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Get a Clue!
The event is over! Thank you to everyone who attended and to Field Elementary for letting us use their beautiful school. Special thanks to our author guests for their time and attention. You can click the links/photos below to find more about them and their books.
To our volunteers Katie Ferguson, Kate Grieco, Janelle Alexander, Jane Gov, Charlotte Caldwell, Thuy Lam, Kimberly Cooper, Kim Laird, Jason Donaghe, and YA author Carol Tanzman. We could not have done it without you!
If you attended and have photographs you would like to share, please email them to bridgetobooks@gmail.com. We especially would like photos of kids in their disguises 
You can still purchase signed books (while supplies last) from
Once Upon a Time Bookstore
2207 Honolulu Ave
Montrose, CA 91020
phone: 818-248-9668
Contact: Maureen Palacios
maureen@onceupona.com
Photographs taken by Katie Ferguson can be viewed here! A few of our favorites are below.
Love a good whodunit? Join us on February 1 and solve some mysterious mysteries with seven middle grade authors, while learning a little bit about what makes up a good story.
Books will be for sale through Once Upon a Time Bookstore and time will be set aside for autographs. Snacks and drinks will be available (for a small cash donation) throughout the event.
Solve the mystery first and you could win the secret prize! (What could it be?)
Costumes–ahem!–disguises are encouraged but not required.
When: Friday, February 1, 2013 at 6:30 pm
Where: Field Elementary School in Pasadena
3600 East Sierra Madre Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91107 [ MAP ]
Who:
Kevin Emerson, author of The Fellowship for Alien Detection (Walden Pond Press, 2013)
Kristen Kittscher, author of The Wig in the Window (Harper Collins, 2013)
Leslie Margolis, author of Vanishing Acts: A Maggie Brooklyn Mystery (Bloomsbury USA, 2012)
Gordon McAlpine, author of The Tell-Tale Start (The Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe) (Viking Juvenile, 2013)
Kathleen O’Dell, author of The Aviary (Knopf, 2011)
Shawn Thomas Odyssey, author of the Oona Crate series: The Wizard of Dark Street (Egmont USA, 2011) and The Magician’s Tower (Egmont USA, Feb 2013)
Ellis Weiner, author of The Templeton Twins Have an Idea (Chronicle Books, 2012)
This is a ticketed event. Please get a ticket for each adult and child attending. Recommended age is 7-12 years of age. Donations are optional and much appreciated; you would be helping us fund more fun literacy events like this one.
Tao Nyeu & Salina Yoon
Please join us when author-illustrators Tao Nyeu and Salina Yoon visit Unwind, just in time for the holidays!
The authors will read their stories, do a little bit of drawing demonstration, and sign books.
We will feature some fun crafts and have tasty treats available (for a small cash donation).
Guests are welcome to shop at our friendly local yarn store, Unwind!
We will also have more books available at the event.
Pre-order books from Once Upon a Time in Montrose – 818-248-9668
email maureen@onceupona.com - http://www.shoponceuponatime.com
Who: Author/illustrators Tao Nyeu and Salina Yoon
When: Saturday, December 1 from 11:00 am-1:00 pm
Where: Unwind, 818 North Hollywood Way, Burbank CA 91505
818-840-0800 – www.unwindyarn.com
Questions? Please feel free to email us at bridgetobooks@gmail.com
About the books
Squid & Octopus, Friends for Always
From Dial
A loyal friend makes every day a happy one.
The four tales in this charming picture book show funny moments in the life of best friends Squid and Octopus. Yes, they argue sometimes (about things as silly as whether they should wear mittens or socks to keep their tentacles warm!), but they are always able to cheer each other up in glum times (such as when Squid wakes from the dream of being a superhero and feels disappointed to be plain old Squid again).
They are a very lucky duo. As the fortune cookie in the final story says, they will always have a true friend to count on.
Penguin & Pinecone
From Walker & Co.
One day, Penguin found a curious object.
When Penguin finds a lost pinecone one day, an unlikely friendship blooms. But Grandpa reminds Penguin that pinecones can’t live in the snow—they belong in the warm forest far away. Though he will miss his friend, Penguin returns Pinecone to his home, dreaming of the day they can reunite. And when he finally returns to the forest to check on his friend, Penguin discovers that love only grows over time—and so do little pinecones!
Prolific author/illustrator Salina Yoon’s spare text and bright, energetic illustrations bring to life this endearing story celebrating friendships lost and found, and overcoming the odds to be with the one you love.
OC Children’s Book Festival
Just a quick note, we’ll have a booth at the Orange County Children’s Book Fest today, Booth 58 at the end of a row near the Main Stage.
Sun, Sept. 30, 2012 from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
See you soon!
Middle Grade Authors at McKinley
Who: Margaret Peterson Haddix, Lisa McMann, Shannon Messenger, and Helen Stringer
When: Saturday, September 15, 2012 at 10:30 am
Where: McKinley School, 325 South Oak Knoll Ave, Pasadena CA 91101
Admission: Free
Get tickets: https://www.wepay.com/events/b2bsept15
Join/share this event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/272675619500829/
Join/share this event on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/event/show/621962-middle-grade-authors-haddix-mcmann-messenger-and-stringer
Margaret Peterson Haddix – Caught (The Missing, Book 5)
Lisa McMann – The Unwanteds: Island of Silence (Unwanteds, Book 2)
@lisa_mcmann on Twitter
Shannon Messenger – Keeper of the Lost Cities
@sw_messenger on Twitter
Helen Stringer – The Midnight Gate (Spellbinder, Book 2)
@hcstringer on Twitter
Questions? Please contact us at bridgetobooks@gmail.com.
Shortlink to this page: http://bit.ly/mgMcKin
YA Rising Stars
Who: Allen Zadoff, Ann Stampler, Carol Tanzman, Jesse Andrews,
Kathy McCullough, Lisa M. Stasse, Lissa Price, Sherry Shahan
When: Saturday, September 22, 2012 from 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Where: Barnes & Noble at The Americana
210 Americana Way, Glendale CA 91210
Admission: Free
Get tickets: https://www.wepay.com/events/ya-rising-stars
Join/share this event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/147934088678152/
photo credit: Tamara Reichberg
Jesse Andrews - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
@_jesse_andrews_ on Twitter
Kathy McCullough – Don’t Expect Magic
@kathymccullough on Twitter
@lissa_price on Twitter
Sherry Shahan – Purple Daze, Ice Island
photo credit: Sonya Sones
Ann Redisch Stampler – Where It Began
@annstampler on Twitter
@lisamstasse on Twitter
Carol Tanzman - Circle of Silence, dancergirl
@caroltanzman on Twitter
Allen Zadoff – Since You Left Me
My Life, the Theater, and Other Tragedies
Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can’t Have
Hungry: Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin
@allenzadoff on Twitter
Questions? Please contact us at bridgetobooks@gmail.com.
Shortlink to this page: http://bit.ly/YArising