Lois V. Harris launches her new book, MAXFIELD PARRISH: PAINTER OF MAGICAL MAKE-BELIEVE, during her “Art History for the Elementary Classroom” presentation on Saturday, October 15, at the Washington Art Education Association’s 2011 Fall Conference in Tumwater, WA. Maxfield would have said, the event will be “mighty good fun!For more information on Lois, and her... Continue Reading →
Karen Kincy Book Launch Party!!
You're invited to the launch party for BLOODBORN, a YA novel by Karen Kincy! Karen is a fellow SCBWI WWA member! There will be a reading, Q&A, and raffle for werewolfy prizes. And don't forget the book birthday cake. She hopes to see fellow SCBWI WWA members there! When: September 12 at 7 p.m. Where:... Continue Reading →
Happy Birthday to A CAT LIKE THAT!!
Happiest Birthday wishes to Wendy Wahman's A CAT LIKE THAT, which celebrated it's book birthday June 21! Click any of the links below to find out more information!“Striking illustrations and a pitch-perfect portrait of an unnamed pet’s personality combine to showcase charming (and practical) advice on how to make friends with a feline.” – Kirkus... Continue Reading →
Wendy Wahman at Secret Garden
Author/Illustrator Wendy Wahman launches her new book, A CAT LIKE THAT, at Secret Garden Books on Thursday, July 7, starting at 7 p.m. Here's what Secret Garden has to say about Wendy:We love a great animal person, and if there ever was one, Wendy is a great animal person. Animals have no better champion to... Continue Reading →
Wendy Wahman Book Launch Dates
Wendy Wahman sent me an email letting me know that all you lucky SCBWI WWA members can go straight from her Eastside book launch party for A CAT LIKE THAT to Kid Lit at Red Robin on Sunday, June 26! Wendy is having Eastside and Westside book launch parties so you can head to the... Continue Reading →
So Long, Vampires! Kevin Emerson Book Launch @ Secret Garden
Let’s celebrate Kevin’s new book, THE TRIAD OF FINITY, and bury the vampire genre in this part-party, part-ceremony on Saturday, June 11 at 4 p.m.In 2008-2009, Seattle children’s author Kevin Emerson released 5 books in his OLIVER NOCTURNE series. The books sold tens of thousands of copies, were published in 5 languages, and garnered Kevin... Continue Reading →
You’re Invited to Stephanie Barden’s Book Launch Party!
All SCBWI members are invited to a Book Launch Celebration for Stephanie Barden’s CINDERELLA SMITH this Saturday April 30, from 2-4 p.m. {drop in for as long or as short as you’d like} at The Elliott Bay Book Company (1521 10th Avenue).There will be games & goodies galore! For more information on Stephanie, and her... Continue Reading →
Carole Estby Dagg’s Book Launch
Carole Estby Dagg launched THE YEAR WE WERE FAMOUS at Secret Garden Books on April 5, wearing a costume she'd sewn and toting a carpetbag filled with items like ones her Great-aunt Clara might have carried with her in her trek across the country in 1896. The photo was taken by Thomas Booth Swiftwater Photography.You... Continue Reading →
Book Party (With Pink Wigs)
Come celebrate with Liz Gallagher on Saturday, May 14, from 4-6 p.m., at Secret Garden Books in Ballard. Liz is celebrating the release of her second novel, MY NOT-SO-STILL LIFE. Come enjoy some food and cupcakes, try on a pink wig in honor of the book's main character, maybe win a prize, hear a reading... Continue Reading →
D’Amico Book Launch
Author Carmela D’Amico and Illustrator Steven D’Amico launch their new book SUKI THE VERY LOUD BUNNY Friday, March 18, at 7 p.m. at the Secret Garden Bookshop. Here's a little more information about their new book:Bunnies are supposed to nuzzle their carrots, hop through the meadow, and listen to their mommas. Most of all, bunnies... Continue Reading →