Sunday, January 22, 2017

News From Secret Garden Books

Secret Garden Books


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We are awfully proud to count author / illustrator Jessixa Bagley as an F.o.G. (friend of the Garden). She's so darned talented and we think her work is really special and we're thrilled to be celebrating the release of her third picture book with her!

Jessixa Bagley is a picture book author/illustrator. Her two previous picture books are Before I Leave and Boats for Papa, which earned four starred reviews. She lives in Seattle, Washington with her husband and her son where they have a laundry clothesline in their garden and when it s not raining, it gets used all the time.
This event is a donation-raiser drive for YouthCare. We will be accepting donations of warm clothing for homeless youth. Learn all about what they need here.

Event date: 
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 - 7:00pm
Event address: 
Secret Garden
2214 NW Market St
Seattle, WA 98107

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Kevin Henkes is the author and illustrator of fifty critically acclaimed and award-winning picture books, beginning readers, and novels. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s First Full Moon in 2005, and Waiting won a Caldecott Honor and Geisel Honor in 2016.

Kevin Henkes is also the creator of a number of picture books featuring his mouse characters, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers Lilly’s Big Day and Wemberly Worried, the Caldecott Honor Book Owen, and the beloved Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. His most recent mouse character, Penny, was introduced in Penny and Her Song (2012); her story continued in Penny and Her Doll and Penny and Her Marble (a Geisel Honor Book). Bruce Handy, in a New York Times Book Review piece about A Good Day, wrote:

“It should be said: Kevin Henkes is a genius.”

Kevin Henkes received two Newbery Honors for novels—one for his newest novel for young readers, The Year of Billy Miller, and the other for Olive’s Ocean. Also among his fiction for older readers are the novels Junonia, Bird Lake Moon, The Birthday Room, and Sun & Spoon. Kevin Henkes has been published by Greenwillow Books since the release of his first book, All Alone, in 1981. His fiftieth book, the picture book Egg, will be published in January 2017.
He lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. You can visit him online at www.kevinhenkes.com.

Event date: 
Friday, February 10, 2017 - 7:00pm
Event address: 
Secret Garden
2214 NW Market St
Seattle, WA 98107

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If I Had a Little Dream Cover Image

We are honored to host the launch party for our neighbor and F.o.G. (friend of the Garden) Nina Laden's latest book!
See it, along with the rest of her amazing variety of titles below.
And enjoy the fun of a new creation with it's author and us!
Event date: 
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 7:00pm
Event address: 
Secret Garden
2214 NW Market St
Seattle, WA 98107

Happy Reading,

Kathleen

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