{"id":163557,"date":"2026-06-17T16:04:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T21:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=163557"},"modified":"2026-06-18T07:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T12:24:37","slug":"saturday-june-20-storytime-and-book-signing-with-michael-henry-and-marshall-ramsey-for-tommy-the-lonely-toilet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/saturday-june-20-storytime-and-book-signing-with-michael-henry-and-marshall-ramsey-for-tommy-the-lonely-toilet\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday June 20: Storytime and Book Signing with Michael Henry and Marshall Ramsey for &#8220;Tommy the Lonely Toilet&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10 am at Square Books, Jr.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join <strong>Square Books<\/strong> for a very special storytime to read\u00a0<strong><em>Tommy the Lonely Toilet\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and learn all about potty-training! Author <strong>Michael Henry<\/strong> and illustrator <strong>Marshall Ramsey<\/strong> will be there for the reading, followed by a signing of their book.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tommy the Lonely Toilet just wants to be used\u2014not ignored! This humorous, heartwarming POTTY TRAINING tale helps toddlers say goodbye to diapers and embrace the toilet with confidence. Perfect for parents, grandparents, and caregivers guiding little ones through this big milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tommycover1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tommycover1.jpg?resize=350%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-163559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tommycover1.jpg?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tommycover1.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tommycover1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14544\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 am at Square Books, Jr. Join Square Books for a very special storytime to read\u00a0Tommy the Lonely<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":163558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14439,35027],"tags":[821,24997,14444,5,642,4,35149,602,14906,35147,35148],"class_list":["post-163557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-books","category-upcoming-events","tag-book-signing","tag-marshall-ramsey","tag-michael-henry","tag-mississippi","tag-ms","tag-oxford","tag-potty-training","tag-square-books","tag-square-books-jr-2","tag-stortytime","tag-tommy-the-lonely-toilet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0620-tommy-lonely-toilet-event-graphic.png?fit=295%2C295&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163557"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163561,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163557\/revisions\/163561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}