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Two middle-grade nonfiction authors visit the bookshop on Sunday, April 1!
Sunday, April 1 is April Fools Day, but we're not fooling - two middle grade authors will visit at 3pm with their brand new nonfiction books.
They'll each read an excerpt, take questions from the audience, and sign books. What a great opportunity for children to talk to authors about their writing and to add these stories of American history to their libraries at home.
Deborah Kops presents
The Great Molasses Flood: Boston 1919
 This book is chock-full of fascinating facts, the story of the molasses tank failure, and the aftermath of the tragedy. Vintage photographs show the clean-up efforts, the extent of the damage, and quite a bit of social history of the time.
From the author's website:
Boston is an old port city rich in history. The most famous historical event that happened in the city was the Boston Tea Party. The most bizarre event, which occurred 145 years later, was the molasses flood. Have you ever seen molasses? It's a dark-brown, thick, and sticky liquid, which has many uses. It can be made into alcohol, and it's also an ingredient in spicy cookies and in baked beans.
On January 15, 1919, a large metal tank containing more that two million gallons of molasses burst apart in Boston's North End. The molasses escaped in a giant wave, which flooded the neighborhood. Can you imagine your neighborhood awash in a brown, sticky sea? The flood was a terrible tragedy. People actually drowned in molasses. But it was also a fascinating story, which I knew would interest kids. So I decided to write THE GREAT MOLASSES FLOOD: BOSTON, 1919
Heather Lang presents
Queen of the Track:
Alice Coachman, Olympic High-Jump Champion
Alice Coachman was the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal when, at age twenty-five she led the American women's track and field team to victory in the high jump.
In time for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, this inspiring story follows Coachman from rural Georgia, where she overcame adversity both as a woman and as a black athlete, to the 1948 Olympics where, after enduring two canceled Olympic games due to the Second World War, she made history.
With sweeping paintings, award-winning illustrator Floyd Cooper bring Alice Coachman's story about pursuing a dream in the face of adversity to life. An author's note provides additional information about Alice Coachman as well as the 1948 Olympics.
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The Concord Free Public Library will host Caldecott Award-winning author/illustrator Ed Emberley on Saturday, March 24 at 2pm. We'll be there will a selection of Emberley books for sale and signing.