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Acclaimed children's illustrator coming to St. Charles
Deborah Zemke, the artist behind more than a dozen children's books, is celebrating her newest release with a book signing in St. Charles.
Children’s illustrator Deborah Zemke, a Columbus, MO native, is visiting to St. Charles on May 23 to celebrate her new release with a special reading and book signing.
EVENT DETAILS
May 23, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Story hour and book signing with children’s illustrator Deborah Zemke (“A Wilcox and Griswold Mystery: The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake”)
Main Street Books, 307 S. Main St., St. Charles
(636) 949-0105
http://www.mainstreetbooks.net/
Bestselling author Marissa Moss (the Amelia’s Notebook series, five million copies sold) and her new children’s press, Creston Books, are proud to announce the launch of a humorous mystery picture book for beginning readers which encourages problem-solving and logic skills, The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake (Creston Books, $16.95 hardcover, May 12, 2015).
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Captain Griswold and Detective Wilcox are two hardboiled police mice and MFIs—Missing Food Investigators. When Miss Rabbit’s carrot cake goes missing the day before her big party, Griswold and Wilcox must investigate a farm full of fun, colorful suspects—and it will take smarts (and a delicious dose of humor) to crack the case.
An easy-to-read mystery with plenty of clues to point readers in the right direction, the book includes the recipe for Miss Rabbit’s tasty carrot cake from bestselling cookbook author, Mollie Katzen, and comes with a downloadable curriculum guide available for classroom use which teaches problem solving, logic skills, and storytelling.
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Children will love this funny, friendly twist on classic mystery and detective stories as they follow the clues through pages filled with engaging illustrations and an entertaining, interactive story.
ROBIN NEWMAN has been a practicing attorney and legal editor, but she prefers to write about witches, mice, pigs, and peacocks. She lives in New York with her husband, son, goldfish, and English cocker spaniel.
DEBORAH ZEMKE is the author and illustrator of more than 20 children’s books, and a frequent contributor to Ranger Rick magazine.