Patrick's 2025 Book Tour Dates for 'The Gift of Everything'

Ever wanted to meet Patrick in person? We have great news for our friends in New Jersey, New York, and California (and the surrounding areas)!

This fall and winter, Patrick will be visiting select bookstores, festivals, and other special places to celebrate the release of The Gift of Everything and The Gift of Nothing Anniversary Edition. If you're able, we'd love for you to join us at one of these gatherings.

2025 Upcoming Tour Dates

December 4 | Princeton, NJ: Labyrinth Books (6:00 PM)
December 13 | Mill Valley, CA: Marin Theatre, The Gift of Nothing Musical (Preview Night)
December 14 (AM) | Santa Rosa, CA: Charles Schulz Museum
December 14 (PM) | Mill Valley, CA: Marin Theatre, The Gift of Nothing Musical (Opening Night)
December 20 | Plainville, MA: An Unlikely Story Bookstore

Past Dates

Thank you to everyone who joined and helped to make these events so wonderful!

October 8 | Doylestown, PA: Doylestown Bookshop (6:00 PM)
October 10 | New York, NY: New York Comic-Con
October 11 | Morristown, NJ: Morristown Festival of Books (10:00 AM–5:00 PM)
October 22 | New York, NY: Books of Wonder, 17th Street Store (6:00 PM)
October 23 | Online/Virtual Event: West Hampton Libraries (7:00 PM)
November 12 | Encinitas, CA: Rancho Coastal Humane Society, Hosted by Warwick's (4:00 PM)
November 15 | Santa Rosa, CA: Charles Schulz Museum (2:00 PM)
November 16 | San Francisco, CA: Cartoon Art Museum (4:00-6:00 PM)

About the Books

The Gift of Everything is a heartwarming MUTTS picture book that explores the theme that “everything is a gift.” Mooch the cat searches for a perfect gift for his special friend Earl. But what is perfect? The book celebrates the beauty in the world — from animals and trees to friendship and quiet moments. Join Mooch as he sees the world around him with a fresh feeling of gratitude and discovers that life itself is full of gifts.

The Gift of Nothing (soon available in a special 20th anniversary edition!) is a NYT bestselling picture book about the importance of friendship and presence. It tells the story of Mooch the cat, who decides the most meaningful gift for his friend Earl is “nothing” — nothing, that is, except the gift of friendship and presence.

Comments (37)

Cousin Patrick …I’m so excited you are coming to Encinitas California on November 12. This has been my hometown for the past 40 years. I look forward to seeing you maybe catching up a little bit and enjoying your presentation love cousin Carol Ann
Carol Colicchio Ulak

Hi Patrick, I have a photo with you taken at a shop in The Grove, Los Angeles, don’t remember the date, maybe it was
in the Nineties! Now I live in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. Please visit the Atlanta area. Lots of Barnes&Noble bookstores and animal rescue organizations. We can take another photo and compare our age-ings!
Barbara Vickers

Forgot to mention that we’ve enjoyed the great company of three rescue poodles over the years, Miss Ginger, Miss Sweetie and now dear Mr. Petey!
Anna Pinto

I agree with Katy E. that we’d really like it if you could come to Connecticut sometime too. Mutts, especially Earl & Mooch, absolutely warm my heart! Thank you so much, Patrick! It’s one of the ways to start the day!
Anna Pinto

Yay!! You’ll be in Doylestown, PA!! I hope to see you Patrick there! I’ve been a fan for a long time. Mutts is just a wonderful inspiration to read every day. I also named my black cat Mooch, who I found as a stray.
Kathy

Pasadena, CA is also home to Vromans Bookstore, a 127-year-old independent bookstore with a decades-long history of hosting signings, both on- and off-site, and so could potentially partner with PHS for an event. It’s also close to L.A. without being in L.A., so you can reach more of your fan base. Please come on out!

(And no, I don’t work there; I just like the store and your work!)
Brian

I love your Mutts strip Patrick! I had a stray long hair cat and his name was Mooch, I named him that beacause of your Mooch and also he was a Mooch. My Mooch was a very happy cat and lived to 16 years of age. , I love your Mooch and Earl and all their friends. keep up the great work.
Rose Turley

Since you have three days between Encinitas and Santa Rosa, maybe you could squeeze in a date in the Pasadena area. It has a wonderful Humane Society with all kinds of critters. After the Eaton Fire, PHS searched for displaced pets and tried to reunite them with their owners. Not all were claimed. Too many people died or were displaced.
Laura Monteros

Please come to Santa Fe NM. We love your work and have rescued a chained up guard dog, who is not housebroken but so be it. He is very very old but the vet says except for being deaf he is in very good shape. Hope to see you out here.
dick hogle

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