Photo credit: jafsegal The Book Club of Washington is conducting a free workshop for book collectors in the lower level meeting room at the Green Lake Branch Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N) on Saturday, March 24, 2012, 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Doors will open between 9:30 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. Pamela Harer of the Book Club of Washington sent the following list of questions that the workshop will address: Question #1: I have a book that is very important to me but it is in pretty bad condition. Should I have it repaired? Should I have a box made for…
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‘Pork Neckbones, Sauerkraut & Rutabagas: Memories of my Green Lake Girlhood’ available soon
Pork Neckbones, Sauerkraut & Rutabagas: Memories of my Green Lake Girlhood, a new book of neighborhood history by Dorothea Nordstrand, will be made available at a book launch on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, 2-3 p.m., at the History House of Greater Seattle (790 N 34 St). Nordstrand’s four children share the following on an event flier: This book of memoirs is the culmination of 25 years of story writing, begun when Dorothea was 70, and put together in humorous, heartwarming details from her vivid memory. Despite the many hardships that her family endured during her childhood, the love and respect, sense of adventure and heartfelt enjoyment…
Children’s author Leslie Patricelli coming to Mockingbird Books
Leslie Patricelli, author and illustrator of the board books Yummy Yucky, Quiet LOUD and Potty, will be at Mockingbird Books (7220 Woodlawn Ave NE) on Tuesday, December 20, 2011. Patricelli will be sharing her newest book, Be Quiet, Mike!, at the 11 a.m. storytime.
“Bikes for Books” reading program in final stretch
photo credit: Daehyun Park The “Bikes for Books” reading program is still underway at the Green Lake Branch Library (7364 E Green Lake Dr N). Children in first through third grades have been reading books all fall for a chance to win a bike, helmet and lock. Participants can enter their names into a drawing one time for every ten books that they have read between Monday, October 3 and Saturday, December 3, 2011. Each entry requires a short oral book report to to a librarian on one book. One girl and one boy will win. A prize drawing will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, December 5 at the…
New book “Seattle On Ice” includes scenes from Green Lake
Local author Mike Attebery wrote to tell us that his new novel, Seattle On Ice, features scenes from the Green Lake neighborhood. The story’s finale, according to Attebery, takes place at The Hearthstone (6720 East Green Lake Way N) and on the lake. From Amazon.com: Like the secret love child of Dirty Harry and Martha Stewart, Brick Ransom is a rookie cop with a taste for fine dining and zero patience for slovenly deadbeats and criminal scum. In the middle of a rare Northwest blizzard, Brick is forced to cut his dinner short in order to protect three key witnesses – a…
