Gilbert Plans Book Signing Event in Downtown HowellGilbert Plans Book Signing Event in Downtown Howell

3/2/14 - Howell’s Hollywood connection will be signing copies of her new children’s book next weekend. Actress Melissa Gilbert recently released “Daisy & Josephine”, a story about a little girl and her best friend, a French bulldog that can magically talk and has a hip fashion sense. Gilbert, speaking Friday on Mike & Jon in the Morning, says the reception has been good so far nationally, but even more so in her new hometown of Howell, which she credited to Kim Wilson, owner of Carriage House Designs in Downtown Howell. Wilson will host the book signing reception at her store on Saturday, March 8th starting at 2pm. But she says pre-purchases of the book are being requested to avoid a large crowd that day, with each customer being given a general time they can arrive, meet Gilbert and have the book signed. Gilbert says she’s already working on her next book, which she called a Prairie Cookbook, with recipes she’s picked up over the years since her time on Little House on the Prairie in the 1970’s & 80’s. Pictured from left to right; Renee Chodkowski, Kim Wilson & Gilbert. (JK)