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2008
Wednesday, June 25
Dotti Enderle, co-author of Grandpa for Sale, at the Cuero Public Library, 207 East Main Street,
Cuero, TX 77954, Tel: (361) 275-2864, at 10:00 am.
Saturday, June 21
David Slater, author of The Ring Bear, will be the guest speaker at the SCBWI Annual Summer Picnic in Portland, Oregon. The picnic
begins at 10:30 a.m. at the Garden Home Recreation Center, 7475 SW Oleson Road in Portland. David will deliver a speech on "Getting
Your Foot in the Door and Keeping it There."
Dotti Enderle, co-author of Grandpa for Sale, at Reach Out and Read Texas, Barnes & Noble - Westheimer Crossing,
7626 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77063, Tel: (713) 783-6016, at 11:00 am.
May 8
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, at the Howe Elementary School, 10271 W. Beach Rd., Beach Park, IL 60087
Tuesday, April 22
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, at the Pencil & Palette Club at the Prairie Lodge & Sales Center in Sun City
Huntley Ill. Richard spoke about the making of the book, followed by a book signing.
Friday, April 18
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, at Our Lady of Humility Church in Zion, IL and gave a two-hour talk with a
book signing at the Pencil & Palette Club in Huntley, IL.
Wednesday, April 16
Dotti Enderle, author of Grandpa for Sale, at the Texas Library Association Conference, Dallas, TX, from 1-2 pm in aisle 11 of the
Author Signing Area.
March 20
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, at the TLC Pre-School in Huntley, IL
Thursday, March 6
Dotti Enderle, author of Grandpa for Sale, at Newport Elementary School, Crosby, TX.
Sat & Sun, March 1 & 2
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, at the Huntley Expo, Huntley, IL.
Wednesday, January 23
Dotti Enderle, author of Grandpa for Sale, at Alice Carlson Applied Learning Center, Fort Worth, TX. For more information, call (817)
922-6525.
2007
Saturday, December 8
Dotti Enderle, author of Grandpa for Sale, at Hastings Books Music & Video, 1105 N. Loop 336 W., Conroe, TX
Thursday, December 6
Kyle Gentry, illustrator of Grandpa for Sale, at Borders Oviedo, 8285 Red Bug Lake Rd., Oviedo, FL, from 6-8 pm. For more
information, call 407.977.3385
Saturday, December 1
Dotti Enderle, author of Grandpa for Sale, at an Author Extravaganza at Katy Budget Books, 2450 Fry Road, Houston, TX, from 11 am
- 2 pm. For more information, call (281) 578-7770.
Saturday, November 17
Dotti Enderle, at The Houston Writers Festival at Barnes & Noble, 5000 Westheimer, Houston, TX. For more information, see http:
//neonuma.com/festival.html
Friday, November 9
11-Noon, Dotti Enderle, co-author of Grandpa for Sale, presents a workshop: Creating Spellbinding Stories for Children at the Third
Annual Writers Conference Crowne Plaza - San Antonio Airport, 1111 NE Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78219, Phone: 210-828-9031
Saturday, November 3
Dotti Enderle, co-author of Grandpa for Sale, will speak at a panel at the Texas Book Festival on in Austin, Texas, and will receive the
Writers League of Texas Teddy Children's Book Award. The event will take place in Capitol Extension room E2.030 from 3 to 4 pm
Monday, October 15
7 to 9 pm, Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, at the Lake County Art League located in the lower level of the
State Bank of the Lakes, 50 Commerce Drive, Grayslake, IL
Dotti Enderle, co-author of Grandpa for Sale, at Educators' Night at the Barnes & Noble First Colony Mall, 16535 Southwest Freeway,
Suite 4000, Sugar Land, TX 77479, Phone: 281-313-8323
Friday, September 28
Lori Mitchell, illustrator of Holly Bloom's Garden, at Loma Portal Elementary School, 3341 Browning Street, San Diego, CA
Tuesday, September 25
6 to 8 pm, Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, at Mackeben Elementary School in Algonquin, IL, as part of their
Family Reading Night
Thursday and Friday, September 13 & 14
Dotti Enderle, co-author of Grandpa for Sale, is a Guest Author at the Texas Word Wrangler Festival, at the Giddings Public Library and
Cultural Center, 276 North Orange Street, Giddings, TX 78942, Phone: 979-542-2716
Saturday, September 8
10:00 am to 12:00 noon, Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, appears at Read Between the Lynes, 129 Van Buren
Street, Woodstock IL 60098
1:30 pm, Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at the Barnes & Noble First Colony Mall, 16535 Southwest Frwy Suite
4000, Sugar Land, TX 77479, Phone: 281-313-8323
Thursday, September 6
5 to 8 pm, Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, appears at the Old Country Buffet at Spring Hill Mall as part of a
children's program being held in conjunction with the Huntley IL Public Library
Saturday, May 26
11AM-1PM, Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at Katy Budget Books, 2450 Fry Road, Houston, TX 77084, Phone:
281-578-7770
Saturday, May 19
Noon, Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at Barnes & Noble, The Centre in Copperfield, 7026 Hwy 6 North, Houston,
TX 77095, Phone: 281-861-6842
Sunday, May 6
3PM, Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at the Fort Bend ISD Bookfair, Borders Books - Stafford, Fountains on the
Lake, Stafford, TX 77477, Phone: 281-240-6666
Saturday May 5
9-11 AM, Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at the Educator Reception, Barnes & Noble, The Centre in Copperfield,
7026 Hwy 6 North, Houston, TX 77095, Phone: 281-861-6842
Also Saturday, May 5
2PM, Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at Barnes & Noble Deerbrook Mall, 20131 Highway 59, Humble, TX 77338,
Phone: 281-540-3060
Saturday, April 14
Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at Barnes & Noble First Colony Mall, 16535 Southwest Frwy Suite 4000, Sugar
Land, TX 77479, Phone: 281-313-8323, at 11 am
Thursday, April 12
Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at the Texas Library Association Convention, Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center,
San Antonio, TX from 10 am to 3 pm.
Saturday, March 31
Grandpa for Sale Book Launch!
Dotti Enderle, Vicki Sansum, and Kyle Gentry at Borders Books, 9633 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77063, Phone: 713-782-6066,
Fax: 713-782-0430, at 2 - 4PM
March 23 & 24
Dotti Enderle, Grandpa for Sale,Guest Speaker at Great Southwest Bookfest, DeSoto Town Center, DeSoto, TX
Sunday, March 5
Melanie Pastor, Wishes for One More Day, at Barnes & Noble in Encino, CA: How to make a Family Memory Book.
To see details of appearances from previous years, click here
Wednesday, June 25
Dotti Enderle, co-author of Grandpa for Sale, at the Cuero Public Library, 207 East Main Street,
Cuero, TX 77954, Tel: (361) 275-2864, at 10:00 am.
Saturday, June 21
David Slater, author of The Ring Bear, will be the guest speaker at the SCBWI Annual Summer Picnic in Portland, Oregon. The picnic
begins at 10:30 a.m. at the Garden Home Recreation Center, 7475 SW Oleson Road in Portland. David will deliver a speech on "Getting
Your Foot in the Door and Keeping it There."
Dotti Enderle, co-author of Grandpa for Sale, at Reach Out and Read Texas, Barnes & Noble - Westheimer Crossing,
7626 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77063, Tel: (713) 783-6016, at 11:00 am.
May 8
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, at the Howe Elementary School, 10271 W. Beach Rd., Beach Park, IL 60087
Tuesday, April 22
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, at the Pencil & Palette Club at the Prairie Lodge & Sales Center in Sun City
Huntley Ill. Richard spoke about the making of the book, followed by a book signing.
Friday, April 18
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, at Our Lady of Humility Church in Zion, IL and gave a two-hour talk with a
book signing at the Pencil & Palette Club in Huntley, IL.
Wednesday, April 16
Dotti Enderle, author of Grandpa for Sale, at the Texas Library Association Conference, Dallas, TX, from 1-2 pm in aisle 11 of the
Author Signing Area.
March 20
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, at the TLC Pre-School in Huntley, IL
Thursday, March 6
Dotti Enderle, author of Grandpa for Sale, at Newport Elementary School, Crosby, TX.
Sat & Sun, March 1 & 2
Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, at the Huntley Expo, Huntley, IL.
Wednesday, January 23
Dotti Enderle, author of Grandpa for Sale, at Alice Carlson Applied Learning Center, Fort Worth, TX. For more information, call (817)
922-6525.
2007
Saturday, December 8
Dotti Enderle, author of Grandpa for Sale, at Hastings Books Music & Video, 1105 N. Loop 336 W., Conroe, TX
Thursday, December 6
Kyle Gentry, illustrator of Grandpa for Sale, at Borders Oviedo, 8285 Red Bug Lake Rd., Oviedo, FL, from 6-8 pm. For more
information, call 407.977.3385
Saturday, December 1
Dotti Enderle, author of Grandpa for Sale, at an Author Extravaganza at Katy Budget Books, 2450 Fry Road, Houston, TX, from 11 am
- 2 pm. For more information, call (281) 578-7770.
Saturday, November 17
Dotti Enderle, at The Houston Writers Festival at Barnes & Noble, 5000 Westheimer, Houston, TX. For more information, see http:
//neonuma.com/festival.html
Friday, November 9
11-Noon, Dotti Enderle, co-author of Grandpa for Sale, presents a workshop: Creating Spellbinding Stories for Children at the Third
Annual Writers Conference Crowne Plaza - San Antonio Airport, 1111 NE Loop 410, San Antonio, TX 78219, Phone: 210-828-9031
Saturday, November 3
Dotti Enderle, co-author of Grandpa for Sale, will speak at a panel at the Texas Book Festival on in Austin, Texas, and will receive the
Writers League of Texas Teddy Children's Book Award. The event will take place in Capitol Extension room E2.030 from 3 to 4 pm
Monday, October 15
7 to 9 pm, Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, at the Lake County Art League located in the lower level of the
State Bank of the Lakes, 50 Commerce Drive, Grayslake, IL
Dotti Enderle, co-author of Grandpa for Sale, at Educators' Night at the Barnes & Noble First Colony Mall, 16535 Southwest Freeway,
Suite 4000, Sugar Land, TX 77479, Phone: 281-313-8323
Friday, September 28
Lori Mitchell, illustrator of Holly Bloom's Garden, at Loma Portal Elementary School, 3341 Browning Street, San Diego, CA
Tuesday, September 25
6 to 8 pm, Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, at Mackeben Elementary School in Algonquin, IL, as part of their
Family Reading Night
Thursday and Friday, September 13 & 14
Dotti Enderle, co-author of Grandpa for Sale, is a Guest Author at the Texas Word Wrangler Festival, at the Giddings Public Library and
Cultural Center, 276 North Orange Street, Giddings, TX 78942, Phone: 979-542-2716
Saturday, September 8
10:00 am to 12:00 noon, Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, appears at Read Between the Lynes, 129 Van Buren
Street, Woodstock IL 60098
1:30 pm, Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at the Barnes & Noble First Colony Mall, 16535 Southwest Frwy Suite
4000, Sugar Land, TX 77479, Phone: 281-313-8323
Thursday, September 6
5 to 8 pm, Richard McFarland, illustrator of Grandfather's Wrinkles, appears at the Old Country Buffet at Spring Hill Mall as part of a
children's program being held in conjunction with the Huntley IL Public Library
Saturday, May 26
11AM-1PM, Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at Katy Budget Books, 2450 Fry Road, Houston, TX 77084, Phone:
281-578-7770
Saturday, May 19
Noon, Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at Barnes & Noble, The Centre in Copperfield, 7026 Hwy 6 North, Houston,
TX 77095, Phone: 281-861-6842
Sunday, May 6
3PM, Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at the Fort Bend ISD Bookfair, Borders Books - Stafford, Fountains on the
Lake, Stafford, TX 77477, Phone: 281-240-6666
Saturday May 5
9-11 AM, Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at the Educator Reception, Barnes & Noble, The Centre in Copperfield,
7026 Hwy 6 North, Houston, TX 77095, Phone: 281-861-6842
Also Saturday, May 5
2PM, Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at Barnes & Noble Deerbrook Mall, 20131 Highway 59, Humble, TX 77338,
Phone: 281-540-3060
Saturday, April 14
Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at Barnes & Noble First Colony Mall, 16535 Southwest Frwy Suite 4000, Sugar
Land, TX 77479, Phone: 281-313-8323, at 11 am
Thursday, April 12
Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, Grandpa for Sale, at the Texas Library Association Convention, Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center,
San Antonio, TX from 10 am to 3 pm.
Saturday, March 31
Grandpa for Sale Book Launch!
Dotti Enderle, Vicki Sansum, and Kyle Gentry at Borders Books, 9633 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77063, Phone: 713-782-6066,
Fax: 713-782-0430, at 2 - 4PM
March 23 & 24
Dotti Enderle, Grandpa for Sale,Guest Speaker at Great Southwest Bookfest, DeSoto Town Center, DeSoto, TX
Sunday, March 5
Melanie Pastor, Wishes for One More Day, at Barnes & Noble in Encino, CA: How to make a Family Memory Book.
To see details of appearances from previous years, click here