Archive for March, 2011

25 Mar

Nature Realm book club to discuss ‘Wild Places’

On March 27 at 2 p.m. at F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm, 1828 Smith Road in Akron, Naturalist Sarah Matheny will lead an engaging discussion of the third Nature Realm Book Club selection: “The Geography of Childhood: Why Children Need Wild Places” by Gary Paul Nabhan and Stephen Trimble. In alternating essays, the authors draw on [...]

03 Mar

Local authors launch young adult mystery

Lisa and Laura Roecker, authors of The Liar Society, will celebrate the release of their book March 5 from 3 to 6 p.m. at The Learned Owl Book Shop. Set at an elite private school, this novel opens with a mysterious email – from a dead girl. Soon her classmates must discover who is lying and who [...]

02 Mar

A birthday party for Dr. Seuss

The Children’s Museum of Cleveland will celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss March 4 and 5 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. The celebration will include a Cat n the Hat craft from 11 a.m. to noon, and from 2 to 3 p.m., with cake at 1:30 p.m. For more information about The [...]

01 Mar

I’m back!

Ugh, sorry for the hiatus. Between my schedule and this stupid cold which I’ve been fighting for the past month, I haven’t been as diligent on here as I would have liked. But I am back, and there’s several upcoming events for bibliophiles of all ages. Tomorrow is Read Across America Day, where children are [...]