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- Sue Anderson
Saturday, April 24, 2010
2:00PM
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The Town Book Store in Westfield will host a Meet & Greet with illustrator Sue Anderson for her book You’re Lovable to Me on Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 2-4 PM. Through the eyes of a bunny family, author Kat Yeh and illustrator Sue Anderson introduce families to a heart warming tale that is sure to touch readers of all ages. You’re Lovable to Me is the perfect bedtime story bringing families together to learn about the power and simplicity of unconditional love. Through the use of gentle rhyme and classic illustrations; this is a classic tale of love that can be shared with all generations.
The story begins with the repentant bunnies apologizing to their mama for the trouble they’ve created throughout the day. The mama bunny stops her children and softly explains that “no matter what your feelings are, whatever they may be . . . I’m your mama. You’re my bunnies. And you’re lovable to me.” Once the young bunny are all tucked in, Mama Bunny’s father stops by and finds his little bunny in need of a loving reminder. He, too, sweetly explains to his bunny that “You’re lovable to me.”
Sue Anderson grew up in Westfield and is the illustrator of the children’s book Off We Go. Her drawings, paintings, and graphic designs are displayed in several states on the East Coast. She enjoys life by the shore with her family in Ocean Grove, New Jersey.
Meet Sue at The Town Book Store located at 270 East Broad Street in Westfield (corner of East Broad and Elmer Streets). If you are unable to attend this event, feel free to call The Town Book Store at (908) 233-3535 to reserve an autographed copy.
- Maureen Wlodarczyk
Saturday, May 1, 2010
2:00PM
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The Town Book Store in Westfield will host a Meet & Greet for Maureen Wlodarczyk, author of Past-Forward: A Three-Decade and Three-Thousand Mile Journey Home on Saturday, May 1, 2010 from 2-4 PM. Wlodarczyk tells the tale of her 30-year search for her grandmother’s Irish ancestral roots. The book, written in the form of a letter to the author’s grandmother, takes the reader back to humble beginnings in 18th and 19th century Ireland, followed by a journey of immigration to the US in the mid-19th century and through their integration as new Americans in New Jersey over the successive decades. Partly a “how-to” for those interested in doing genealogical research, partly an immigration saga and partly the multi-generational story of a family struggling to survive and prosper, it is ultimately a story of love and a tribute to the author’s grandmother.
A resident of Sayreville, NJ, Maureen Wlodarczyk is a senior operations manager and consultant in the commercial real estate financial services industry and an avid genealogical researcher. She is also a hobbyist folk artist and painter, a collector of country antiques and an admitted “history addict” and is an officer of the Flannery Clan organization based in Dublin, Ireland.
Meet Ms. Wlodarczyk at The Town Book Store located at 270 East Broad Street in Westfield (corner of East Broad and Elmer Streets). If you are unable to attend this event, feel free to call The Town Book Store at (908) 233-3535 to reserve an autographed copy.
- Artie Bennett
Saturday, May 15, 2010
2:00PM
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The Town Book Store in Westfield will host a Meet & Greet for Artie Bennett, author of children’s book, The Butt Book on Saturday, May 15, 2010 from 2-4 PM. Tall butts, small butts, flat butts, fat butts. Butts on mummies and butts on mommies. Butts on giraffes and elephants and dogs and . . . FISH? Yes, even fish butts are celebrated in this riotous tribute to backsides, rumps, tushies, keisters, heinies, and derrieres. Dozens of hysterical rhymes and loads of laugh-out-loud pictures pay homage to an unsung body part that keeps both kids and grown-ups giggling with glee.
Artie Bennett is the executive copy editor for a children's book publisher and he writes a little on the side (but not the backside!). He wrote a couple things when he was a much younger man, but The Butt Book is his first mature work. He and his wife, Leah, live deep in the bowels of Brooklyn.
Meet Artie Bennett at The Town Book Store located at 270 East Broad Street in Westfield (corner of East Broad and Elmer Streets). If you are unable to attend this event, feel free to call The Town Book Store at (908) 233-3535 to reserve an autographed copy.
- Eric Luper
Saturday, June 19, 2010
2:00PM
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The Town Book Store in Westfield will host a Meet & Greet with Eric Luper, author of the young adult book Seth Baumgartner’s Love Manifesto, on Saturday, June 19, 2010 from 2-4 PM. While he's getting dumped by his girlfriend in the middle of Applebee's, Seth Baumgartner spies his father out on a date with a woman who is most certainly not his mother. With the help of his hilarious best friend, his best friend's younger sister and his anonymous podcast, The Love Manifesto, Seth sets out to discover "what love is, why love is, and why we're stupid enough to keep going back for more." Seth Baumgartner’s Love Manifesto is a humorous novel about one boy's misguided attempts at untangling something that might be best left all tangled up: love.
Eric Luper is the author of several novels for young adults. His first two, Big Slick and Bug Boy have been nominated for various state and national awards. He is originally from Springfield right here in Union County but currently calls New York home.
Meet Eric Luper at The Town Book Store located at 270 East Broad Street in Westfield (corner of East Broad and Elmer Streets). If you are unable to attend this event, feel free to call The Town Book Store at (908) 233-3535 to reserve an autographed copy.
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