April Showers

The sun came out for a good 3 hours yesterday.  By 2 pm it was raining and it hasn't stopped since.  I'll gladly trade warm and rainy for cold and snowy, but I'm crossing my fingers that we get some more sun pretty soon.  Of course, I'll gladly take rain, snow, sleet, hail...anything other than the earthquakes my west coast friends are having right now.  Stay safe out there!

I promised myself I would not neglect my readers in LA and Boston this month.  Here are your April events.  An author event is a great way to spend a rainy day!  (Or shaky day out west)  April is also National Poetry Month!  Put April 24th in your calendars and find a poem to put in your pocket for Poem in Your Pocket Day. 

And finally, Angelenos are blessed with the annual return of the LA Times Festival of Books. This year you will find Yuyi Morales (Niño Wrestles the World), LeVar Burton, Oliver Jeffers, David Shannon, Chris Raschka, Tony AND Angela DiTerlizzi, Mac Barnett, Rainbow Rowell, James Howe, John Green, Jon Klassen, Kadir Nelson, Tomie DePaolo, Laurie Halse Anderson, Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket), Sandra Cisneros (ok, ok, I threw her in so you wouldn't miss her), AND MORE!  Check out the schedule here.


Boston

April 2
* Author, educator, and paleontologist Barnas Monteith will present his new book The Furious Case of the Fraudulent Fossil and a workshop about digging dinosaur bones.  A great event for your young dinosaur fan!  Wellesley Books, 2:30 pm

* Author James Kochalka presents his latest children's graphic novel The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza, Cambridge Public (Main) Library, 4 pm


April 6
* Mega-star middle grade authors Eoin Colfer, Ridley Pearson, Jonathan Stroud and Rick Riordan, will present in an amazing panel.  Ticketed event at Dana Hall School in Wellesley.  Click here for tickets.

* Jeff Kinney, another mega-star middle grade author, presents his tricks in writing Diary of a Wimpy Kid.  The event is already sold out but you can still go wait in line to get a book signed.  Eric Carle Museum, 1:00 pm

April 12
* Caldecott Medal Winner Mordicai Gerstein presents his book The First Drawing, Eric Carle Museum, 2 pm

April 26
* Author/illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka presents his new picture book Peanut Butter and Jellyfish at the Eric Carle Museum, 2 pm

Los Angeles

April 3
* "He said, She Said" Tour with authors Wendelin Van Draanan (author of Flipped) and Mark Parsons, Once Upon a Time Bookstore, 7 pm

April 5
* Penguin in Love party with Salina Yoon, LA Yarn Crawl, sponsored by Bridge to Books, 11 am.


April 6
* Jenn Reese releases her final book in the Above World fantasy series, Once Upon a Time Bookstore, 2 pm

April 7
* John Corey Whaley presents his YA book Noggin, Skylight Books, 7:30 pm

April 12
* LA Times Festival of Books!  A whole slew of authors.  Click here for more information.

April 13
* LA Times Festival of Books!  A whole slew of authors.  Click here for more information.

April 14
* Legendary author/illustrator Tomie DePaolo makes a rare west coast appearance with Lin Oliver, Once Upon a Time Bookstore, 7 pm.  Space is limited, click here for ticket information.

April 19
* Michael Kaplan, author of picture book Betty Bunny Wants a Goal, will read from his book at Children's Book World, 10:30 am

* Join authors Cam Baity and Benny Zelkowicz to discuss their new book, The First Book of Ore: The Foundry's Edge, Children's Book World, 2 pm


April 26
* YA author Brandy Colbert reads from her new novel, Pointe, Skylight Books, 7:30 pm

April 30
* Jon Muth, author of The Three Questions and Zen Shorts, will present at a school event that is open to the public.  Contact Children's Book World for more details