u201d and \u201cThis Book Stinks!\u201d <\/p>\n

\"Ron<\/p>\n

Ron Keres, author of “This Book Is Viral” will host a book signing event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Aug. 2, 2025, at the Barnes & Noble at 102 Commons Drive in Geneva. (Photo provided by Ron Keres)<\/p>\n

The new title officially launches Aug. 5, though copies can be purchased early online and at the signing. Finn the Frog Plushies will also be available for purchase, and Keres said there may be a few impromptu readings.<\/p>\n

The entire collection features the art of California-based children\u2019s book illustrator Arthur Lin.<\/p>\n

Keres said he was inspired to start writing books while pandemic regulations were dragging on.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just needed a creative outlet,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve always loved storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keres\u2019 first book, \u201cThe Scariest Story You\u2019ve Ever Heard,\u201d was critically acclaimed and received several awards when it released in May 2022. Later that year, the first Finn the Frog book was published. <\/p>\n

As his works started to gain notoriety, Keres decided to write full-time, and is currently working on his seventh book. He said one of the best parts of his new career is hearing from parents and children who enjoy his books.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo know that not only am I affecting my own kids with these books, but seeing kids happy all over the place is just a really neat feeling,\u201d Keres said.<\/p>\n

The Keres family moved to Geneva in early 2025 after a decade of missionary work in Canada.<\/p>\n

Keres said as a father of four young children, his life is chaotic, but that chaos gives him no shortage of inspiration for his writing.<\/p>\n

Keres said the books in the Finn the Frog collection are silly and meant to make kids laugh, but each has a heartfelt message or lesson to be learned. A common theme is that the reader interacts directly with Finn the Frog and vice-versa, and plays an important role as a character in each story.<\/p>\n

In the newest book, \u201cThis Book Is Viral!,\u201d the reader is feeling under the weather, but Finn the Frog believes his popularity is surging. Once Finn realizes the reader is sick, both attempt to care for each other through well-intended antics and end up teaching that empathy and kindness are more important than popularity.<\/p>\n

\u201cKids love when a book talks to them, not at them,\u201d Keres said. \u201cThis one is a back-and-forth mess of tissues, tea and total silliness \u2013 and at the end, everyone feels a little better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Book Is Viral!\u201d is available on Amazon<\/a>, on Keres\u2019 website<\/a> and locally at Barnes and Noble in Geneva and Town House Books in St. Charles<\/a> for $17.95. Each book purchased through Keres\u2019 website comes signed and includes free Finn the Frog coloring and activity pages that connect with the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Young readers of Kane County can meet a local author, get their books signed and possibly hear a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":109051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1022,171,69542,26366,31887,69543,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-109050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-eyes-on-enterprise","11":"tag-geneva","12":"tag-kane-county","13":"tag-st-charles","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114951023699187485","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}