Joan Bauer

Calling all girls in 5th - 7th grade! Grab your mom and bring her to Red Balloon’s Girls (and Moms) Read Book Club. Meet other girls and moms and share the fun of reading. Girls (and Moms) Read meets every fourth Monday.

The book for February is Close to Famous by Joan Bauer. Call the store, 651-224-8320, for more information and to sign up.

DATE: Monday, Feb 23 TIME: 6:30 pm PLACE: Red Balloon Bookshop (tilføjet fra IndieBound)… (mere)

Joan Bauer

Let’s welcome Joan Bauer, our guest who grew up nearby in River Forest. Now a multi-award winning children’s author, we are delighted to welcome her back to her home state. She’s here to share her books including Close to Famous and Almost Home. SATURDAY, APRIL 12 at 2:00 PM Anderson's Bookshop Naperville | 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville PLEASE CALL FOR TICKETS (630) 355-2665

Location: Street: Anderson's Bookshop Naperville Additional: 123 W Jefferson Ave City: Naperville, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60540 Country: United States (tilføjet fra IndieBound)… (mere)

M.T. Anderson; Joan Bauer; Francesca Lia Block ; Cylin Busby; Cecil Castellucci; Tim Egan; Victoria Forester; Donna Freitas; Polly Horvath; James Lescene; Barry Lyga; href="/author/mullbrandon">Brandon Mull; Travis Nichols

Sponsored by the Children’s Booksellers and Publishers Committee [A cooperative committee of the American Booksellers Association (ABA), Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC), and the Children’s Book Council (CBC)].

Get to know twenty children’s book creators up close and personal! Authors and illustrators will move from table to table, stopping for quick get-to-know-you chats. Please note: this event is for booksellers only!

Participating “dates” include: M.T. Anderson (Harcourt), Joan Bauer (Putnam/Penguin), Francesca Lia Block (HarperCollins), Cylin Busby (Bloomsbury), Cecil Castellucci (Candlewick), Tim Egan (Houghton Mifflin), Victoria Forester (Feiwel and Friends), Donna Freitas (FSG), Polly Horvath (Random House), James Lescene (HarperCollins), Barry Lyga (Houghton Mifflin), Brandon Mull (Shadow Mountain), Travis Nichols (Roaring Brook), Chris Raschka (Scholastic), Gary D.Schmidt (Clarion), David Shannon (Scholastic), Judy Sierra (Random House), Laurel Snyder (Tricycle), Nancy Werlin (Penguin), and Jane Yolen (Charlesbridge). (ablachly)… (mere)