by SCBWI Western Washington
A message from illustrator Tyler Parker: This is Tyler Parker. I'm an SCBWI WWA member and I wanted to share an event with you that I'll be doing––on Friday night! On FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13th at 7pm I will be having a book signing and launch party for the latest book I illustrated, I WANT... Continue Reading →
Come join picture book legends Don and Audrey Wood, who will launch and sign their latest collaboration, FULL MOON AT THE NAPPING HOUSE. This is a follow up to their beloved classic, THE NAPPING HOUSE, and features their signature details in both paintings and text. This is a not-to-be-missed event! WHEN: Wednesday, September 9 at... Continue Reading →
This coming Saturday, August 8: Author/Illustrator Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw reads from LUNA AND ME, the true story of a girl who lived in a tree to save a forest. WHERE: Secret Garden Books, Ballard WHEN: 2pm
Please join in congratulating Jessixa Bagley for her new picture book, BOATS FOR PAPA, which will launch at Secret Garden Books next week! WHEN: TUESDAY, June 30 at 7pm
Caldecott Honor-ed author/illustrator Peter Brown is coming to Seattle! He'll read his newest book, My Teacher is a Monster! (No, I am Not.) WHEN: Thursday, May 28 at 7pm WHERE: Secret Garden Books (2214 NW Market St, Seattle)
Join local author Sharon Mentyka and illustrator Stephen Schlott on Friday, March 13, 7–9pm at Secret Garden Books, in Ballard for the book party and launch for B IN THE WORLD, a chapter book for kids ages 5 and up and the people who love them, that takes an open-hearted, kids-eyed view of what it means to be “different”... Continue Reading →
Frank Portman, a.k.a., Dr. Dork and the author of the YA cult hit King Dork and also Andromeda Klein, has just released King Dork Approximately, the continuing story of the Catcher In the Rye-obsessed teen musician Tom Henderson, a.k.a., King Dork. Portman, who is also a musician, will appear at Secret Garden Books on Friday,... Continue Reading →
NINA! NINA! NINA! Image of the author/artist from www.ninaladen.com. Ballard resident Nina Laden is the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of many books for children, from The Night I Followed the Dog to Peek-a-Who?. Secret Garden Books in Ballard commemorates her 20th year in print as well as the... Continue Reading →
On Friday, September 19, Aaron Becker, the Caldecott Medal Honor winner for the wordless picture book Journey, will appear at Ballard's Secret Garden Books at 7pm. Aaron's follows his beautiful debut with Quest, the second picture book in a planned trilogy.
The best-selling Unlikely Friendships, by Jennifer S. Holland, paired seemingly incompatible couples from the animal kingdom in eye-catching photographs. Now Holland has produced Unlikely Friendships for Kids: The Monkey and the Dove, The Dog and the Piglet, and the Leopard and the Cow. Author Jennifer S. Holland and friend. The chapter-book format is now a... Continue Reading →
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