A Book for All Seasons celebrates teachers!

You hold the future in your hands every day - thank you! To show our appreciation, we've set aside two nights of fun festivities especially for teachers.

Join us on the evenings of May 1st and 2nd. (And a hearty welcome to those attending the NBCT Leadership Conference!) We'll have authors of popular children's books on hand, refreshments, door prizes, and 10% discount for teachers on all purchases.

Friday May 1, 7:00-9:00 PM meet author Rosanne Parry, author of Heart of A Shephard.

"Rosanne Parry's first novel is something to celebrate: a big-themed book with a big-hearted boy at the center," says the Washington Post. In this story a sixth-grade boy faces a hard year as his father is deployed to Iraq, and he and his aging grandparents must together manage the family ranch in Oregon. From raising orphaned lambs to delivering a calf to rescuing a farmhand and the stock from a raging prairie fire, each event moves him toward a new sense of his own emotional strength.

"At once a gripping coming-of-age novel and a celebration of rural life, quiet heroism and the strength that comes from spirituality, this first novel is an unassuming, transcendent joy," says the Kirkus Review

Read more at http://www.rosanneparry.com/

Buy a SIGNED Copy of Heart of A Shephard - $15.99

Saturday May 2, 7:00-9:00 PM meet authors including Patricia Clark and Mary Colborn!

In Patricia Clark's In the Shadow of the Mammoth, eleven-year-old Zol approaches manhood in his clan of ice age hunters. He should be eager for his first mammoth hunt. But Zol is haunted by his belief that animals feel fear and pain, especially after he rescues and tames a young crow. Zol's beliefs set him at odds with his family and tribe. Through a series of dangerous encounters, Zol learns that becoming a man requires more than a ritual hunt: it means claiming who you are, and staying true to yourself. Clark's meticulous research brings to life a world of 12,000 years ago, with themes relevant to our world today.

Buy a SIGNED Copy of In the Shadow of the Mammoth - $14.95

In Rainy Day Slug, author Mary Colborn brings to life the world of slimy, sticky, enormous yellow banana slugs - what DO they do all day? This enchanting picture book follows the trail of one curious banana slug who answers the call of adventure. Traveling from his rainy garden home over the grass and into a house, the slug bestows a surprising wake-up call on the sleeping boy within. The simple, rhyming text, full of fun-to-say nonsense words and backed by cheerful illustrations, makes this book the perfect read-aloud for a rainy afternoon.

Buy a SIGNED Copy of Rainy Day Slug - $10.95