Jennifer L. Holm

Storytime, Reading & Book Signing with Three Time Newbery Honor-Winning Author Jennifer L. Holm Sunday, November 2nd @ 3:00pm The Fourteenth Goldfish

Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. He’s bossy. He’s cranky. And weirdly enough . . . he looks a lot like Ellie’s grandfather, a scientist who’s always been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this pimply boy really be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the secret to eternal youth? With a lighthearted touch and plenty of humor, Jennifer Holm celebrates the wonder of science and explores fascinating questions about life and death, family and friendship, immortality . . . and possibility. About the Author

Jennifer L. Holm is the New York Times bestselling author of three Newbery Honor Books, as well as the co-creator of the Babymouse and Squish series which she collaborates on with her brother Matthew Holm. For more information please visit: http://www.jenniferholm.com/ All our in-store events are free and open to the public. There is parking available in the lot behind the store and in the surrounding neighborhood.Click here for parking information http://www.doylestownborough.net/visitors/parking. If you can't come to an event and still want an autographed copy of the book, you may purchase titles in advance either in the store, over the phone (215.230.7610), or through our website.

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Location: Street: 16 S Main St City: Doylestown, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 18901 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Diesel, A Bookstore in Larkspur welcomes kids and parents to the store for our Reading Together Book Group on Sunday, October 26th at 2pm. This month's selection for kids ages 8-10, is The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm.

Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. He’s bossy. He’s cranky. And weirdly enough... he looks a lot like Ellie’s grandfather, a scientist who’s always been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this pimply boy really be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the secret to eternal youth? 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: Marin, Province: California Postal Code: 94939 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Jennifer Holm

How great to welcome back Jennifer Holm with The Fourteenth Goldfish. This new one has a fun and funny plot middle readers will love: One day a strange boy shows up. He's bossy, cranky, and weirdly enough . . . he looks a lot like Ellie's grandfather, a scientist who's always been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this pimply boy really be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the secret to eternal youth?

This is an in-store event. To receive a number for the signing line purchase a copy of The Fourteenth Goldfish from Anderson's Bookshop. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 at 2:00 PM Anderson's Bookshop Naperville | 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville PLEASE CALL FOR TICKETS (630) 355-2665

Location: Street: Anderson's Bookshop Naperville Additional: 123 W Jefferson Ave City: Naperville, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60540 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Avid Bookshop presents beloved children's author Jenni Holm in celebration of her new book The Fourteenth Goldfish. This event will be on Thursday, August 28, 2014, from 4pm - 5pm. There is no admission charge.

Come meet the author of The Baby Mouse and Squish series! Ms. Holm's new book is brilliantly quirky and a thought-provoking novel for kids in grades 3-5.

Jenni Holm is a New York Times-bestseller and three-time Newbery Honor winner.

Location: Street: 493 Prince Ave Additional: City: Athens, Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30601 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Jennifer L. Holm (Babymouse #10: The Musical, Babymouse #11: Dragonslayer, Babymouse #12: Burns Rubber, Babymouse #1: Queen of the World!, Babymouse #2: Our Hero, Babymouse #3: Beach Babe, Babymouse #4: Rock Star, Babymouse #5: Heartbreaker, Babymouse #6: Camp Babymouse, Babymouse #7: Skater Girl, Babymouse #8: Puppy Love, Babymouse #9: Monster Mash, Boston Jane: An Adventure, Boston Jane: The Claim, Boston Jane: Wilderness Days)

This book, Turtle in Paradise, started with a story my mom liked to tell about her childhood. During the summers, her grandmother would take her to Key West to visit her relatives. Her mother made her promise to “shake her shoes out.” My mom didn’t know why her mother wanted her to do this, but she did it anyway. And then one hot day, she shook her shoes and out popped . . . a scorpion! Writing Turtle in Paradise was a wonderful way to re-connect with my Key West heritage. My great-grandmother, Jennie Lewin Peck, emigrated from the Bahamas to Key West at the turn of the century. She considered herself a “Conch,” what the local Key West folks called themselves, after the native mollusk that so many fished for in the Bahamas. Nana was always talking about how she missed sugar apple ice cream and Spanish limes. When my editor, Shana Corey, started asking me about Nana and my Key West family, I just knew that there was a story somewhere in there. Researching this book was also an interesting way to experience a different side of living through the Great Depression. While Key West suffered significant economic hardship (the town went bankrupt and the majority of the citizens were on economic relief), it didn’t have the same sort of feel as most of the depression stories I was used to hearing—soup lines, tent cities, and the Dust Bowl. Key West was warm for one thing, and there was plenty of free food, courtesy of the sea. One man told me, he ate lobster during the Depression! Key West was a freewheeling town full of characters and bygone industries—sponge fishing, rumrunners, and, of course, pirates! It had all the ingredients for a fabulous setting. I hope you enjoy reading Turtle in Paradise as much as I enjoyed writing it. And if you ever go to Key West, be sure to shake out your shoes! (afegit de Random House)… (més)

Avid Bookshop presents New York Times bestselling author of Babymouse and Squish, Jennifer L. Holm on Thursday March 6, 2014, from 6:30pm - 7:30pm. There is no admission charge. Our Only May Amelia, the story of a 12-year-old girl living in the late 19th century, inspired by a diary written by her great aunt, became her first published novel and was a 2000 Newbery Honor Book. Penny from Heaven, a story set in the 1950s starring an 11-year-old Italian-American girl, was a 2007 Newbery Honor recipient. Turtle in Paradise, which is set in the Great Depression in Key West, Florida, was a 2011 Newbery Honor recipient. The Babymouse series stars a baby mouse who dancing between two worlds. In her day-to-day existence, she wants excitement and travel. However, her reality is dodgeball games, a stubborn school locker, and garbage detail at home. In her dream world, though, Babymouse assumes secret identities, solves mysteries, and is loved and adored by her friends. Because of her awesome imagination, she often finds herself in sticky situations both at school and at home. However, each book ends with Babymouse coming out on top and staying true to herself. Squish is about a comic book-loving, twinkie-eating grade school amoeba trying to find his place in the world (or at least trying to make it through a school day). Inspired by his favorite comic book hero, SUPER AMOEBA!, Squish has to navigate school (bullies! detention!), family (a dad who hates to wear a tie and secretly listens to heavy metal in the car), and friends (Peggy loves rainbows and why is she happy all the time?). Jennifer L. Holm creates the two award-winning graphic novel series’ with her brother Matthew Holm. She is a three time recipient of the Newbery Honor for her novels Our Only May Amelia, Penny from Heaven, and Turtle in Paradise. In April of 2014, she will be releasing the greatly anticipated Babymouse #18 Happy Birthday, Babymouse.

Location: Street: 493 Prince Ave Additional: City: Athens, Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30601 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

A rare event for young readers – those just beginning chapter books. Squish: Game on! would be an awesome book for young readers even without taking its amoeba hero to a comic convention where a very familiar bookstore is selling “Game of Cells;” watch for Jenni and Matt’s alter egos at the con as well. And the fabulously pink and energetic Babymouse gets extreme in Extreme Babymouse!

Please note our after-school special kid-friendly time!

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)

Jennifer L. Holm “WriterGirl” and her brother “InkBoy” Matthew Holm are pioneers in the genre of graphic novels for young readers. The beloved Babymouse series debuted in 2005 and now has over 1.5 million copies in print. Babymouse was the first graphic novel series to receive an American Library Association Notable Children’s Book and has won several Children’s Choice awards. In their new series, Squish, young readers follow an average comic book-loving, Twinkie-eating, grade-school kid who just happens to be an amoeba. Squish is trying to find his place in the world, inspired by his favorite comic book hero, Super Amoeba. Squish’s story combines the worlds of school, family, and friends, with the fascinating scientific world of single-celled organisms. Jennifer Holm is also the author of the Newbery Honor Book Our Only May Amelia and its’ sequel, The Trouble with May Amelia, as well as the books of the Boston Jane trilogy. She lives with her husband and son and cat in the wilds of Maryland.

Location: Street: Secret Garden Additional: 2214 NW Market St City: Seattle, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98107-4024 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

(also, The Trouble with May Amelia is releasing in paperback!)

We admit it! We LOVE Jennifer Holm! (We love her brother Matthew Holm, too, co-author with her of both the Babymouse and the Squish serieses.) They're BOTH awesome and we've been lucky enough to see and hear them speak and they're also hilarious!

But we love that Jenni also writes (and wins awards!) for her books for older readers, including ones you see below as well as the Boston Jane series.

Come meet her on a lovely Sunday in May, and we'll celebrate the release of a couple more of her books, for you young Babymouse and Squish fans and for you "older"/more "sophisticated" novel fans as well. Let's show her some multi-generational Seattle love!

Jenni's site is here.

Location: Street: Secret Garden Additional: 2214 NW Market St City: Seattle, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98107-4024 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)