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Seattle, WA – 04/23/10 – Secret Garden Books – Patrick Jennings

Who
Patrick Jennings
When
Friday, April 23, 2010
7:00pm - All Ages
Where
2214 NW Market Street
Seattle, WA, USA 98107

Secret Garden Books is a full-service, general bookstore, featuring books for everyone, with a particular specialty in children's books. Located in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, the store celebrated 30 years of independent bookselling in 2007.

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Author Patrick Jennings launches his new book: Guinea Dog

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Mill Creek, WA – 03/13/10 – University Book Store – Mill Creek Store – Megan McDonald

Who
Megan McDonald
When
Saturday, March 13, 2010
1:00pm - All Ages
Where
Mill Creek Town Center
15311 Main Street
Mill Creek, WA, USA 98012

The U Bookstore store in Mill Creek, Washington serves the South Snohomish County and North King County areas and offers a large selection of general and reference books as well as a wide variety of UW Husky apparel, souvenirs, and student & art supplies. Top Pot Doughnuts is part of the store, too.

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Judy Moody Anniversary Celebration Mill Creek store

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Lake Forest Park, WA – 02/05/10 – Third Place Books – Erik Korhel

Who
Erik Korhel
When
Friday, February 5, 2010
10:00am - All Ages
Where
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA, USA 98155

Sociologist Ray Oldenberg's book The Great Good Place suggests that to lead a rewarding life, each of us needs three places. First is the home. Second is the workplace or school. Beyond lies the place where people from all walks of life and all social levels interact, experiencing and celebrating their commonality as well as their diversity. It is a third place. Third Place Books is the deliberate and intentional creation of a community of booklovers, a fun, comfortable and safe place to browse, linger, lounge, relax, read, eat, laugh, play, talk, listen and just watch the world go by.

We invite you to make Third Place Books your third place.

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My Tooth Fell in My Soup by Erik Korhel

Storytime welcomes a local author, reading from his book of poetry.

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Lake Forest Park, WA – 01/20/10 – Third Place Books – Peter Brown

Who
Peter Brown
When
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
10:00am - All Ages
Where
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA, USA 98155

Sociologist Ray Oldenberg's book The Great Good Place suggests that to lead a rewarding life, each of us needs three places. First is the home. Second is the workplace or school. Beyond lies the place where people from all walks of life and all social levels interact, experiencing and celebrating their commonality as well as their diversity. It is a third place. Third Place Books is the deliberate and intentional creation of a community of booklovers, a fun, comfortable and safe place to browse, linger, lounge, relax, read, eat, laugh, play, talk, listen and just watch the world go by.

We invite you to make Third Place Books your third place.

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The creator of Chowder, our favorite bulldog, and The Curious Garden returns to Third Place to introduce his newest imaginative escapade – featuring a purple kangaroo!

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Seattle, WA – 01/17/10 – Seattle Public Central Library – Allen Say

Who
Allen Say
When
Sunday, January 17, 2010
1:00pm - All Ages
Where
Seattle Public Central Library (map)
1000 Fourth Avenue
Seattle, WA, USA 98104
Other Info
t is an honor to help host this award-winning painter, children's book author, and illustrator Allen Say. He travels from his Portland home to present a special program for people of all ages. He'll discuss a work in progress, and also his most recent picture book, Erika-San (Houghton Mifflin)—which is about a young woman's journey to her grandmother's country of Japan, where she becomes a teacher, makes a home, and then falls in love. Allen Say's many delightful picture books include Emma's Rug, El Chino, Tea and Milk, Kamishibai Man, and the Caldecott Medal-winning Grandfather's Journey. He has also written about his own early life in The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice, published as a novel for Young Adults.

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Seattle, WA – 12/13/09 – Elliott Bay Book Company – Sara Anderson

Who
Sara Anderson
When
Sunday, December 13, 2009
1:00pm - All Ages
Where
1521 Tenth Avenue
Seattle, WA, USA 98122

The Elliott Bay Book Company is Seattle's leading independent bookstore and hosts an incredible reading series. Elliott Bay moved from it's location in Seattle's Pioneer Square (a historic district that is known as the source of the term "Skid Road") in April 2010. On the new location, Elliott Bay Book Company says,

"Be assured--the new place will have its own distinct charms, many of them very similar to what people have known and enjoyed about our Pioneer Square home. Everyone that we know of who's had a sneak peek as construction has ensued has gone 'wow' in appreciation and anticipation."

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Local author and illustrator Sara Anderson, author of A Day at the Market, Some of My Best Friends are Polka-Dot Pigs, and several other books joins us for some "scent-sational" activity. Using fragrance for inspiration (cinnamon, pine, and clove are a few examples) we are writing stories of the season. Children ages 6 and older are invited to join us in the reading room

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