Jonathan Auxier

Wednesday, April 15 at 6PM Super Awesome Fantastic Stupendous Amazing Unbelievable Incredible STAR-STUDDED ABRAMS BOOKS Middle Grade Author Event!!! Mac Barnett JORY JOHN Jon Scieszka Jonathan Auxier Tom Angleberger Many thanks to Abrams Books for arranging to send all of these authors to BookPeople while they're in town for the Texas Library Associaton's Annual Conference. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, fun-loving friends of all ages, join us this evening when not one, not two, not THREE, but FOUR super awesome fantastic stupendous amazing unbelievable incredible middle grade authors are here at BookPeople AT THE SAME TIME!!! Mac Barnett, Jory John, John Scieszka Jonathan Auxier and Tom Angleberger will hold court simultaneously on our second floor this evening. How will this work? Can BookPeople event HOLD this many authors at once? We'll find out! All four authors will be speaking about and signing their latest books. Don't miss this incredible feat of middle grade author shenanigans! ABOUT THE BOOKS Mac Barnett & Jory John will be here with their new book, The terrible two. Miles Murphy is not happy to be moving to Yawnee Valley, a sleepy town that's famous for one thing and one thing only: cows. In his old school, everyone knew him as the town's best prankster, but Miles quickly discovers that Yawnee Valley already has a prankster, and a great one. If Miles is going to take the title from this mystery kid, he is going to have to raise his game. It's prankster against prankster in an epic war of trickery, until the two finally decide to join forces and pull off the biggest prank ever seen: a prank so huge that it would make the members of the International Order of Disorder proud. Jon Scieszka will be here with Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger. In this second book in the series, Frank Einstein (kid-genius scientist and inventor) and his best friend, Watson, along with Klink (a self-assembled artificial-intelligence entity) and Klank (a mostly self-assembled artificial almost intelligence entity), once again find themselves in competition with T. Edison, their classmate and archrival--this time in a quest to unlock the power behind the science of energy. Jonathan Auxier will be here with The Night Gardener. This follow-up to Auxier's exceptional debut, "Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes, " is a Victorian ghost story that follows two abandoned Irish siblings who travel to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor house. But the house and its family are not quite what they seem. Tom Angleberger will be here with The Rat with the Human Face. Lyle Hertzog and his friends Marilla and Dave are the Qwikpick Adventure Society, three kids who seek out adventure in their seemingly quiet hometown of Crickenburg. On the hunt for their next big adventure—something to top the Fountain of Poop, if that’s even possible—the kids overhear a construction worker telling his buddies about a rat with a human face he saw in the basement of an old research facility. The decision is unanimous: the next adventure for the Qwikpick Society is on! ABOUT THE AUTHORS Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author of over 18 books for children, including two Caldecott-Honor-winning collaborations with Jon Klassen: Sam & Dave Dig a Hole and Extra Yarn, which also won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award. He writes the Brixton Brothers series of mystery novels and, with Jory John, The terrible two. He lives in Berkeley. Jory John is the author of the picture book Goodnight Already! and the forthcoming I Will Chomp You! (with Bob Shea) and coauthor of the national bestseller All My Friends Are Dead and a sequel, among other humor books. Jory is also the editor of Thanks and Have Fun Running the Country: Kids’ Letters to President Obama. He spent six years as programs director at 826 Valencia, a nonprofit educational center in San Francisco. Jon Scieszka has sold more than 11 million books, including The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, the Time Warp Trio series, Guys Read, Spaceheadz, and Battle Bunny with Mac Barnett. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Jonathan Auxier teaches creative writing and children's literature. He is the author of "Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes," which the "Wall Street Journal" called "as delightful a magical story as readers ages 9-14 will hope to find." He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and daughter. You can visit him online at thescop.com. Tom Angleberger is an American children's writer, best known for the Origami Yoda series. As of March 2013, 3.3 million of his novels were sold around the world. He has also published children's books under the name Sam Riddleburger.

Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Diesel, A Bookstore in Larkspur welcomes kids and parents to the store for our Reading Together Book Groups on Sunday, August 31st at 2pm and 4pm.

The first group, for kids ages 8-10, is reading Almost Super by Marion Jensen and will meet at 2pm. Everyone over the age of twelve in the Bailey family gets a superpower in order to protect the world from the supervillainous Johnson family. But brothers Rafter and Bailey get superpowers that turn out to be super lame. Rafter can strike matches on polyester. Benny can turn his “innie” belly button into an “outie.” Together with classmate and nemesis Juanita Johnson, they discover that everything they knew about superheroes and supervillains may be all wrong, and it’ll be up to the three of them to make things right. They may not have great powers, but together, they’re Almost Super.

The second group, for kids ages 10-12, is reading The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier and will meet at 4pm. Two abandoned Irish siblings, Molly and Kip, go to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor. But the house and the family who lives there are not quite what they seem. Soon the children are confronted by a mysterious specter and an ancient curse that threatens their very lives **Warning** This book is creepy!

Reading Together is a special kind of book group designed to bring together kids and parents through, you guessed it, books! Once a month, we'll get together and discuss a book that you have each read.

Note to the kids: Your parents can read some boring stuff! Help them out with something good.

Note to the parents: This is a guilt-free way to read some fantastic, accessible, funny/action-packed/moving literature and share in your kids' reading adventures!

Location: Street: DIESEL, A Bookstore in Larkspur Additional: Marin Country Mart, 2419 Larskspur Landing Circle City: Larkspur, Province: California Postal Code: 94939 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Thursday, April 10 at 6:30PM

Tom Angleberger & JON AUXIER speaking & signing their new books,

Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue: An Origami Yoda Book & The Night Gardener Tom Angleberger, author of the bestselling (and BookKids favorite) Origami Yoga series is teaming up for an evening of fun with Jon Auxier, author of Peter Nimble and his fantastic eyes! Angleberger will be here to share his latest book, Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue. Auxier will talk to us about his new novel for young readers, The Night Gardner. Join us!

About Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue:

The latest in our favorite Origami Yoda series! One month before the state standards test are to take place, the Origami Rebel Alliance has found powerful allies in unexpected places in their fight against the FunTime test preparation program, but Principal Rabbski has not yet declared her allegiance.

About The Night Gardener:

This much-anticipated follow-up to Jonathan Auxier's exceptional debut, Peter Nimble and his fantastic eyes, is a Victorian ghost story with shades of Washington Irving and Henry James. More than just a spooky tale, it's also a moral fable about human greed and the power of storytelling.

This event is free and open to the public. In order to have anything signed at a BookPeople event, a copy of the event book must be purchased from BookPeople. If you purchase your book from BookPeople in advance of the event, please save your receipt and present it at the event.

Thank you for supporting Tom Angleberger, Jon Auxier and your local independent bookstore!

Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Twig Teen Afternoon with the Authors Tuesday, April 8th from 4:00-6:00 The Twig is hosting an alignment of authors from various publishers who are in town for the Texas Library Association Conference. They will be talking about their books, answering your questions, and autographing. Join us in this rare opportunity to see and talk to bestselling authors! Alaya Dawn Johnson - The Summer Prince Trent Reedy - Divided we fall Kami Garcia and Margaret Stahl - Beautiful Creatures series and Unbreakable and Icons Lex Thomas - Quarantine #1: The Loners Jonathan Auxier - The Night Gardener

Location: Street: 306 Pearl Parkway Additional: Suite 106 City: San Antonio, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78215 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

The Mysterious Galaxy Young Readers Book Group is aimed at readers ages 7 to 13 who want to explore new books and meet new friends in a casual and fun setting. Join us to enjoy readings, discussions and art projects as we decide as a group what will be the most fun for all.

Our spotlight book on February 25 will be Peter Nimble and his fantastic eyes.

Our goal is to create a home for young readers who are dedicated to books and loyal to independent booksellers. They are, after all, our future. Using our store as a hub for this new endeavor, we hope to promote literacy and community to our younger customers and their families. Please contact Elizabeth in store at (858) 268-4747, by email at elizabeth@mystgalaxy.com or drop by the store if you have any questions.

Location: Street: 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd Additional: Ste 302 City: San Diego, Province: California Postal Code: 92111-1040 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)