October readings and appearances

What do Marissa Meyer, Jan Brett, Colin Meloy, Annie Barrows, and Libba Bray have in common?

They’re coming.
Here.
To a bookish venue near you!

Get those calendars out, because this is one busy month of not-to-be-missed kid lit favorites!

Thursday, October 4
Sean Beaudoin, The Infects
(Elliott Bay Book Company, 7pm)

Sunday, October 7
Marisa Moss and Jordan Jacobs Middle-Grade Timetravel Books Event
(Secret Garden, 2pm)

Monday, October 8
Young Adult Reading Blowout: Marissa Meyer, CJ Redwine, J Anderson Coats, Marissa Burt, Jennifer Shaw Wolf, Daniel Marks
(University Book Store, Bellevue, 6:30pm)

Adventures in Time Tour with Marissa Moss and Jordan Jacobs 
(Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, 7pm)

Tuesday, October 9
Annie Barrows Ivy & Bean return for their 9th misadventure
(Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, 7pm)

Wednesday, October 10
Daniel Marks and Gretchen McNeil
(University Book Store, U-District, 7pm)

Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis 
Wildwood author/illustrator spouses release their next in the series, Under Wildwood.
(Fremont Abbey; $5 tickets available at University Book Store or free with purchase of book, 7pm)

Saturday, October 13
Teen Book Brunch: Daniel Marks and Gretchen McNeil
(University Book Store, Mill Creek, 11am)

Mindi Scott, Live Through This
(Elliott Bay Book Company, 2pm)

Sunday, October 14
Jon Klassen  
Reading from This is Not My Hat

(Seattle Public Library, Northeast Branch, 3pm)

Monday, October 15
Rosemary Wells speaks to Grownups on Kids’ Lit
(Tacoma Public Library, 7pm)

Tuesday, October 16
Wendy and Joe Wahman, Snowboy 1, 2, 3  
(Secret Garden, 7pm)

Wednesday, October 17
Libba Bray, The Diviners
(Century Ballroom, West Hall, $5 admission or free with purchase of book from University Book Store, 6pm)

Saturday, October 20
Peg Kehret Animals Welcome: A Life of Reading, Writing and Rescue
(University Book Store, Renton, 1pm)

Bob Shea, Dinosaur vs. Santa
(Secret Garden, 2pm)

Sunday, October 21
Jan Brett Mossy is her latest picture book.
(University Book Store, U-District, 4:30pm)

Friday, October 26
Dorothy Monroe Cobwebs on the Ceiling
(Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, 6:30pm)

Saturday, October 27
Peg Kehret
(King County Library Auburn branch, 1140 Auburn Way South, 2pm)

Karen Kincy 
Foxfire 
(Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, 6:30pm)

Tuesday, October 30
Brianna Caplan Sayres, Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? (Secret Garden, 7pm)