FLYLEAF BOOKS HOSTS LOCAL AUTHORS FOR CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK
Chapel Hill, NC-Local author
Bonnie J. Doerr will be appearing at
Flyleaf
Books in Chapel Hill, NC, from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, May 16, during
Children's Book
Week. Doerr's debut novel,
Island Sting, is the first in a series of
eco-mysteries for tweens published by
Leap Books. Her next two books,
Stakeout (2011) and Pelican Peril (2012), are also fast-paced, science-based
adventures set in the Florida Keys. Doerr's writing has won a
NOAA (National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) grant for use in environmental
education.
Six other local authors will join Doerr for a reading, question-and-answer
session, and booksigning. Hear excerpts from
David Macinnis Gill's
award-winning YA,
Soul Enchilada ;
Caroline McAlister's retold folktales
¡Holy Molé! (August House) and
Brave Donatella and the Jasmine Thief
(Charlesbridge);
Maryam Tabibzadeh's poetic
Persian Dreams (Dream Books);
Laurie J. Edwards' biography of R&B singer
Rihanna (Lucent) and
thriller/romance from the anthology
Summer Lovin' (Wild Rose Press);
Adrienne Ehlert Bashista's picture books on Russian adoption,
When I Met You
and
Mishka: An Adoption Tale (DRT Press); and
Anne Runyon's seasonal picture
book,
The Sheltering Cedar (Portal Books).
Attendees will be treated to a sneak peek at two of Leap Books' most recent
paranormal releases:
Freaksville by
Kitty Keswick and
Under My Skin by
Judith Graves. These teen novels have unique graphics and illustrations by
Canadian artist
Val Cox. Leap Books, a newly launched publisher of teen and
tween books, is sponsoring this Children's Book Week event at Flyleaf Books,
752 Martin Luther King Blvd. (Historic Airport Rd./Highway 86) in Chapel
Hill, NC.
Featured authors are all members of
SCBWI (Society of Children's Book
Writers and Illustrators), an international organization that provides
networking, education, and support for authors and illustrators of
children's books at all stages of their careers.
The
American Booksellers Association began Children's Book Week in 1919. In
1944 the
Children's Book Council (CBC) took over the role of promoting
reading and literacy through Children's Book Week activities. Each year in
May, CBC sponsors a nationwide week of events to encourage children and
teens to read. A list of these events, as well as related online activities,
