Children's Book Author Peter Mandel Will Visit Bank Square Books

A children's event to remember!  We are happy to welcome Peter Mandel to for a Saturday signing of his fun picture book Jackhammer Sam.

Peter Mandel is an adventure travel journalist and the author of eleven books for kids including the new Jackhammer Sam (Macmillan/Roaring Brook), called "wonderful and overwhelming, rattling and mesmerizing" by Publishers Weekly.  Also new is Zoo Ah-Choooo (Holiday House), a PBS Reading Rainbow selection, and Bun, Onion, Burger (Simon & Schuster), a Summer 2010 Children's INDIE NEXT pick by the American Booksellers Association.  Other titles include Planes at the Airport (Scholastic), Boats on the River (Scholastic), My Ocean Liner (Stemmer House) and Say Hey! A Song of Willie Mays (Hyperion).  A regular contributor to the travel sections of The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and The Huffington Post, Mandel often writes about the misadventures he's gotten stuck in--including experiencing a coup in Ecuador, trying to hike a suburban strip mall, suiting up as a theme park character, seeing America by metered cab, and kayaking to the Statue of Liberty.  Originally from Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, Mandel lives in Providence these days with his wife, Kathy, and cats, Betty, Emily and Cecil.  He's written essays and op-eds for Reader's Digest, The Los Angeles Times, The International Herald Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal, and his books have been translated into Japanese, German, Chinese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish and Danish.

Location:Bank Square Books, 53 W. Main St., Mystic, CT 06355  860-536-3795