Texas Book Signing Tour: Melissa DiVietri Brings Disability Awareness, Storytime & Service Animal Education to Barnes & Noble
Yeehaw, Texas! 🤠💙 Melissa DiVietri is bringing her book signing tour to multiple Barnes & Noble locations across Texas this June, sharing heartfelt storytelling, disability awareness, service animal education, and meaningful conversations with families, children, educators, readers, and community members.
As a uniquely abled author, artist, speaker, and disability advocate, Melissa uses her lived experience to help others better understand accessibility, empathy, independence, and inclusion. Her events are more than book signings; they are community-centered moments where representation matters, conversations open up, and children learn that kindness, awareness, and acceptance can start at any age.
Why This Texas Book Tour Matters
Disability representation belongs everywhere, including bookstores, classrooms, libraries, homes, and community spaces. When children and families see stories that include disability awareness and service animal education, they gain a deeper understanding of how to treat others with respect, compassion, and confidence.
Melissa’s books are designed to make these important conversations easier, warmer, and more accessible. Through storytelling, real-life experience, and her service dog Oreo, Melissa helps readers understand that disability is not something to fear or ignore; it is something to learn from, honor, and include.
This Texas tour is especially meaningful because it brings disability awareness directly into local communities across Conroe, Spring, Houston, and Garland. Each stop creates space for families to ask questions, meet an author with lived experience, and celebrate books that encourage inclusion from the heart.
Featured Books
During the Texas book signing tour, Melissa will be featuring her children’s books centered around disability awareness, service animal education, kindness, and inclusion.
Featured titles include:
A Tale of a Service Animal
The ABCs of Disability Etiquette
Un Cuento de un Animal de Servicio
Each book was created to support conversations about accessibility, empathy, friendship, and understanding. These stories are helpful for children, parents, educators, caregivers, librarians, and anyone who wants to create a more inclusive world.
Texas Book Signing Schedule
🗓️ June 13, 2026
📍 Barnes & Noble Conroe
2920 Interstate 45 N
Conroe, TX 77303
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
🗓️ June 14, 2026
📍 Barnes & Noble Spring
6600 Spring Stuebner Rd., Suite 152
Spring, TX 77389
Time: 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
🗓️ June 20, 2026
📍 Barnes & Noble Houston
5510 Weslayan St
Houston, TX 77005
Time: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
🗓️ June 21, 2026
📍 Barnes & Noble Town & Country
12850 Memorial Dr, Suite 1600
Houston, TX 77024
Time: Starts at 2:00 PM
🗓️ June 27, 2026
📍 Barnes & Noble Copperfield
7026 Hwy 6 N
Houston, TX 77095
Time: Starts at 11:00 AM local time
🗓️ June 28, 2026
📍 Barnes & Noble Garland
190 Cedar Sage Drive
Garland, TX 75040
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Meet Melissa DiVietri & Oreo
Guests will have the opportunity to meet Melissa and Oreo, learn more about service animal education, and get signed copies of Melissa’s books. These events are open to families, readers, educators, advocates, and community members who care about inclusion and representation.
Oreo’s presence helps make the conversation even more meaningful by giving families a real-life connection to service animal awareness. For many children, meeting Oreo creates a memorable way to understand why service animals are important and how to respectfully interact with working animals in public spaces.
Creating Space for Inclusion in Texas
Bookstores are powerful places for learning, connection, and community. By bringing disability awareness into Barnes & Noble locations across Texas, Melissa is helping create more visibility for uniquely abled voices and stories that deserve to be seen.
This tour is about more than selling books. It is about helping people feel seen, teaching children to lead with kindness, and reminding communities that everyone has something unique to contribute.
If you are in Texas this June, stop by one of the Barnes & Noble events to meet Melissa, say hello to Oreo, and support books that celebrate accessibility, empathy, and inclusion.
Follow the Tour
For the latest event updates, visit Melissa’s event page and follow along on social media. More book signings, storytime readings, disability awareness events, and community appearances are being added as the tour continues.
