Centerville author returning to sign books at Donut Shop

June 13 event sold out

CENTERVILLE — Author/illustrator Nick Sabatino, 90, of Centerville, will be back for his second book signing session at Bill’s Donut Shop, 268 N. Main St., from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Aug. 1.

More than 75 people were still in line at his first signing June 13 when he sold out of his children’s book, The Tiny Donut with a Big Heart.

Shop co-owner Lisa Tucker gave away free donuts that had candy eyes and looked like the donut in the book, to kids and their parents during the first signing and plans to do the same at this signing, Sabatino said.

Sabatino wrote and illustrated the book, which he says is about “sharing.” A misshapen tiny doughnut made from leftover dough almost gets thrown into the trash until a hungry youngster changes everything. The doughnut gets laughed at, criticized and rejected, not just by customers, but also by the other doughnuts.

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