You're invited to a Book Birthday Party for: In The Time of Dragon Moon by Janet Lee Carey WHERE: Parkplace Books, 348 Parkplace Center, Kirkland WA WHEN: Saturday March 28 at 4pm Janet Lee Carey COME: Authors, Illustrators, Friends, Families, Dragons & Fairies ENJOY: Food, Wine, and Fun (don't miss Peggy King Anderson's... Continue Reading →
Sharon Mentyka’s book launch
Join local author Sharon Mentyka and illustrator Stephen Schlott on Friday, March 13, 7–9pm at Secret Garden Books, in Ballard for the book party and launch for B IN THE WORLD, a chapter book for kids ages 5 and up and the people who love them, that takes an open-hearted, kids-eyed view of what it means to be “different”... Continue Reading →
New member, new book!
New SCBWI member Charlotte Riggle is a bit of a late bloomer. Although she's been a (technical) writer for many years, her first children's book, Catherine's Pascha, was published just last month. Charlotte will be reading Catherine's Pascha on Saturday, March 28 at A Good Book Cafe, 1014 W. Main St, Sumner. Come by yourself,... Continue Reading →
March author/illustrator events
KEY: YA = young adult MG = middle grade PB = picture book NF = nonfiction LINKS: University Book Store Third Place Books Elliott Bay Book Company Secret Garden Books Seattle Central Library Tuesday March 3, 7PM ––Carson Ellis, Home (PB) Third Place Books, Ravenna; also: FRIDAY, MARCH 6 at 7pm, Secret Garden Books ––Randy... Continue Reading →
A book takes flight
People are always amazed at what treasures they find in their attics or, in this case, the hay lofts of their horse barns. Most rarely expect to have spirits emerge from old photographs, unless they're S. T. Lile, author of the new young adult novel THE TAIL GUNNER. From a box of dusty World War... Continue Reading →
Celebrating Cynthia
Hey, friends in the Seattle kidlit community! Cynthia Jaynes-Omolulu has a book coming out on Tuesday—a thriller called THE THIRD TWIN. Because Cynthia is fighting stage four cancer like the beautiful champ she is, I thought we could celebrate her book. I'm bringing my laptop so we can Skype with Cynthia's other fans. And if... Continue Reading →
February author/illustrator events
KEY: YA = young adult MG = middle grade PB = picture book NF = nonfiction LINKS: University Book Store Third Place Books Elliott Bay Book Company Secret Garden Books Seattle Central Library FEBRUARY EVENTS February 9, 7PM Ron Dakron, Hello Devilfish (YA) University Book Store, U-District February 10, 7PM Randy Henderson, Finn Fancy Necromancy... Continue Reading →
Toni Yuly book launch
Who? Who? Come and help celebrate the launch of Toni Yuly's second book, Night Owl! Night Owl is a companion to Toni's first book, Early Bird, and is all about listening and sounds. Oh, and for a bonus, the board book version of Early Bird launches this day as well!... Continue Reading →
A bunny thing happened….
...on the way to the book launch! Whose book launch, you ask? Here's a clue: That would be... Kevan Atteberry! WHEN: Wednesday, January 28 from 6–8pm WHERE: University Book Store, Bellevue (990 102nd Ave NE) Please join Kevan as he unveils his picture book, Bunnies! It's a delightful romp through the woods with many a... Continue Reading →
Sunny’s book launch
Join Sunny Shute on Saturday, January 24, from 4:30–6:30pm, when she launches her new self-published book, Rowdy and Rascal Meet Brutus the Bully Dog. It's a tail, ahem, TALE, with a message: Bullying is NOT OK! Included are the Six Steps of Conflict Resolution, thoughtful questions for the parent, teacher or other adult to discuss... Continue Reading →