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Events at A Book For All Seasons

We love to support our local authors and our events allow us to give something back to the community as well. We offer book signings, talks, readings, writing workshops, and meals with an author—often accompanied with a slide show.

Stop by and See Bonny Becker with "A Visitor for Bear"!


Bonny Becker

Bonny Becker and her award-winning children's book "A Visitor for Bear" was such a hit with our teachers during Teacher's Appreciation Night, we're excited to have her return on July 6th from 1:00-3:00 pm.

A Visitor for Bear

Bonny is the author of many imaginative children's picture books and middle-grade novels, with characters that you'll find irresistible - a lazy ant, an artistic lizard, even a robot that looks and acts like a real boy! Her latest is about a Bear who is certain that he does not want the company of anyone, much less the persistent mouse who has come knocking on his door. Children will love this pair, and though we hate to ruin the end of a good book by telling you how it turns out, grapevine sources report two more Bear and Mouse books are on their way so "A Visitor for Bear" is the first in the series!

Stop by, meet Bonny and pick up your signed copy of this creative book!

Want to learn more about Bonny and her books? Click http://www.bonnybecker.com

Click here to purchase a SIGNED copy of A Visitor for Bear - $16.99

Join us on July 13th for Tea with Regina!


Regina Scott La Petite Four

It's London in 1815 - Four friends make their debut amid the scandals and decadence of nineteenth-century London Society - La Petite Four by Regina Scott

Flash forward to London in 1837 - a young daughter of a viscount is expected to find a husband, but her desire is a career... in magic. Bewitching Season by Marissa Doyle

Flash forward to New England in 1839 - two boys, both indentured servants. Cruel circumstances; friendship could help save them, but courage is a difficult thing. A Difficult Boy by M.P. Barker

Now, we're in the same time, but a different place... "a shadow world at the fringes of the familiar". A novel inspired by "Rumpelstiltskin" finds a fairy tale brought to life in A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce.


Bewitching SeasonA Curse Dark as Gold

Join us on July 13th from 1:00-3:00 pm for Tea with Regina. Regina Scott, author of La Petite Four, will share a cup of tea along with four books set in the early nineteenth century.

In addition to signing copies of her own book, she will have signed bookplates on hand for Marissa Doyle, M.P. Barker, and Elizabeth C. Bunce. A great way to get up to four signed books at once!


Join us for a spot of tea and pick up one, two, three or even four of these great young adult fiction titles - SIGNED!

Regina Scott loves to write books about the Regency period, but this is her first young adult fiction title. Click http://www.reginascott.com to learn more on Regina's website!

A Difficult Boy

Click here to purchase a SIGNED copy of La Petite Four by Regina Scott - 8.99

Click here to purchase a copy of Bewitching Season by Marissa Doyle with a SIGNED bookplate- $16.95

Click here to purchase a copy of A Difficult Boy by M.P. Barker with a SIGNED bookplate - $16.95

Click here to purchase a copy of A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce with a SIGNED bookplate - $17.99

July 20th - It's time to do the Polar Polka with Erik Brooks!


Eric Brooks

Ten polka-playing polar bears gather on an iceberg that's big enough for a stage. The band begins to play, then suddenly - SNAP! - a chunk breaks off and one of the bears floats away. Undaunted, the nine bears left strike a chord when - POP! There goes another piece... And then another... And then another... How will the show go on?

In addition to colorful, polka-playing polar bears, whales, walrus, seals and other Alaskan wildlife abound in this amusing learn-to-count story as the bears come up with a satisfying solution to the pickle they find themselves in.

From 1:00-3:00 pm on July 20th, ABFAS is the place to be as author and illustrator, Erik Brooks pays a visit to ABFAS! The latest book that he has illustrated is Chérie Stihler's Polar Polka. Polar PolkaWith wonderful scenery and cool, musical polar bears, Erik's amazing illustrations are the perfect compliment to Polar Polka's entertaining story.

Want to learn more about Erik and see more of his illustrations? Check out Erik on the Web! http://www.erikbrooks.com

Click here to purchase a SIGNED copy of Polar Polka - $10.95

Gayle Davies Jandrey comes to ABFAS with A Garden of Aloes


Gayle Davies Jandrey

A Garden of Aloes is a story told in the voices of five women, all of whom do what they must to get by. All prove to be survivors, and each has a distinct voice. Though an unlikely cast of characters, they manage to form their own family unit and rise, supportively, from individual isolation after severing ties with their painful pasts, by putting one foot in front of the other as they rebuild their collective lives.

A Garden of Aloes

The Tucson Weekly called A Garden of Aloes a "suspenseful page-turner and an intimate tear-jerker. A Garden of Aloes is truly a remarkable first effort."

We hope you'll come by ABFAS to meet Gayle on July 26th from 1:00-3:00 pm to discuss this extraordinary debut novel.


After a busy summer's day, stop by d'Vinery and chat with Gayle over a taste of Eagle Creek Wine.

Gayle will be there from 5:00-6:00 pm for A Taste of Wine and Words - the perfect chance to sip a bit of wine while talking books, writing, or anything that might intrigue you about this captivating new book while at Eagle Creek's Front Street tasting room, d'Vinery, across the street from Gustavs.

d'Vinery asks that $2.00 be paid for the evening's wine tasting. Your $2.00 can be credited towards the purchase of any bottle of Eagle Creek Wine.

For information, call 509-548-1451 or click here to send us an email!

Buy a Signed Copy of A Garden of Aloes - $18.00

It's Kevin Emerson with Vampire Photographs and Sunlight Slayings
on July 27th!


Kevin Emerson

When Kevin Emerson was a biology major in college and subsequently taught science, he began to think about how a vampire body would work. What would a vampire family eat? What health issues would they have?

After moving to Seattle, Kevin looked out his apartment window and began to imagine a vampire boy trudging in and out each evening and dawn, unhappy about being a vampire, or about his heavy backpack of vampire school books, and how he'd look like just about the last undead creature you'd imagine having a world-changing destiny...


These thoughts continued and grew and became the Oliver Nocturne Series, a series of five books about a vampire boy in Seattle. The first two books will be released at the end of this month - I - Vampire Photographs and II - Sunlight Slayings.

Stop in on July 27th from 1:00-3:00 pm to visit with Kevin and pick up SIGNED copies of these two imaginative books.

Vampire Photographs

Oliver Nocturne #1 - Vampire Photographs - Oliver Nocturne has a fairly typical childhood - for a vampire. But Oliver is different from those around him - his gore-loving vampire schoolmates, his loving vampire parents, and his obnoxious older brother, Bane. That's because, unbeknownst to Oliver, he's a little more human than the rest of them. When Emalie, an artistic and defiant human girl with a troubled past, unknowingly takes a picture of him, it sets them both off on a quest to uncover his true origins and the special purpose the vampire world has in store for him.

Sunlight Slayings

Oliver Nocturne #2 - Sunlight Slayings - Oliver Nocturne finds himself reunited with Emalie's cousin, Dean, who has returned as a zombie. Dean has information on something that is shaking up the vampire community - vampire children are mysteriously being turned to dust. Oliver and Dean reconnect with Emalie, and the three of them set out to solve the mystery and in the process encounter the Fallen Brotherhood, a human group fighting against vampires. And the Brotherhood has some news for Oliver ....


Want to learn more about Kevin and his upcoming books? Click http://www.kevinemerson.net!

Buy a Signed Copy of Vampire Photographs - $5.99

Buy a Signed Copy of Sunlight Slayings - $5.99

Ron Lovell brings his latest Thomas Martindale Mystery to ABFAS!


Ron Lovell

Join us on Saturday afternoon August 2nd, from 1:00-3:00 pm as mystery writer, Ron Lovell returns to Leavenworth. His latest book, Yaquina White promises to be an exciting addition to the Martindale mystery series.

In this new mystery, Thomas Martindale returns to the setting of his debut as an amateur sleuth, the Yaquina Head lighthouse on the Oregon Coast. The "white" of the title stands for cocaine. His career in tatters because of his arrest on a bogus murder charge, Martindale must flee Oregon to escape from the leader of the gang. He joins a media tour of the Arctic only to face new dangers from Russian border guards and the crew of a ship smuggling a secret cargo over the North Pole to Pacific coast cities. After his return to Oregon, Tom has a final, deadly encounter with the drug lord at the lighthouse, from which only one of them will walk away.

Yaquina White

Ron Lovell is a retired Oregon State University journalism professor and former magazine journalist. Previous books in the series are Murder at Yaquina Head; Dead Whales Tell No Tales; Lights, Camera, Murder; Murder Below Zero; Searching for Murder; and Descent Into Madness

Want to learn more about Ron Lovell and his books? Click http://www.martindalemysteries.com!

Buy a Signed Copy of Yaquina White - $15.00

Robert Wells Educates and Entertains with his Children's Picture Books!


Robert Wells

On Sunday afternoon August 3rd, from 1:00-3:00pm, Robert Wells will be at ABFAS signing copies of his wonderfully imaginative and lively picture books for children that teach concepts while making learning fun.

What's Older Than a Tortoise?

What's Older Than a Giant Tortoise? "Offering a quick trip through time, this book manages to boggle the mind in a way that is stimulating rather than confusing" - Booklist

Can You Count to a Googol? "Parents and teachers seeking ways to combine reading with math for young children will welcome this helpful book" - Kirkus Reviews

How Do You Lift a Lion? teaches simple machines - the level, the pulley, and the wheel. What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew? compares small animals and What's Faster Than a Speeding cheetah? compares things that move fast. Add How Do You Know What Time It Is? Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? and Did a Dinosaur Drink This Water? and you have a full set of wonderful teaching aids that you and your kids will love to read together. Recommended for ages 6-12

Is a Blue Whale the Biggest There Is?

Buy a Signed Copy of Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? - $6.95
Buy a Signed Copy of Can you Count to A Googol? - $6.95
Buy a Signed Copy of How Do You Lift A Lion? - $6.95
Buy a Signed Copy of What's Faster Than a Speeding Cheetah? - $6.95

Book Camp Set to Begin!

Spies Report a Veil of Secrecy!



There's just not another word to describe it...This is quite a Mystery! It's almost time for Book Camp to begin and there are secrets everywhere. Granted, never before has the camp theme been divulged prior to the first day of camp, but as our chief spy (pictured above) has reported, unusual sights and sounds have been detected from the Treehouse lately. A couple of us even suspect that there is something dastardly brewing!
All that they are saying is that it's called "Poe Camp" and spaces are filling fast.

There is still space available, but don't delay! Follow this link to find more information or to sign up! You can also call us with questions at 509-548-1451.



Dates:
July 7-11 - Girls - 8-10 years old
July 14-18 - Girls - 10-12 years old
July 21-25 - Co-ed - 7-8 years old
July 28-Aug 1 - Boys - 10-12 years old
Aug 4-8 - Boys - 8-10 years old
Aug 11-15 - Co-Ed - Writing Camp - 13-15 years old



Camp is $175.00 per Camper and all supplies are included.


For specific questions that our website just can't answer:
Click here to email Pat Rutledge, the Owner of A Book for All Seasons
or Click here to email Amy Carlson, Camp Director and Curriculum Creator



Events Calendar

 2008
 EVENTS ARCHIVES

June 29, 2008
Mike Barenti

June 28, 2008
Paul Roberts

June 22, 2008
Elizabeth Sims

June 21, 2008
Lawrence Kreisman

June 15, 2008
Michelle Murphy

June 8, 2008
Jill Barnett

June 1, 2008
Sheila Roberts

May 25, 2008
Jane Porter

May 20, 2008
John Straley

May 17, 2008
Write on the River

May 11, 2008
Ken Waldman

May 2 -3, 2008
Teachers' Appreciation
Bonny Becker &
Robert Wells

May 3, 2008
Jennifer Worick

April 30, 2008
Nance Van Winckel

April 28, 2008
Wangari Maathai

April 24, 2008
Sherman Alexie

April 20, 2008
Stephen Arno

April 19, 2008
Joan Clark

April 5, 2008
Gregg Olsen

Jan - Mar
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