September 2010: KidLit Events in Southern California

Support Your Fellow Kidlit Authors and Illustrators! Event, readings, and signings in Southern California for the month of September are as follows:

SEPTEMBER KIDLIT EVENTS:

Thursday, Sept 9th

7 pm: Kathy Charles presents and signs John Belushi is Dead at Book Soup 8818 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90096  Phone: (310) 659 3110

Friday, Sept 1oth

4 pm: Nancy Holder presents and signs her new YA Fantasy Crusade at Mrs. Nelson’s Toy and Book Shop located at 1030 Bonita Avenue, La Verne, CA 91750.

Saturday, Sept 11th

10:30 am: Naomi Howland reads from and signs Princess Says Goodnight at Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, California 91101

11 am: Lee Wind, M.Ed. present SMASHING STEREOTYPES! Writing Workshop with author Francesca Lia Block at Book Soup 8818 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90096 Phone: (310) 659 3110.

11 am: Jamie Lee Curtis signs her newest book My Mommy Hung the Moon at A Whale of a Tale Bookstore at 4199 Campus Drive Suite A, Irvine, CA 92612.

Thursday, Sept 16th

4 pm: Brian Lies shares his children’s book Bats at the Ballgame at Mrs. Nelson’s Toy and Book Shop located at 1030 Bonita Avenue, La Verne, CA 91750.

Friday, Sept 17th

6:30 pm: Vroman’s Young Adult Book Group discusses The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor at Vroman’s Hastings Ranch 3729 E. Foothill Blvd, Pasadena, California 91107

Monday, Sept 20th

4 pm: Adam Jay Epstine and Andrew Jacobson share their book The Familiars at A Whale of a Tale Bookstore at 4199 Campus Drive Suite A, Irvine, CA 92612.

4 pm: Jennifer Fosberry reads and signs her picture book My Name is Not Isabella at Mrs. Nelson’s Toy and Book Shop located at 1030 Bonita Avenue, La Verne, CA 91750.

Thursday, Sept 23rd

10:30 am: Sara Penny Packer and Marla Frazee read and sign the new book in the Clementine Series at Children’s Book World at 10580 ½ W. Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90064.

4:30 pm: Sara Penny Packer and Marla Frazee read and sign the new book in the Clementine Series at A Whale of a Tale Bookstore at 4199 Campus Drive Suite A, Irvine, CA 92612.

Saturday, Sept 25th

11 am: Jamie Lee Curtis reads and signs her new book My Mommy Hung the Moon at Children’s Book World at 10580 ½ W. Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90064.

Sunday, Sept 26th

10 am to 6 pm: West Hollywood Book Fair – Lots of vendors, authors and illustrators including: Jay Asher, Francesca Lia Block, Susan Patron, Jacqueline Kelley, Alexa Young, Amy Koss, Jonathan Bernstein, Allen Zadoff, Lauren Strasnick, Frank Beddor, Allison Burnett, and many more! Located at 647 N.San Vincent Blvd, West Hollywood, CA. Learn more about this event at: https://www.westhollywoodbookfair.org/

Tuesday, Sept 28th

5 pm: Heather Brewer shares the next book in her vampire series The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Twelfth Grade Kills at Mrs. Nelson’s Toy and Book Shop located at 1030 Bonita Avenue, La Verne, CA 91750.

THE BOOKSTORES AND VENUES

Please double check all dates and times with the bookstores. For more information and events please visit these bookstores online:

Book Soup

Children’s Book World

Every Picture Tells A Story

Mrs. Nelsons Toy and Book Shop

Skylight Books

Vroman’s Book Store

A Whale of a Tale Children’s Bookstore

West Hollywood Book Fair

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