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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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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

Secret Garden Books - Gives Back This Holiday Weekend

A Couple of Events to be Thankful for This Season

 

EVENT          Ballard Gives Black Friday

DATE            Friday 25 November 2016

WEB             http://www.secretgardenbooks.com/event/ballard-gives-black-friday

 

EVENT          INDIES FIRST / Small Business Saturday

DATE            Saturday 26 November 2016

WEB             http://www.secretgardenbooks.com/event/indies-first-saturday

 

LOCATION:       Secret Garden Bookshop

                         2214 NW Market St.
   Ballard

       

CONTACT:        Suzanne Perry, Events

                         206-789-5006

                         suzanne@secretgardenbooks.com

Ballard Gives Black Friday

We will be closed on Thanksgiving, enjoying the holiday with our families and friends.  And we won't be offering any doorbusters at 6 AM on black Friday either. That’s not really us. 

We, along with several other Ballard businesses, are celebrating our shops’ biggest day by doing something a little more socially conscious again this year. This'll be our forth year doing it this way, and we're proud to say we've raised a whole lot of books and money for our charity, Page Ahead, because we are in total alignment with their mandate to get new books into the hands of kids that need them the most. In addition to donating a portion of the entire day’s profits, we’ll also deeply discount Page Ahead’s Book Wish List for our customers to buy directly, with the assistance of Page Ahead volunteers on site here, who’ll wrap and deliver them!

 

INDIES FIRST / Small Business Saturday

 

Sherman Alexie isn't coming to our shop this Small Business Saturday. Neither are any other authors. We are thrilled to participate in the American Booksellers Association's official first-Saturday-of-the-shopping-season day. Read all about the national program here. Lena Dunham is this year's official celebrity endorser! We're solely focusing on an event we're proud to be doing for our community: Secret Garden Book Angels for the 3rd Year

 

Through the holiday season, 120 green angels will be displayed around our shop to represent children's names, ages, and their heart's desire in the form of a new book. They've been collected by our friend Michele Bacon, who, for the third year running, has worked in close association with three local schools: Whitman Middle School, Salmon Bay, and BF Day. Michele has spoken to the people in each school who know their kids best - counselors, school/home liaisons, teachers and librarians. Together they've identified the kids least likely to receive a new book for the holidays. Then, the school representative has done a bit of investigative work in order to find out what sort of book each kid would most like if only they could receive one. 

 

Michele transplanted this idea from Anderson’s Bookshop, which she calls “her bookstore when she lived in Illinois” which has a long history doing a similar program. Books are important to her family and she learned about the homeless population at BF Day Elementary in 2014 when she was visiting potential schools for her own children to attend when they moved to Seattle that year. In 2014, 84 kids received gifts, last year, there were 117.

 

To fulfill our goal of 120 this year, we welcome our customers to pick an Angel and choose a book or gift certificate to fulfill the wish. You'll get a discount on the book and we'll wrap it and make sure it gets hand delivered to the proper school before the start of winter recess. Books will be put in backpacks, given to parents, or handed directly to the designated kid.

 

We share Michele Bacon’s belief that people want to do things for people, especially around the holidays. We are proud that this is our little grass-root, homegrown way of doing it, and we are grateful that our community shares the generosity to make it a success.

 

Happy Holidays,

Suzanne Perry
Events / Public Relations

Secret Garden Bookshop

2214 NW Market St.

Seattle, WA  98107

206-789-5006

www.secretgardenbooks.com

 

Book Launch for Barbara Jean Hicks

Barbara Jean Hicks, Once Upon a Parsnip

 

Join Little Red and Old Bully Wolf on a madcap shopping spree through the marvelous Fairytale Market! Little Red is simply looking for parsnips for Granny Hood’s lunch, but Mr. Wolf is determined to snare the stew-worthy trio of famous pigs who run the store―and getting back at Little Red wouldn’t be bad, either.

This fairytale mash-up is rhyming fun with no agenda―but don’t be surprised if kids take a sudden interest in trying new foods, like Little Red’s mouth-watering Apple-Parsnip Soup. The child-tested recipe is included!
“A Perfect read-aloud, fun for listeners and readers alike.” —NW Authors 4 Authors

In the last dozen years, Barbara Jean has written about monsters, cats and fairytale characters, including the princess sisters from Disney’s Oscar-winning animated film, Frozen. Inspired by the pure gumption of Elsa and Anna of Arendelle, she will don her tiara and gown for her appearance here.

Read more about her on her website.

When:   Sunday, November 13, 2016 - 1:00pm

Where:  Secret Garden

              2214 NW Market St

              Seattle, WA 98107


Hope to see you there!

BOOK LAUNCH for Jay Asher

A reminder that Jay Asher is coming to town.

"Jay Asher’s first book, Thirteen Reasons Why was and is a worldwide phenomenon. It’s been translated into 35 languages, spent over 200 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and sold nearly 2.5 million copies since its 2007 debut, making it a contemporary classic with staying power. It’s been named a Children's Best Book by the Association of Booksellers, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, and has appeared on 16 state award master lists. Netflix is adapting it into a 13-episode series. Selena Gomez is set to produce the project from Anoynymous Content and Paramount TV, with a pilot penned by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal).

Described by Asher as the answer to Thirteen Reasons Why, his new book, What Light is a love story that's moving and life-affirming and unforgettable. Early praise:

"A beautiful story of love and forgiveness."—Stephen Chbosky, New York Times bestselling author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

When:        Tuesday, November 1, 2016

                      7 PM

Where:       Secret Garden Books

                   2214 NW Market St.

       

Questions: Suzanne Perry

                      Events / Public Relations Manager

                  206-789-5006

                   suzanne@secretgardenbooks.com

Visit Jay's website at:  http://jayasher.blogspot.com/

Jennifer March Soloway and Book Launch for Jay Asher

How To Be a Guest at Jennifer's Dinner Table

WOW! What a Kick-off to our SCBWI season. Jennifer March Soloway was our guest agent from the Andrea Brown Literary Agency and she was truly one to listen to. Immediately, she captured the audience in Demaray Hall at SPU last week with her charisma for books, the authors and illustrators behind the books, and those of us who are either dipping our toes into the craft to those of us who are so close to getting an agent. No matter where you are in the process, Jennifer was rooting for each of us!

Jennifer talked about her methods for reading through submissions and the slush pile. But the nuggets of her talk that never get old no matter where you are in the "getting published" process, Jennifer says that "... every rejection is a choice: to keep going or to quit." If you are enjoying the ride, you keep on going. If you are in the process of revising your work, this is the time to embrace the magical transformation of your manuscript or picture book dummy to that of published book. Here are a few key points from Jennifer's presentation that are must haves:

• A dynamic opening line
• A strong, engaging voice
• An intriguing premise that feels different from anything else
• An opening scene filed with drama that has enough context to immediately ground the reader in the world
• An irresistible character with high stakes
• An additional story thread that is also compelling

On Thursday, Jennifer taught a master class with more awesome information for perfecting our crafts. In a nutshell, there are three stages of writing:

1. Writing for story - here is where you just write. No editing. Only writing.
2. Revise for structure, plot, clarity, and character.
3. Polish language at the line level - POV and word choice.

To summarize, per Jennifer:



Recipe for page-turning best seller!




Thank you, Jennifer, for spending two days with us here in Seattle. We are all looking forward to seeing you again - as our agent!

On another note, let's give a "SHOUT OUT" to Milagros Welt, aka Mili, aka Snack Mistress! First time out of the gate and she put on a spooktacularly delicious Halloween themed spread of snacks and beverages. I can't wait to see what November brings. Mili, awesome and thank you!

BOOK LAUNCH

Now, on to something that is super cool. Jay Asher is coming to town. And what's more, he is a client of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency.

"Jay Asher’s first book, Thirteen Reasons Why was and is a worldwide phenomenon. It’s been translated into 35 languages, spent over 200 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and sold nearly 2.5 million copies since its 2007 debut, making it a contemporary classic with staying power. It’s been named a Children's Best Book by the Association of Booksellers, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, and has appeared on 16 state award master lists. Netflix is adapting it into a 13-episode series. Selena Gomez is set to produce the project from Anoynymous Content and Paramount TV, with a pilot penned by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal).

 

Described by Asher as the answer to Thirteen Reasons Why, his new book, What Light is a love story that's moving and life-affirming and unforgettable. Early praise:

"A beautiful story of love and forgiveness."—Stephen Chbosky, New York Times bestselling author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

 

 

When:            Tuesday, 1 November 2016

                      7 PM

 

Where:           Secret Garden Books

                   2214 NW Market St.

       

Questions:     CONTACT Suzanne Perry

                      Events / Public Relations Manager

                   206-789-5006

                       suzanne@secretgardenbooks.com

 

Visit Jay's website at:  http://jayasher.blogspot.com/

Hope to see everyone at Secret Garden Books on November 1st and at our next SCBWI meeting on Wednesday November 9th.

Cheers,

Kathleen

Upcoming Book Launches

BOOK LAUNCHES TO CELEBRATE

Come help me CELEBRATE the release of my debut novel for middle-grade readers, CHASING AT THE SURFACE, out on October 4, from WestWinds Press. After her mother unexpectedly leaves home, twelve-year old Marisa struggles with her feelings of loss and abandonment just as a pod of nineteen orca whales―mothers with their new calves following a run of chum salmon―become trapped in the enclosed inlet near her Northwest home. Marisa’s journey to help the whales find their way home brings her to a new understanding of the assaults humans have had on nature, and the complicated meaning of family and home. 

Sharon Mentyka is a children’s writer, designer and educator, with an MFA in Writing from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts (NILA) Whidbey Writers Workshop. Her stories and essays, for both children and adults, have appeared in numerous literary magazines including ColumbiaKids, Cricket and Soundings Review. B IN THE WORLD, an illustrated children’s chapter book about a gender non-conforming child was published in 2014. CHASING AT THE SURFACE, a middle grade novel inspired by a 30-day visit of orca whales to an enclosed inlet in the Pacific Northwest.

When: October 13, 4:00 pm 

Where:Village Books, Bellingham, WA

                        

When:  October 20 and 21, 5:00 pm 

Where: Griffin Bay Books, Friday Harbor, WA

When:  October 25, 7:00 pm 

Where: University Bookstore, Seattle, WA

Dan Richards teams up with celebrated artist, Jeff Newman, to share a funny and vibrant picture book about how powerful a child's imagination can be with a little encouragement. Evan asks a simple question, Can one balloon make an elephant fly? At first, his mother is too busy to answer. But when she takes the time to play the game with her son, magic happens.

When: Saturday, October 8, 6:30-9pm

Where: Third Place Books

              17171 Bothell Way NE, #A101

               Lake Forest Park WA 98155

Would love to see you there!

Dan Richards

www.danrichardsbooks.com

www.facebook.com/DanRichardsPage

When Paxton C. Heymeyer’s babysitter tells him to say the magic word, she could never have imagined that what would happen next would be a walrus running after her, an elephant in the living room playing cards, and a full water park and moat in the front yard. And that’s just the beginning…

From the brilliant mind of Mac Barnett and illustrated by rising star Elise Parlsey, comes this wildly clever cautionary tale of what the magic word really is.

Come join us for an evening with one of the most versatile, prolific, and awarded people currently working in kid lit today. See his book list below and marvel at the diversity and scope!

When: Thursday, October 13, 7:00pm

Where: Secret Garden Books

              2214 NW Market St

              Seattle, WA 98107

Riots over the medical use of cadavers. Public access to institutions for the insane. And full-blown surgeries without the aid of anesthetics or painkillers. Welcome to the middle ages of American medicine. Bleed, Blister, Puke, and Purge exposes the extraordinary practices and major players of American medical history, from the colonial era to the late 1800s. It's hard to believe that today's cutting-edge medicine originated from such crude beginnings, but this book reminds us to be grateful for today's medical care, while also raising the question: what current medical techniques will be the horrors of tomorrow?

When: Tuesday October 25, 7:00 pm

Where: Third Place Books

              17171 Bothell Way NE, #A101

              Lake Forest Park WA 98155

It's a Book Launch for David Shannon - with Duck On a Tractor!

Secret Garden Books is hosting bestselling, Caldecott Honor artist David Shannon!
His new picture book is Duck on a Tractor, and it tells the story of a determined duck who decides to jump on a tractor and drive it around the barnyard and through town, with hilarious consequences!

David Shannon is the internationally acclaimed creator of more than thirty picture books, including No, David!, a Caldecott Honor Book and his second New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, and three more David picture books. Shannon's bestsellers include A Bad Case of Stripes, Duck on a Bike, and his recent Bugs in My Hair! He lives in California with his family.
Visit his website here.

Here are the details:

When:

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Time:

7:00pm

Where: 

Secret Garden Books

2214 NW Market St

Seattle, WA 98107

Hope to see you there!

Book Launch and Cake Walk for Jaime Temairik's New Picture Book

Jaimie Temairik has got her very own, first picture book both illustrated and written by her. Sure, she's doodled illustrations for other people's writings before, (Bigfoot Does Not Like Birthday Parties, by Eric Ode, and How to Negotiate Everything by David Spellman). But for this one, the writer she's doodling for is none other than Jaimie. And that is her!

Alice & Lucy Will Work for Bunk Beds is about a couple of gluten-loving sister bears. Bears who are sisters. With a penchant for baking and for getting their way. Start polishing your cake walk shoes, and plan to hit this party on a Sunday afternoon after you stroll the Ballard Sunday Market. Which is the best darned farmers market in all the land. With an old fashioned cake walk (which will include several lucky winners going home with several gourmet homemade cakes) this is the not-to-be-missed party of early summer. And, it's free!

DATE:                Sunday July 24


TIME:                 1:00pm



LOCATION:       Secret Garden Books
                            2214 NW Market St.
                             Ballard, WA
            
CONTACT:        Suzanne Perry
                            Events Manager
                            206-789-5006
                            suzanne@secretgardenbooks.com

EVENT:              http://www.secretgardenbooks.com/event/jaime-temairik-alice-lucy-will-work-bunk-beds

AUTHOR BLOG: http://cocoastomp.blogspot.com/

JUMP for joy! Jen's book is here!

Jennifer K. Mann proudly welcomes her latest picture book, SAM AND JUMP, to the world this coming Tuesday, May 10 AND next Sunday, May 15! Come one, come all––both sides of Elliott Bay are ready for this new dynamic duo!

Jennifer K. Mann

1) WHEN: Tuesday, May 10 at 7pm
    WHERE: Secret Garden Books

AND....

2) WHEN: Sunday, May 15 at 1pm
    WHERE: Eagle Harbor Book Company, Bainbridge Island

Crow-ing for Dana!

CAAAWWWW!

Our esteemed co-Regional Adviser, Dana Arnim, will be launching her picture book, BARTHOLOMEW QUILL: A CROW'S QUEST TO KNOW WHO'S WHO, with author Thor Hanson (FEATHERS). It's a gorgeously illustrated tale of a crow in search of his identity, and it marks Dana's first published picture book.

Dana, Thor, and Bartholomew: A terrific trio!

Please come support Dana and Thor at:

SECRET GARDEN BOOKS, Ballard
FRIDAY, APRIL 8 at 7PM

SCBWI-Oregon's Barbara Herkert comes to town

       

 

Author and SCBWI-Oregon Illustrator Coordinator Barbara Herkert shares her new  

picture books, Mary Cassatt: Extraordinary Expressionist Painter and Sewing Stories: Harriet 

Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist.

 

 

 

WHEN:  Friday, January 29 at 7PM

 

WHERE: Secret Garden Books

Friday: S is for Seattle!

"S IS FOR SEATTLE" LAUNCH PARTY AND BOOK SIGNING

Author Maria Kernahan and publisher Michael Schafbuch of Dry Climate Studios will be there tohelp celebrate the debut of our city's alphabet book, S IS FOR SEATTLE.


When: Friday, December 4 at 7pm
Where: Secret Garden Books

Secret Garden Books and Page Ahead

Christy at Secret Garden Bookstore wanted me to relay a message to SCBWI members about an offer to support the Page Ahead Children's Literacy Program.
If you missed the Ballard Gives Black Friday event, The Secret Garden Bookshop will be extending their offer of 20% off of books purchased as donations to Page Ahead Children's Literacy Program for an additional two weeks!

 Please consider giving back to those who need books most!

Thanks for your consideration,

Secret Garden Books

Friday nite frights: Tyler's book launch!

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 TO EAT YOUR BOOKS, written by Karin LeFranc (Sky Pony Press) at Secret Garden Books in Ballard.

Thanks so much, and I hope to see you all there!

 

Tyler

 

 

WHEN: Friday, November 13 at 7pm

WHERE: Secret Garden Books, Ballard

Don and Audrey's latest

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 7pm
WHERE: Secret Garden Books

Enviro-kid-lit picture book

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

Jessixa's book launch

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

THE Peter Brown. Yes, him!!

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)    

 

               

Sharon Mentyka's book launch

 

 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” and celebrates children for who they are meant to be, not how others want to label them. 

 

 

B IN THE WORLD tells the story of B, who "wasn’t really sure why one day he felt like wearing overalls and a flannel shirt, and the next day woke up wishing he could dress like his sister Patti-Anne.” The book is intended for both children and families who may have personal experience with gender non-conforming children but is also appropriate for all families interested in teaching tolerance and broadening their understanding of gender diversity. Kids are welcome! There will be dress-up activities and cupcakes! More information is available at the book’s website:http:www.bintheworld.com 

Dork and stormy nights

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, December 12 at 7pm, and again at University Book Store in Seattle on Saturday, December 13 at 9pm.