Parking Notice for Picture This!

If you are joining us for Picture This! at San Rafael Elementary School in Pasadena, please park in the lot (entrance at San Miguel Road) and visit the check-in table to get your wristband/raffle ticket. (For info on the event check the sidebar or click the event link here. Please note that the afternoon workshops have been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances.

Please, NO SUVs or TRUCKS in the lot! There is street parking available for SUVs and trucks.

BRIDGE TO BOOKS

THANKS

SAN RAFAEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
and THEIR COMMUNITY

BOOK BY BOOK NONPROFIT

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MONTROSE

YOUNG ADULT BOOK COUNCIL

THEWINDYPAGES.COM

AND ALL OF OUR AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR FRIENDS

James Burks - Lerner/Carolrhoda

and Yen Press

Frans Vischer - Simon & Schuster

Candace Ryan - Walker Children’s

Ann Stampler - Albert Whitman & Co.

Max Kornell - Penguin Books

Laura Lacarama - HarperCollins

Micah Player - Chronicle Books

and thank you to all of our attendees and supporters!

Picture This Update - NEW 5/19 - Workshops canceled

Click here to get more info on the Storytime event + workshops

We are sorry to hear some people have had problems using the Wepay website. We have reported the issue to their support team and hope they can fix it soon.

We will also accept admission at the door for the morning storytime ($5).

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to postpone the afternoon workshops but hope to reschedule them at a later date. Anyone who signed up in advance has already been notified. If you still want to meet our author-illustrator guests, please join us for the Storytime portion of the event from 10:30 am-1:30 pm, for only $5 per person.

Thank you for your patience! We hope to see you very soon!

Extra Yarn Event at Unwind

Today, at Unwind (a Yarn store in Burbank and not the dystopian novel by Neal Shusterman), Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen stopped by to celebrate their book Extra Yarn (Balzer & Bray, January 17, 2012).  The event was a part of Unwind's celebration of Yarn Crawl LA (a four day, self-guided tour Los Angeles County's Yarn Stores).

Alethea (@frootjoos on twitter) is a knitter and pulled her buddies (Alyson, Thuy, Kimberly and others) from Bridge to Books into helping with this event.  Yeah, twist our arms.  We are all big fans of Jon and Mac so it didn't take much to convince us to help.

Alethea kept in the spirit of the story and covered wooden block letters to look like the cover.

Thuy (@fishgirl182) yarnbombed some little houses so they would look like they were pulled right out of the book.

Mac and John signed books, chatted with fans, and entertained young readers who came out to draw and have some fun.



Mac read Extra Yarn to the audience.  Don't watch the clip if you don't want to hear the end of the book.  However, this was my favorite part since Mac does a great Archduke. Since he was a little late to the signing due to Los Angeles traffic, the lovely Mia (Unwind's resident bookworm) read it to the audience members who got there early, and did a great job!

Also, the extra talented Alethea made yarn inspired cake pops for the event.  I wish I had taken a close up of these yummy treats.

I (Alyson) also finally ran into Carter Higgins, a twitter buddy.  One of these days, we will also run into each other at Vroman's.

To celebrate today's event, I am giving away a signed copy of Extra Yarn to one lucky person.  Please fill out the form to enter.  You have until April 21, 2012 to enter to win.

Please note:  This post has been cross posted over at Kid Lit Frenzy.  
  

Picture This - Big Event and Workshop

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to postpone the afternoon workshops but hope to reschedule them at a later date. Anyone who signed up in advance has already been notified. If you still want to meet our author-illustrator guests, please join us for the Storytime portion of the event from 10:30 am-1:30 pm, for only $5 per person.

Please join us for a very special storytime event!

Kids and parents, book lovers of all ages, join us for a storytime extravaganza!


Meet authors and illustrators, listen to stories, and draw anything you can imagine.


Admission is $5 suggested donation per person (babies and children up to 2 years old get in free!).
We ask that each adult be accompanied by no more than 3 children.


**Unfortunately, due to a previous engagement, Bob Boyle will not be joining us. However, we welcome Micah Player to the mix! You can find out more about him at paperrifle.com.


Our special guests will include:

James Burks 
(Beep & Bah, Gabby & Gator)

Frans Vischer 

Fuddles

Candace Ryan

Moo Hoo, Ribbit Rabbit, Animal House

Ann Stampler
The Wooden Sword, The Rooster Prince of Breslov

Max Kornell
Bear with Me

Laura Lacámara
Alicia's Fruity Drinks, The Runaway Piggy


and 

Micah Player
Chloe, Instead


More authors and details will be announced soon!


Register early as space is limited. 
The event will be held at San Rafael Elementary School, 1090 Nithsdale Road, Pasadena, CA 91105. Thanks so much to the book-loving San Rafael community for inviting us to use their space!

You can email Alethea and Alyson at bridgetobooks@gmail.com if you have further questions! Please join the MailChimp list to get updates and information on this and all of our local book events. (We promise not to email more than once per week.)

Share some Summer Reading Stories

Hi everyone! Do you have any summer reading-related stories you'd like to share? Please fill out the form below! By filling out the form you agree to let us share your story on our blog(s), Facebook page(s), and during our Summer Reading Schmooze at Vroman's Pasadena on Thurs, April 19.

Schmoozes for 2012

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It's official! We will have three Schmoozes in 2012:

Wed - Feb 22 - Literacy Cafes
Once Upon a Time in Montrose

Info - Tickets

Special guest: Katherine Applegate - The One and Only Ivan

Wed - Mar 14 - Non-fiction Picture Books
Kidspace Museum in Pasadena

Info - Tickets

Special guest: Marianne D. Wallace - America's Ecosystems

Thu - Apr 19 - Summer Reading
Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena

Info - Tickets

Please see the Schmooze page for complete information.
All questions may be directed to bridgetobooks@gmail.com! You can also comment below.


As always, any ticket money left over after event expenses will benefit Book by Book (nonprofit).

The Why Chromosome - Library Booster Boxes

Following our previous events, Book by Book and Bridge to Books supporters have collected another great bunch of titles that will go to a lucky school or public library at The Why Chromosome! Thanks so much to Penguin Books for Young Readers, Abrams Books, and our individual donors for helping us put more books in the hands of kids.

For Young Adult readers:

Alex Rider: Scorpia Rising by Anthony Horowitz
Almost True and When I Was Joe by Keren David
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
The Batboy and The Big Field by Mike Lupica
Blade: Playing Dead by Tim Bowler
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel by Nat Gartler and Steve Lieber
Department Nineteen by Will Hill
Dull Boy by Sarah Cross
Episodes: My Life as I See It by Blaze Ginsberg
Fallout by Ellen Hopkins
Hunger: Gone, Book 2 by Michael Grant
The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith
The Painted Boy by Charles de Lint
Pendragon Book 10: The Soldiers of Halla by D.J. MacHale
Return to Treasure Island by John O’Melveny Woods
A Scattering of Jades by Alexander C. Irvine
Small Steps by Louis Sachar
Super Human by Michael Carroll
Troll’s Eye View ed. by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Un Lun Dun by China Mieville


For Middle Grade readers:

Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
Alex Rider: Scorpia Rising by Anthony Horowitz
The Best of John Bellairs 2 (The Johnny Dixon Mysteries) by John Bellairs
The Clockwork Three by Matthew J. Kirby
Crows and Cards by Joseph Helgerson
The Emerald Casket (Archer Legacy) by Richard Newsome
Gideon: The Cutpurse by Linda Buckley-Archer
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows (QP) by J. K. Rowling
Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud
Kaimira: The Sky Village by Monk & Nigel Ashland
The Last Treasure by Janet S. Anderson
Masterpiece by Elise Broach
My Life as a Book by Janet Tashjian
Slob by Ellen Potter
Standard Hero Behavior by John David Anderson
The Wizard Heir by Cinda Williams Chima


More titles may be added tomorrow... if you are attending the event, you absolutely may contribute a title or two to these library booster boxes! They just have to be age-appropriate, hardcover, and recent or classic titles.

Each attendee will be able to "vote" by raffle ticket for a school or library represented at the event. More details will be available at the event sign-in table.