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2010
Thursday, March 25
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, will be appearing at the Washington School PTG in
Harvard, Illinois.
Sunday, March 14
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will be appearing in the Rochester School District in Rochester,
WA.
Tuesday, March 9
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, will present two assemblies at the Leggee Elementary
School in Huntley, IL, and then appear at Family Reading Night. For more information, contact Trish Hayden,
847.659.6319.
Saturday, March 6
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will be appearing at the Kings County Library Literary Lions Gala.
For more information, see invitation.
Tuesday, March 2
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will be appearing at Jefferson Lincoln Elementary in Centralia, WA.
Saturday, Feb 27
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will be appearing at the Olympia Barnes & Noble, 1530 Black
Lake Blvd SW, Olympia, WA 98502, 360-534-0388, at 2:00 pm.
2009
Friday, December 4
Thad Krasnesky, author of I Always, ALWAYS Get My Way, will appear at the New York-Presbyterian
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, 3959 Broadway, (166th Street and Broadway), New York, NY 10032.
For more information call (212) 305-KIDS
Saturday, Nov 14
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will appear at the Mill Creek Public Library, 15429 Bothell-Everett
Hwy., Mill Creek, WA 98012, from 1-2 pm.
Wednesday, November 4
Thad Krasnesky, author of I Always, ALWAYS Get My Way, will appear at Bank Street Books, Broadway
and 112th Street (southwest corner), New York, New York. For more information, call Betsy at 212.678.1654.
Saturday, Oct 31
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will appear at the Lakewood Barnes and Noble, 5711 Main Street
SW, Lakewood, WA 98499. For more information, call (253) 983-0852.
Saturday, Oct 24
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will be part of a panel at the Seattle Bookfest, at Secret Garden
Books, 2214 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107. For more information, call 206-789-5006.
Saturday, Oct 17
Thad Krasnesky, author of I Always, ALWAYS Get My Way, will appear at Borders, 1 North Galleria Drive,
Middletown, NY. For more information, call 845-695-2233
Saturday, Oct 10
Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, will appear at Apple Seeds, an upscale children's boutique in
NYC, at 11 am, 10 West 25th Street, NY, NY. For more information call Apple Seeds, (212) 792-7590.
Monday, Sept 7
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will appear at Barnes and Noble, 5711 Main Street SW,
Lakewood, WA 98499, from 1-5 pm.
Wednesday, Sept 2
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will appear at Story Time at Borders, 3829 S. Meridian, in
Puyallup, WA 98373, from 11 am - 12 pm.
Thursday, Aug 27
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will appear at the Back to School Celebration at the Garfield Book
Company at PLU, 208 Garfield Street, Suite 101, Tacoma, WA. 98444, from 8 to 9 pm.
Sunday, June 28
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, will appear at the Severson Dells Nature Center in
Rockford, IL. This will be a 1-hour talk at the Open House celebrating their new library, 1:30 to 2:30 PM.
Friday, May 15
Lori Mitchell, illustrator of Holly Bloom's Garden, will appear at Artists&Authors, a fundraiser for Rolling
Readers, at the New Children's Museum, 200 West Island Avenue, Downtown San Diego, CA, 6:00-8:00 pm.
For more information, call 619-516-4095.
Monday, May 4
Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, will read to 1st graders at P.S. 19, 70th Street in New York City,
at 10:30 am.
Saturday, May 2
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will appear at Garfield Book Company, 208 Garfield Street, Suite
101, Tacoma,WA, 98444, at 2:00 pm. For more information, call 253-535-7665 or see Garfield Book Company
Wednesday, April 29
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will participate in The Inside Story, a twice-yearly salon organized
by SCBWI Western WA, to celebrate the new books of local authors and illustrators. Over 300 invitations are
sent to area media folks, booksellers, librarians and teachers. During the event, presenters share the "inside story"
about their books with an adoring and enthusiastic audience. This year, The Inside Scoop will be held at Mercer
Island Books, Mercer Island, WA on April 29th. Read more about The Inside Story here.
Thursday, April 16
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, will appear at the Hillman Elementary School in
Rockford, IL, 3701 Green Dale Drive, at 12:30 PM, and then again in the evening for Family Reading Night.
Tuesday, April 14
In honor of National Library Week, Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, is having a "pajama party"
with crafts and a reading of her book at the Cherry Hill Library in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The event is called for
7:00 pm.
Monday, April 6
Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, will be reading to a bunch of classes at The Chapin School at 100
East End Avenue, New York City, at 12 noon.
Saturday, April 4
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will appear at The Kings English, 1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake
City, UT 84105, at 11:00 AM. For more information, contact Jenn Northington (801) 484-9100, or see The
King's English.
Wednesday, February 25
Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, will read her book to the 4s class at The Blue School, the creative
New York City pre-school founded by members of Blue Man Group. The presentation will be at 11:00 am.
Read more about the school at www.theblueschool.org and see this video about the school from The Today
Show.
Friday, February 6
Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, will read her book to The Nursery School at Christ Church in Glen
Ridge, New Jersey, at 11:00 am.
January
Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, will read her book to classes at The Anderson School, 100 West
84th Street, New York, NY, and The Chapin School, 100 East End Ave, New York, NY. Dates to be
announced.
Friday, January 9
Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, will read her book to classes at the Lycee Francais de New York
school, 76th and York Avenue, in New York, at 9:30am.
To see details of appearances from previous years, click here
Thursday, March 25
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, will be appearing at the Washington School PTG in
Harvard, Illinois.
Sunday, March 14
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will be appearing in the Rochester School District in Rochester,
WA.
Tuesday, March 9
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, will present two assemblies at the Leggee Elementary
School in Huntley, IL, and then appear at Family Reading Night. For more information, contact Trish Hayden,
847.659.6319.
Saturday, March 6
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will be appearing at the Kings County Library Literary Lions Gala.
For more information, see invitation.
Tuesday, March 2
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will be appearing at Jefferson Lincoln Elementary in Centralia, WA.
Saturday, Feb 27
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will be appearing at the Olympia Barnes & Noble, 1530 Black
Lake Blvd SW, Olympia, WA 98502, 360-534-0388, at 2:00 pm.
2009
Friday, December 4
Thad Krasnesky, author of I Always, ALWAYS Get My Way, will appear at the New York-Presbyterian
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, 3959 Broadway, (166th Street and Broadway), New York, NY 10032.
For more information call (212) 305-KIDS
Saturday, Nov 14
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will appear at the Mill Creek Public Library, 15429 Bothell-Everett
Hwy., Mill Creek, WA 98012, from 1-2 pm.
Wednesday, November 4
Thad Krasnesky, author of I Always, ALWAYS Get My Way, will appear at Bank Street Books, Broadway
and 112th Street (southwest corner), New York, New York. For more information, call Betsy at 212.678.1654.
Saturday, Oct 31
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will appear at the Lakewood Barnes and Noble, 5711 Main Street
SW, Lakewood, WA 98499. For more information, call (253) 983-0852.
Saturday, Oct 24
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will be part of a panel at the Seattle Bookfest, at Secret Garden
Books, 2214 NW Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107. For more information, call 206-789-5006.
Saturday, Oct 17
Thad Krasnesky, author of I Always, ALWAYS Get My Way, will appear at Borders, 1 North Galleria Drive,
Middletown, NY. For more information, call 845-695-2233
Saturday, Oct 10
Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, will appear at Apple Seeds, an upscale children's boutique in
NYC, at 11 am, 10 West 25th Street, NY, NY. For more information call Apple Seeds, (212) 792-7590.
Monday, Sept 7
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will appear at Barnes and Noble, 5711 Main Street SW,
Lakewood, WA 98499, from 1-5 pm.
Wednesday, Sept 2
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will appear at Story Time at Borders, 3829 S. Meridian, in
Puyallup, WA 98373, from 11 am - 12 pm.
Thursday, Aug 27
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will appear at the Back to School Celebration at the Garfield Book
Company at PLU, 208 Garfield Street, Suite 101, Tacoma, WA. 98444, from 8 to 9 pm.
Sunday, June 28
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, will appear at the Severson Dells Nature Center in
Rockford, IL. This will be a 1-hour talk at the Open House celebrating their new library, 1:30 to 2:30 PM.
Friday, May 15
Lori Mitchell, illustrator of Holly Bloom's Garden, will appear at Artists&Authors, a fundraiser for Rolling
Readers, at the New Children's Museum, 200 West Island Avenue, Downtown San Diego, CA, 6:00-8:00 pm.
For more information, call 619-516-4095.
Monday, May 4
Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, will read to 1st graders at P.S. 19, 70th Street in New York City,
at 10:30 am.
Saturday, May 2
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will appear at Garfield Book Company, 208 Garfield Street, Suite
101, Tacoma,WA, 98444, at 2:00 pm. For more information, call 253-535-7665 or see Garfield Book Company
Wednesday, April 29
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will participate in The Inside Story, a twice-yearly salon organized
by SCBWI Western WA, to celebrate the new books of local authors and illustrators. Over 300 invitations are
sent to area media folks, booksellers, librarians and teachers. During the event, presenters share the "inside story"
about their books with an adoring and enthusiastic audience. This year, The Inside Scoop will be held at Mercer
Island Books, Mercer Island, WA on April 29th. Read more about The Inside Story here.
Thursday, April 16
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, will appear at the Hillman Elementary School in
Rockford, IL, 3701 Green Dale Drive, at 12:30 PM, and then again in the evening for Family Reading Night.
Tuesday, April 14
In honor of National Library Week, Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, is having a "pajama party"
with crafts and a reading of her book at the Cherry Hill Library in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The event is called for
7:00 pm.
Monday, April 6
Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, will be reading to a bunch of classes at The Chapin School at 100
East End Avenue, New York City, at 12 noon.
Saturday, April 4
Amanda Noll, author of I Need My Monster, will appear at The Kings English, 1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake
City, UT 84105, at 11:00 AM. For more information, contact Jenn Northington (801) 484-9100, or see The
King's English.
Wednesday, February 25
Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, will read her book to the 4s class at The Blue School, the creative
New York City pre-school founded by members of Blue Man Group. The presentation will be at 11:00 am.
Read more about the school at www.theblueschool.org and see this video about the school from The Today
Show.
Friday, February 6
Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, will read her book to The Nursery School at Christ Church in Glen
Ridge, New Jersey, at 11:00 am.
January
Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, will read her book to classes at The Anderson School, 100 West
84th Street, New York, NY, and The Chapin School, 100 East End Ave, New York, NY. Dates to be
announced.
Friday, January 9
Lori Sunshine, author of I'm Really Not Tired, will read her book to classes at the Lycee Francais de New York
school, 76th and York Avenue, in New York, at 9:30am.
To see details of appearances from previous years, click here
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