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Get a Clue!

Alethea Allarey — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:33:55 +0000

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

http://shoponceuponatime.com/

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.

Donate

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

Alethea Allarey — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:17:47 +0000

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

Get free tickets right here.

Join us!

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

Alethea Allarey — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 10:09:36 +0000

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

Orange Coast College

See you soon!

Middle Grade Authors at McKinley

Alethea Allarey — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 08:46:15 +0000

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

Map: http://goo.gl/maps/ET3KG

Admission: Free

Get tickets: https://www.wepay.com/events/b2bsept15

Download the PDF flyer

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

Books will be available for sale through Once Upon a Time Bookstore in Montrose, CA. For authors’ (Lisa McMann’s and Margaret Peterson Haddix’s) older titles, please call the bookstore at (818) 248-9668 to place an order (no later than Fri, Sept 6). Refreshments and books will be available for sale at the event. If you wish to support us with a small donation, please choose the VIP Ticket or click here to donate.

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

Alethea Allarey — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:27:39 +0000

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

Map: http://goo.gl/maps/dLHfh

Admission: Free

Get tickets: https://www.wepay.com/events/ya-rising-stars

Download the PDF Flyer

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