From: Connie Ilmer <connie.ilmer@baldwinlib.org> Date: Wed, May 14, 2014 at 5:47 PM Subject: Fwd: Indies First Storyime Day at Book Beat, Sat., May 17! To: michlib-1@mcls.org Below is a wonderful event happening this Saturday at BookBeat bookstore in Oak Park. Please feel free to share with your patrons. Thank you. Connie Connie Ilmer Head of Public Services 300 West Merrill Street Birmingham, MI 48009 phone: 248.554.4651 fax: 248.647.6393 www.baldwinlib.org Indies First Storytime Day is Sat., May 17th! <http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/2014/04/22/indies-first-storytime-day-is-sat-may-17th/> [image: indiesFirst]<http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/indiesFirst.jpg>On Saturday May 17th from 11:00am-5:00 PM, *Book Beat* will be participating in a *nation-wide* event sponsored by the American Booksellers Association – *“Indies First Storytime Day <http://www.bookweb.org/news/kate-dicamillo-and-aba-launch-indies-first-storytime-day>.” The Book Beat is located at 26010 Greenfield in Oak Park. Please call 248-968-1190 <248-968-1190> for more information. * [image: KD_2014_vertical209x299]<http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/KD_2014_vertical209x299.jpg>This event is the inspiration of children’s author, Kate DiCamillo, who is the current National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature for the United States. She’s also a two-time Newbery winner for *The Tale of Desperaux *and 2014?s *Flora & Ulysses. * In celebration of *Children’s Book Week,*authors have been asked to visit local independent bookstores and read from their favorite children’s books. We have confirmed the following Detroit area [image: storytimeWWW]<http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/storytimeWWW.jpg>author appearances; *Kathryn Allen, Wong Herbert Yee, Matt Faulkner, Jean Alicia Elster, Jenny Risher, Rick Lieder, Terry Blackhawk, Renee Prewitt, Susan Whitall, ML Liebler and Michael Zadorian*. Additional authors and reading times will be announced later. We will also have the guest authors’ books available for purchase and autographing. We hope you will join us in promoting this festive occasion of books and authors. This event is *free* and open to the public. *Let the reading begin!* This event will be held at: The Book Beat Bookstore, 26010 Greenfield, Oak Park, MI 48237– For more information contact us and ask for Colleen 248-968-1190 TheBookbeat.com<http://www.thebookbeat.com> - We are here - An independent bookstore - In the Metro-Detroit community - Since 1982 view more<http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/2014/04/22/indies-first-storytime-day-is-sat-may-17th/> kate_DICAMILLO_LETTER_2014<http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kate_DICAMILLO_LETTER_2014.doc> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, please click on the link below Unsubscribe now<http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/wp-content/plugins/sendit/delete.php?action=delete&c=742b8f69d9fc21169acc54d408099d82>