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	July 27^th Tuesday 6 - 8 pm	DOLLHOUSE DIORAMA AND PAPER DOLL WORKSHOPS With CYNTHIA VON BUHLER

	July 26^th Monday 12 - 2 pm see photos	DOLLHOUSE DIORAMA AND PAPER DOLL WORKSHOPS With CYNTHIA VON BUHLER

	July 25^th Sunday 12 - 2 pm	DOLLHOUSE DIORAMA AND PAPER DOLL WORKSHOPS With CYNTHIA VON BUHLER

	July 17^th Saturday 12 - 2 pm	FANTASY FICTION FOR TEENS BRUCE COVILLE - *The Last Hunt* POLLY SHULMAN - *The Grimm Legacy*

	June 15^th- July 15^th	CITY DOG COUNTRY FROG and CAN I PLAY TOO? ART EXHIBIT Pieces by Jon J Muth and Mo Willems

	July 15^th Thursday 5 - 7 pm	KIDS CAN EAT ORGANIC WITH ANNI DAULTER ANNI DAULTER - Organically Raised

	June 30^th Wednesday 5 - 7 pm	COMING OF AGE: ROMANTIC ADVENTURES ABROAD HEIDI R. KLING - Sea ANGIE FRAZIER - Everlasting CHRISTINA DIAZ GONZALEZ - The Red Umbrella

	June 24^th Thursday 5 - 7 pm	unREQUIRED READING KRISTEN TRACY - A Field Guide for Heartbreakers BRENT CRAWFORD - Carter’s Big Break STACEY KADE - The Ghost and the Goth DANIEL WATERS - *Passing Strange: A Generation Dead Novel* ELIZABETH RUDNICK - Tweet Heart EMILY FRANKLIN - The Half-life of Planets BRENDAN HALPIN - The Half-life of Planets

	June 19^th Saturday 12 - 2 pm	MEET SEVEN CALDECOTT MEDALISTS! EMILY ARNOLD McCULLY - *Wonder Horse* CHRIS RASCHKA - Hip Hop Dog PAUL O. ZELINSKY - Dust Devil MARC SIMONT - The Beautiful Planet: ours to lose The Wonderful O RICHARD EGIELSKI - Gumption LEO & DIANE DILLON - The Goblin and the Empty Chair

	June 13^th Sunday 1 - 3 pm	FATHER’S DAY CELEBRATION! KELLY BENNETT - Dad and Pop: An Ode to Fathers & Stepfathers Your Daddy Was Just Like You STEPHEN SAVAGE - The Fathers Are Coming Home MARCELLUS HALL - Because I am Your Daddy TIMOTHY BUSH - *My Dad’s Job* PETER GLASSMAN - My Dad’s Job

	June 12^th Saturday 12 - 2 pm	FANTASTIC FICTION FOR TEENS! NEAL SHUSTERMAN - Bruiser SCOTT MEBUS - The Sorcerer’s Secret KATE MILFORD - The Boneshaker

	June 06^th Sunday 2 - 4 pm	FAMILY AFFAIR COURTNEY SHEINMEL - Sincereley ALYSSA SHEINMEL - The Beautiful Between

	June 05^th Saturday 12 - 2 pm	ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR (OR, WRITTEN BY THE ARTIST) LAURA LJUNGKVIST - Pepi Sings a New Song STEVEN GUARNACCIA - Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale GREG FOLEY - Willoughby and the Moon URI SHULEVITZ - **When I Wore My Sailor Suit** ED YOUNG - Moon Bear ROBERT WEINSTOCK - Can You Dig It? DUNCAN TONATIUH - Dear Primo

	June 03^rd Thursday 6 - 8 pm	KAREN HEALEY’S GUARDIAN OF THE DEAD With special guest LIBBA BRAY!

	May 29^th Saturday 2 - 4 pm	IMAGINOCEAN WITH JOHN TARTAGLIA

	May 27^th Thursday 6 - 8 pm	GREAT BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS SARA PENNYPACKER - Clementine’s Letter MARLA FRAZEE - Clementine’s Letter - All the World ERIC SHANOWER - Wizard of Oz Comic ERIC WIGHT - Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000 CHARISE MERICLE HARPER - Just Grace: Snack Attack AJ STERN - Frankly, Frannie DOREEN MULRYAN MARTS - Frankly, Frannie

	May 26^th Wednesday 6 - 8 pm	SUSPENSE, MAGIC, AND ROMANCE FOR TEENS AND TWEENS CHARLIE HIGSON - The Enemy CORY DOCTOROW - For the Win GENNIFER CHOLDENKO - Al Capone Shines My Shoes STEPHANIE KUEHNERT - Ballads of Suburbia MELISSA WALKER - Lovestruck Summer LINDA GERBER - Death by Denim JESSICA BURKHART - Rival Revenge ADELE GRIFFIN - Picture the Dead LISA BROWN - Picture the Dead

	May 25^th Tuesday 6 - 8 pm	MEET THE CLASS OF 2K10! SWATI AVASHTI - Split ALEXANDRA DIAZ - Of All the Stupid Things JERI SMITH-READY - Shade JENNIFER R. HUBBARD - The Secret Year KITTY KESWICK - Freaksville JUDITH GRAVES - Under My Skin JANET FOX - Faithful BONNIE J DOERR - Island Sting JAME RICHARDS - Three Rivers Rising SHARI MAURER - Change of Heart LEAH CYPESS - Mistwood IRENE LATHAM - Leaving Gee's Bend RHONDA HAYTER - The Witchie Worries of Abbie Adams SHANNON DELANY - 13 to Life ERICA PERL - Vintage Veronica

	May 23^rd Sunday 4 - 6 pm	THE CLOCK WITHOUT A FACE - A MYSTERY TO SOLVE, A TREASURE TO FIND! MAC BARNETT - The Clock Without a Face ELI HOROWITZ - The Clock Without a Face SCOTT TEPLIN - The Clock Without a Face

	May 23^rd Sunday 1 - 3 pm	A MICHAEL BUCKLEY PUBLICATION PARTY! MICHAEL BUCKLEY - The Inside Story

	May 22^nd Saturday 12 - 2 pm	LYLE WALKS THE DOGS PUBLICATION PARTY! BERNARD WABER - Lyle Walks the Dogs PAULIS WABER - Lyle Walks the Dogs


	May 20^th Thursday 5:30 - 7:30 pm	MEET JENNIFER ROSNER JENNIFER ROSNER - If A Tree Falls: A Family's Quest to Hear and Be Heard.

	May 18^th Tuesday 5 - 7 pm	“FINDING DANNY” DAY OF HOPE AND ACTION LINZI GLASS - Finding Danny

	May 16^th Sunday 1 - 3 pm	MAY BOOK BONANZA! KATE FEIFFER - But I Wanted a Baby Brother DIANE GOODE - But I Wanted a Baby Brother MAYA GOTTFRIED - Our Farm KELLY MURPHY - Over at the Castle SHERRY NORTH - Because I am Your Daddy WENDY POPP - *Where the Sunrise Begins* GAIL SILVER - Anh’s Anger CHRISTIANE KROMER - Anh’s Anger

	May 15^th Saturday 12 - 2 pm	GREAT FANTASY AND ADVENTURE FOR MIDDLE GRADE READERS! CHRIS d’LACEY - Dark Fire CAROLYN COHAGAN - The Lost Children VIOLET HABERDASHER - Knightley Academy MARIE RUTKOSKI - The Celestial Globe ELISE BROACH - Masterpiece

	May 08^th Saturday 12 - 2 pm	LOIS LOWRY & JULES FEIFFER! - The Birthday Ball

	May 02^nd Sunday 1 - 3 pm	2010 CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS CELEBRATION! JERRY PINKNEY - The Lion & the Mouse REBECCA STEAD - When You Reach Me PAMELA ZAGARENSKI - Red Songs from Treetops: A Year in Colors LIBBA BRAY - Going Bovine GEOFFREY HAYES - *Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!* TEDD ARNOLD - I Spy Fly Guy! KATE MCMULLAN - Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day R.W. ALLEY - Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day

	May 01^st Saturday 12 - 2 pm	TEEN AND TWEEN AUTHOR EVENT! DEBORAH WILES - Countdown DANIEL EHRENHAFT - That's Life, Samara Brooks RAINA TELGEMEIER - Smile

	April 25^th Sunday 1 - 3 pm	APRIL PICTURE BOOK BONANAZA II! JOELLE JOLIVET - Oops! ALISON PAUL - Sunday Love VICTORIA ADLER - All of Baby, Nose to Toes ROSE LEWIS - Orange Peel’s Pocket GRACE ZONG - Orange Peel’s Pocket WILLIAM LACH - My Friends the Flowers ELLEN WEISS - The Taming of Lola: A Shrew Story JERRY SMATH - The Taming of Lola: A Shrew Story

	April 24^th Saturday 12 - 2 pm	WITCHES, LIARS, LEVIATHANS, AND CELL PHONES! ALICE HOFFMAN - Green Witch SARAH MLYNOWSKI - Gimme a Call JUSTINE LARBALESTIER - Liar SCOTT WESTERFELD - Leviathan

	April 20^th Tuesday 5 - 7 pm	GREAT NEW BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS! PAM MUNOZ RYAN - The Dreamer PETER SIS - The Dreamer ANDREW CLEMENTS - We the Children MATTHEW REINHART - Gods and Heroes LAURIE CALKHOVEN - Daniel at the Siege of Boston, 1776 RACHEL VAIL - Justin Case: School, Drool, & Other Daily Disasters

	April 18^th Sunday 1 - 3 pm	APRIL PICTURE BOOK BONANAZA I! BRUCE DEGEN - The Magic School Bus And The Climate Challenge JOANNA COLE - The Magic School Bus And The Climate Challenge DAN YACCARINO - Lawn to Lawn LAURA GERINGER - Boom Boom Go Away SERGIO RUZZIER - Hey, Rabbit! ELISHA COOPER - Farm GAIL SILVER - Anh’s Anger CHRISTIANE KROMER - Anh’s Anger

	April 17^th Saturday 12 - 2 pm	KIDS & COMICS! GEORGE O'CONNOR - Zeus: King of the Gods Athena: Grey-eyed Goddess MIKE CAVALLARO - Foiled COLLEEN AF VENABLE - Hamster and Cheese NADJA SPIEGELMAN - Zig and Wikki in Something Ate my Homework TRADE LOEFFLER - Zig and Wikki in Something Ate my Homework GEOFFREY HAYES - Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! Benny and Penny in the Toy Breaker ART SPIEGELMAN - Jack and the Box The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics FRANÇIOSE MOULY - The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics DEAN HASPIEL - Mo ad Jo: Fighting Together Forever FRANK CAMMUSO - Otto’s Orange Day Knights of the Lunch Table #1: The Dodgeball Chronicles Knights of the Lunch Table #2: The Dragon Players

	April 13^th Tuesday 6 - 8 pm	39 CLUES & 2 AUTHORS! PETER LERANGIS - The 39 Clues Book 7: The Viper's Nest The 39 Clues Book 3: The Sword Thief JUDE WATSON - The 39 Clues #4: Beyond the Grave The 39 Clues #6: In Too Deep

	April 12^th Monday 6 - 8 pm	REY DAVID ROJAS PUBLICATION PARTY - *WOW! New York City*

	April 11^th Sunday 1 - 3 pm	AMY IGNATOW PUBLICATION PARTY - The Popularity Papers

	April 06^th Tuesday 6 - 8 pm	BRIAN & WENDY FROUD - The Heart of Faerie Oracle

	March 21^st 2010 Sunday 2 - 6 pm	NYC TEEN BOOK FESTIVAL!

	March 21^st 2010 Sunday 11 - 1 pm	LEARN KATA'S CRAFT! KATA GOLDA - *Kata Golda’s Hand-Stitched Felt (Abrams)*

	March 20^th 2010 Saturday 12 - 2 pm	JOHN TARTAGLIA’S ImaginOcean!

	March 18^th2010 Thursday 6 - 8 pm	Sourcebooks FIRE Launch Party ADELE GRIFFIN - Picture the Dead (Sourcebook) LISA BROWN - Picture the Dead (Sourcebook) HELEN ELLIS - The Turning (Sourcebook) DIANNE K. SALERNI - We Hear the Dead (Sourcebook) LILA CASTLE - The Star Shack (Sourcebook) Plus a performance by TIGER BEAT!

	March 6^th Saturday 12 - 2 pm	CURIOUS GEORGE CELEBRATION!

	February 25^th Thursday 5 - 7 pm	PHIL BILDNER & CREW: OPEN MIC! PHIL BILDNER - The Hallelujah Flight (Penguin)

	February 20^th Saturday 12 - 2 pm	A DUCHESS, AN ORANGE BALLOON, AND A TOY BOAT RANDALL DE SEVE - Mathilda and the Orange Balloon (HarperCollins) The Duchess of Whimsey (Penguin) Toy Boat (Penguin)

	February 07^th Sunday 2:00 - 4:00pm	MICHELE WONG McSWEEN - Gordon & Li Li: Words for Everyday Gordon & Li Li: Learn Animals in Mandarin Gordon & Li Li: *Count in Mandarin*

	February 06^th Saturday 12:00 - 2:00pm	GRACE CHANG - Jin Jin and Rain Wizard (Enchanted Lion)

	January 30^th Saturday 12:00 - 2:00pm	JOHN ROCCO & JENNIFER BESSER - The Lightning Thief: Deluxe of Edition

	January 28^th Thursday 6:00 - 8:00pm	SEVEN AUTHORS FOR TEENS & TWEENS ALBERT BORRIS - Crash Into Me J. T. DUTTON - Freaked LISA GREENWALD - My Life in Pink and Green ELLEN HOPKINS - Tricks ANN HAYWOOD LEAL - Also Known as Harper SYDNEY SALTER - My big nose and other Natural Disasters Jungle Crossing FRAN CANNON SLAYTON - When the Whistle Blows

	January 14^th Thursday 6:00 - 8:00pm	CAROLYN MacCULLOUGH - Once A Witch MARI MANCUSI - Bad Blood PHILIP REEVE - Here Lies Arthur

	January 8^th Friday 6:00 - 8:00pm	ELIZABETH EULBERG - The Lonely Hearts Club

	December 13th Sunday 1:00 - 3:00pm	UNCLE ROCK - Express Your Elf

	December 8th Tuesday 6:00 - 8:00pm	JAMES PROSEK - Bird, Butterfly, Eel

	December 6th Sunday 1:00 - 3:00pm	2009 Debut Author Event MICHELLE ZINK - Prophecy of the Sisters JON SKOVRON - Struts and Frets MEGAN CREWE - Give Up the Ghost SARAH CROSS - Dull Boy SHANI PETROFF - Daddy’s Little Angle: Bedeviled #1 KATE MESSNER - The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z NEESHA MEMINGER - Shine Coconut Moon DEVA FAGAN - Fortune’s Folly

	December 3rd Thursday 6:00 - 8:00pm	Everything I Need To Know I Learned From A Children's Book ANITA SILVEY - Everything I Need To Know I Learned from A Children’s Book JON SCIESZKA ANN M. MARTIN WENDELL MINOR GAIL C LEVINE DAVID WIESNER

	November 28th Saturday 12:00 - 2:00pm	HOLIDAY KICKOFF! JERRY PINKNEY - Sweethearts of Rhythm The Lion and the Mouse LEO DILLON - The Goblin and the Empty Chair DIANE DILLON ART SPIEGLEMAN - The TOON Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics FRANÇOISE MOULY CHARLES SANTORE - The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus The Wizard of Oz LAURA CORNELL - Jamie Lee Curtis’s Books to Grow By HOLLIE HOBBIE - Fanny and Annabelle BRETT HELQUIST - A Christmas Carol Odd and the Frost Giants JOHN ROCCO - Fu finds the Way The Lightning Thief: Deluxe Edition

	November 23rd Monday 6:00 - 8:00pm	FESTIVE FUN WITH FANCY NANCY! JANE O’CONNOR - Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas ROBIN PREISS GLASSER

	November 22nd Sunday 2:00 - 4:00pm	BOOKS OF WONDER MEETS BROADWAY! BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL - Lights on Broadway

	November 21st Saturday 12:00 - 2:00pm	FALL PICTURE BOOK PARADE! BARBARA McCLINTOCK - The Mitten CYNTHIA VON BUHLER - But Who Will Bell the Cats? RUTH SANDERSON - Goldilocks SHELLEY ROTNER - Dogs Don’t Brush Their Teeth MARC ROSENTHAL - Archie and the Pirates SUJEAN RIM - Birdie’s Big-Girl Shoes MARK TEAGUE - How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You The Doom Machine JONAH WINTER - Peaceful Heroes Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx

	November 16th Monday 6:00 - 8:00pm	FOUR NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTS! DEBORAH HEILIGMAN - Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith LAINI TAYLOR - Lips Touch: Three Times PHILLIP HOOSE - Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice RITA WILLIAMS-GARCIA - Jumped

	November 14th Saturday 12:00 - 2:00pm	POP-UP CELEBRATION! DAVID A. CARTER - White Noise Snow Bugs School Bugs The Big Bug Book BERT FINK - The Sound of Music CHUCK FISHER - Angels BRUCE FOSTER - Big Frogs Can't Fit In WOW! The Pop-Up Book of Sports The Sound of Music Angels SAM ITA - Christmas Tree In A Box KYLE OLMON - Baby Signs MATTHEW REINHART - A Pop-Up Book of Nursery Rhymes

	November 12th Thursday 4:30 - 6:00pm	A MATCHLESS MISCHIEF MAKER GREGORY MAGUIRE - Matchless Making Mischief

	November 10th Tuesday 6:00 - 8:00pm	BRAVE NEW WORLDS SUZANNE COLLINS - Catching Fire LIBBA BRAY - Going Bovine MICHAEL GRANT - Hunger JUSTINE LARBALESTIER - Liar KRISTIN CASHORE - Fire SCOTT WESTERFELD - Leviathan

	November 7th Saturday 12:00 - 2:00pm	NOVEMBER BOOK BONANZA PETER McCARTY - Jeremy Draws a Monster RANDALL de SEVE - The Duchess of Whimsy PETER de SEVE ROXIE MUNRO - Inside-Outside Dinosaurs NANCY WILEY - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ELISHA COOPER - Beach A Good Night Walk DAVE HOROWITZ - Duck, Duck, Moose MARK ROGALSKI - Robox ALEX BEARD - The Jungle Grapevine LEE HARPER - Snow! Snow! Snow! Turkey Trouble

	November 6th Friday 5:00 - 7:00pm	MO WILLEMS MO WILLEMS - Big Frog Can’t Fit In Pigs Make Me Sneeze!

	November 5th Thursday 5:00 - 7:00pm	THE GENIUS OF ARNOLD LOBEL ADRIANNE LOBEL - The Frogs and Toads all Sang Odd Owls & Stout Pigs: A Book of Nonsense

	November 1st Sunday 2:00 - 4:00pm	A WHIMSICAL PUBLICATION PARTY! PETER de SEVE - The Duchess of Whimsy RANDALL de SEVE

	October 31st Saturday 12:00 - 2:00pm 4:00 - 6:00pm	HALLOWEEN HAUNTS! NEIL NUMBERMAN - Do Not Build a Frankenstein! TAEEUN YOO - Only a Witch Can Fly IZA TRAPANI - Haunted Party SCOTT BECK - Monster Sleepover EMILY ARNOLD McCULLY - The Banshee MICHAEL GARLAND - Miss Smith and the Haunted Library TONYA HURLEY - ghostgirl: Homecoming

	October 29th Thursday 6:00 - 8:00pm	GREAT TEEN READS! TOM DOLBY - Secret Society ANNA GODBERSEN - Splendor: The Luxe #4 SARA SHEPARD - Killer: Pretty Little Liars #6 DANIEL & DINA NAYERI - Another Faust EMMA MCLAUGHLIN & NICOLA KRAUS - The Real Real BARRY LYGA - Goth Girl Rising JON SKOVRON - Book: Struts & Frets BENNETT MADISON - The Blonde of the Joke JENNY HAN - The Summer I Turned Pretty GORDON KORMAN - Pop! ZooBreak ALICIA THOMPSON - Psych Major Syndrome

	October 24th Saturday 4:00 - 6:00pm	KATHERINE PATERSON & FAMILY KATHERINE PATERSON - The Day of the Pelican JOHN PATERSON & JOHN PATERSON JR. - Roberto's Trip to the Top

	October 24th Saturday 12:00 - 2:00pm	IT TAKES TWO! ELISE PRIMAVERA & DIANE GOODE - Louise the Big Cheese Auntie Claus Home for the Holidays STEVEN KROLL & ROBERT BYRD - Barbarians JUDI BARRETT & RON BARRETT - The Marshmallow Incident ARTHUR YORINKS & RICHARD EGIELSKI - Homework MARGIE PALATINI & BRIAN AJHAR - Gone with the Wand

	October 18th Sunday 1:00 - 3:00pm	FANTASTIC FICTION JOHN CONNOLLY - The Gates JOHN HULME - The Lost Train of Thought : The Seems #3 MICHAEL WEXLER - The Lost Train of Thought : The Seems #3 DANIEL KIRK - The High Road TROY CLE - Olivion’s Favorites DAN POBLOCKI - The Stone Child SARAH BETH DURST - Ice MARISSA DOYLE - Betraying Season DIANA PETERFREUND - Rampant

	October 17th Saturday 12:00 - 2:00pm	TONS OF FUN! JON SCIESZKA - Robot Zot! LANE SMITH - Princess Hyacinth (the Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) MARK TEAGUE - How do Dinosaurs Say I Love You MAC BARNETT - Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem ROBIE HARRIS - It's Perfectly Normal NICK BRUEL - Happy Birthday, Bad Kitty ROBIE HARRIS - It’s Perfectly Normal

	October 11th Sunday 1:00 - 3:00pm	GREAT MIDDLE GRADE READS! RICHARD PECK - A Season of Gifts ANN M. MARTIN - Everything For a Dog LAUREN MYRACLE - Luv Ya Bunches MICHAEL D. BEIL - The Red Blazer Girls GITTY DANESHVARI - School of Fear PETER HOWE - Waggit Again MATT PHELAN - The Storm in the Barn NOVA REN SUMA - Dani Noir

	October 10th Saturday 2:00 - 4:00pm	JULIE ANDREWS EMMA WALTON HAMILTON JAMES McMULLAN Julie Andrew's Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies

	October 8th Thursday 5:00 - 7:00pm	SARWAT CHADDA Devil's Kiss

	October 5th Monday 6:00 - 8:00pm	SHELBY HIATT Panama

	October 4th Sunday 1:00 - 3:00pm	KALEB NATION Bran Hambric, the Farfield Curse

	October 3rd Saturday 12:00 - 2:00pm	OCTOBER BOOK BONANZA SHARON ROBINSON - Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson JERRY PINKNEY - The Lion and the Mouse GENNADY SPIRIN - Life in the Boreal Forest ILYA SPIRIN - Ice Bears WENDELL MINOR - The Last Polar Bear PATRICK McDONNELL - Wag LOREN LONG - Otis CHARISE MERICLE HARPER - Mimi and Lulu MICHAEL REX - The Runaway Mummy

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