FAMILIES OF CHILDREN FROM CHINA
1:00 pm. – 5:00 pm.
Families of Children from China
Mill Valley Community Center
180 Camino Alto
San Mateo, CA. 94941
Between Two New Years Chinese New Year celebration. Signing and selling books. Publisher of Goosebottom Books, Shirin Yim Bridges will be presenting on “Girls Can Do It!”.
Interview with Blogtalk radio host, Rhonda Knight, Aug. 15, 2011
Sonoma County Book Festival
10 am. to 4 pm.
Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, CA.
Sonoma County Book Festival
I’ll be at the Goosebottom Books booth. You can also look for me in the Redwood Writers’ Club area. Come by and say ‘Hi’.
THE DASTARDLY DAMES BOOK LAUNCH!!
4:00 – 6:00 pm.
The Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera
Go to Goosebottom Books for more information.
ALL the Dastardly Dame authors will be there! Come on by. We’d love to meet you!
California Reading Association—Plug into Content Literacy Exhibit
Website: CRL, Plug into Content Literacy Exhibit
MENDOCINO K – 8 SCHOOL BOOK FAIR AND FAMILY LITERACY NIGHT
Mendocino K – 8 School
44261 Little Lake Road , Mendocino, CA.
I and my fellow Dastardly Dame author, Gretchen Maurer (“Mary Tudor, Bloody Mary”), will make an appearance at Family Book Fair Night. We’ll chat with students, parents, and teachers about our historical biographies and the writing process. 20% of proceeds of book sales will go to the school!
SCHOOL VISIT – St. Mary's School, Ukiah
9:00 am. – 10:00 am.
St. Mary’s School
991 S. Dora Street
Ukiah, CA. 95482
Kim Van Pelt’s 5th grade classroom. Part of Mendocino Community College’s Friends of the Library’s “Adopt-a-5th-grader” program. Discussing Cixi, The Dragon Empress, reading excerpts of the book, talking about writing biographies and engaging the students in a brief writing exercise.
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SCHOOL VISIT – River Oak Charter School, Ukiah
8:20 am. – 9:00 am.
River Oak Charter School
555 Leslie Street
Ukiah, CA. 95482
Kris Mize’s 5th grade classroom. Part of Mendocino Community College’s Friends of the Library’s “Adopt-a-5th-grader” program. Discussing Cixi, The Dragon Empress, reading excerpts of the book, talking about writing biographies and engaging the students in a brief writing exercise
SCHOOL VISIT – North Shoreview Elementary, Ukiah
9:00 am. – 10:00 am.
North Shoreview Elementary
1301 Cypress Ave.
San Mateo, CA. 94401
4th – 8th grade assembly with Eugenie Havemeyer, author of Catherine de Medici. Discussing Cixi, The Dragon Empress, reading excerpts of the book, and who we are as authors.