Thursday, November 16th, 10am- 2pm (by the Main Tree)
Award winning authors sign a children's illustrated picture book about a boy who
doesn't believe in Santa until he is kidnapped by the great man himself.
Julie Lake, Galveston's Summer of the Storm
Thursday, November 16th Noon - 3pm (by the Main Tree)
A fourteen-year-old girl from Austin spends the summer of 1900 at her grandmother's
home in Galveston and is caught in the Great Hurricane of September 8, 1900.
Jerry Wermund, EARTHSCAPES: Landforms Sculpted by Water, Wind, and Ice. The World According to Rock. Focus on Minerals.
Thursday, November 16th, 3pm - 6pm. (by the Main Tree)
Choose from three titles, each beautifully illustrated in color, in which the author
describes the fundamental processes in forming geologic materials and their
importance to man in history and today. Appropriate for elementary school age.
Barbara Beery, Delicious Desserts. Sensational Snacks. Pink Princess Cookbook
Thursday, November 16th 3pm - 6pm (by the Main Tree)
Known as "The Queen of Kids Cuisine", Barbara Beery is an Austin native and
founder of Batter Up Kids Culinary Centers. She will be signing all three of her
wonderful cookbooks for children.
Elizabeth Garton Scanlon, A Sock is a Pocket for Your Toes
Friday, November 17th 9am - 11am (Upstairs by Santa's Sleigh)
Elizabeth Garton Scanlon's delightful verse is captured in Robin Preiss Glasser's
energetic artwork, which follows four families through a busy day exploring the
surprising ins and outs of the world's pockets. This book was selected by the
Children's Book of the Month Club.
Jeff Abbott, Fear; Panic
Friday, November 17th 10am - 1pm (by the Main Tree)
International best selling author Jeff Abbott's latest novel Fear is about a federal
witness who becomes the target of an assassin. His previous novel, Panic is
about a young man who discovers his entire life is a lie. Panic is being filmed by
the Weinstein Comany as a feature film.
Martha Hannah, The Ghost of Hampton Court
Friday, November 17th Noon - 3pm (by the Main Tree)
In this lavishly illustrated book, Maid Martha, Teller of Tales, recounts the chilling
historic love story of Henry VIII's marriage to the teenage Catharine Howard,
her arrest, trial, execution and her tormented haunting of Hampton Court.
Angela Shelf Medearis, The Ethnic Vegetarian & selected children's titles.
Friday, November 17th 3pm - 6pm (by the Main Tree)
Angela Shelf Medearis, the founder of Diva Productions, is an award-winning author
of over 80 children's books and four cookbooks. Mrs. Medearis' latest cookbook
offers traditional and modern recipes from Africa, America and the Caribbean.
Jo Whittemore, Escape from Arylon. Curse of Arastold.
Friday, November 17th 6:30pm - 9pm ( by the Main Tree)
This Austin author's first book, Escape from Arlyon follows two friends as they stumble
upon a neighbor who is performing strange magic and find themselves transported into
a land of fantasy. Curse of Arastold was newly released this Summer.
Jane Scoggins Bauld, Hector Visits His Country Cousin, and other children's titles.
Saturday, November 18th 9am - 12:30pm (Upstairs by Santa's Sleigh)
Hector ventures forth from the Congress Avenue Bridge to visit his country cousin in
Bracken Cave, an even larger bat colony than the one in Austin. How does he like it?
Will he come back to his city home in Austin?
Penny McConnell and Kathy Sutton, Cookie Stories
Saturday, November 18th 10am - 2pm (by the Main Tree)
Over 40 real-life cookie stories and anecdotes, written by both men and women of
every age and ethnicity from across the country, recalling special friendships,
passionate possibilities, and loving family memories.
Jeffrey Kerr, Austin, Texas: Then and Now
Saturday, November 18th Noon - 4pm (by the Main Tree)
Jeffrey Kerr shows us not only how our city once appeared, but how its earlier
scenery relates to the familiar sights of today.
Vikki Loving, Wildly Austin, Austin's Landmark Art
Saturday, November 18th Noon - 4pm (by the Main Tree)
Enjoy the fun, funky artwork that is so unique to Austin. Learn about the art, the
artists and the history behind each piece. A great gift that truly captures Austin!
Janice and Tom Shefelman, Sophie's War
Saturday, November 18th 2pm - 6pm (by the Main Tree)
Their latest book is set in Comfort, Texas during the Civil War. It begins with an
entry in Sophie's journal, on Christmas Eve, 1861. Sophie's family is German Texan
and her father makes no secret of being a Unionist in a state that has left the Union.
Anne Bustard, Buddy: The Story of Buddy Holly
Sunday, November 19th 9am - 10:30pm (Upstairs by Santa's Sleigh)
Award-winning children's author Anne Bustard's picture book biography celebrates
the life of rock 'n'roll pioneer Buddy Holly.
Shaila Abdullah, Beyond the Cayenne Wall
Sunday, November 19th 10am - 1pm (by the Main Tree)
A collection of stories about Pakistani women struggling to find their individualities
despite barriers imposed by society.
Jane Anne Peddicord, Night Wonders
Sunday, November 19th 1pm - 4pm (by the Main Tree)
A journey through space in poetry, pictures and prose. Winner of the 2006
International Reading Association Children's Book Award for Primary- Nonfiction.
Tim McClure and Roy Spence, Don't Mess with Texas: The Story behind the Legend
Friday, November 17th 1pm - 3pm (by the Main Tree)
Tim McClure and Roy Spence (the M and the S in Austin ad firm GSD&M) reveal - in
words and pictures - the behind-the-scenes stories of the famous and infamous Texans
who created and starred in the campaign: the controversies, the close calls, and how
art and science combined to accomplish the most sucessful anti-litter campaign in American
history.
