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Noteworthy Events Pelican in Pages Author Appearances
Quotes from the Media |
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In an attempt to make Pelican's quality books more readily available, we are making some of them available in CD format. Zig Ziglar's See You at the Top: 25th Anniversary Edition Revised and Updated($25.00) and The Psychology of Persuasion: How to Persuade Others to Your Way of Thinking ($24.95), by Kevin Hogan, are just two of the books that will be available to our listening audience this month. A selection of children's books, including the Clovis Crawfish Series can also be ordered in CD format from our Web site, www.pelicanpub.com. |
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Tom C. McKenney and Rickey Pittman will join Pelican at the Sons of Confederate Veterans Convention this summer. From July 22 to July 25, the 2009 reunion will gather in Hot Springs, Arkansas. McKenney will sign Jack Hinson's One-Man War ($25.95) in the Pelican booth. Pittman will sign his children's books Jim Limber Davis: A Black Orphan in the Confederate White House ($15.95) and The Scottish Alphabet ($15.95) and his short-story anthology Stories of the Confederate South ($12.95 pb). |
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Alison Hoffman Lane, author of Uncle Arnel and the Swamp Witch ($15.95), will also attend the festival. She will read her children's book during story time on July 3 between 3:00 and 6:00 pm. |
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Vincenza Scarpaci, author of The Journey of the Italians in America ($40.00), is giving an encore New York signing tour this July after her successful appearances in the northeast last fall. She will lecture and sign books at various libraries, bookstores, and cultural centers, including the Westchester Italian Cultural Center in Tuckahoe. Scarpaci will be interviewed on WHPC Radio, "Profumi d'Italia," a Long Island Italian-interest program on July 23. The interview will be broadcast out of Nassau Community College in Garden City, NY, at a time yet to be decided. |
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Country music star Ronnie McDowell, one of the authors of Pelican's upcoming book The Genuine Elvis: Photos and Untold Stories about the King ($14.95), is busy on tour this month with concerts in Ohio, West Virginia, Missouri, Indiana, Arkansas, Georgia, and Louisiana. This Elvis-inspired artist will take time off touring to launch his book at Graceland during Elvis Week next month. Please stay tuned for more details about the event in the August Peligram. |
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A Letter to the Author |
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Dear Janeen, Thank you for forwarding your lovely book Ocean Commotion: Sea Turtles, with you as both author and illustrator--a tour de force! As I read the book to four classes of first graders last Friday, I was increasingly amazed by the tremendous amount of information contained, the beauty of the presentation, and the way the illustrations reinforced the content. GYRE is a delightful new word introduced by the book. Gyroscope and the
gyrations of physically active youngsters are both It is amazing what a book like yours does for opening up a whole area of interest for students and teachers. This week I noticed a newspaper article about the Loggerhead turtle who presented herself in need of medical attention at the University of Florida docks (it didn't say on which coast). Now she is being treated in Gainesville. Perhaps elementary school librarians are especially aware of the power of the beautifully written and illustrated book for children to help change the world. That's one reason I have moved to elementary teaching after years teaching in college, high school, and middle school. Karen West |
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Piero Gribaudi Editore purchased Italian rights to Kevin Hogan's The Psychology of Persuasion: How to Persuade Others to Your Way of Thinking ($24.95). |
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"The only difficult thing about these recipes is choosing which one
to try. My advice to you--try them all." |
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Texas Public Gardens ($35.00), by Elvin McDonald, will be reviewed in the summer edition of the National Gardener. The Great
Lakes Trader, a collectibles magazine, will feature The
Glorious Fourth of July: Old-Fashioned Treats and Treasures from
America's Patriotic Past ($19.95), by Diane
C. Arkins, in its July issue. The book will also appear in
the July 4 issue of the San Jose Mercury News and the July issue of
Baton Rouge Parent. Jack Hinson's One-Man War ($25.95), by Tom C. McKenney, was chosen as Leatherneck Magazine's Book of the Month for June. They called the biography a "skillfully crafted literary masterpiece." |
Not
very many people get the opportunity to see the inside workings of a
publishing company firsthand. But this summer, everyone seems to be
interested in Pelican. Liz Reyes, a New Orleans ABC26 reporter,
interviewed publisher Milburn Calhoun as well as a few of Pelican's
local authors. Leah Chase, author of 
In
Louisiana, seafood festivals are abundant and children's author Johnette
Downing is not one to miss a party. She will be present at the Mandeville
Seafood Festival with guitar in hand as well as her picture books, 
in my vocabulary, but having the water circulation in the North Atlantic
as a root for the word added a whole new image. Thank you also for
including a glossary, so the new words can be accurately explained to the
various age levels (including the adult readers.)
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L. Gilmore, author of Civil
War on the Missouri-Kansas Border ($29.95)
July 18 (Sat.), 1:00 pm: Barnes & Noble Booksellers--Oak Park Mall, 11323 W. 95th St., Overland Park, KS 66214; signing |
| Jerald
and Glenda
Horst, coauthors of The
Louisiana Seafood Bible: Shrimp ($25.00)
July 11 (Sat.), 10:00 am-12:00 pm: Sam's Club, 181 Northshore Blvd., Slidell, LA 70460; signing July 11 (Sat.), 2:00-4:00 pm: Sam's Club, 15065 Creosote Rd., Gulfport, MS 39503; signing |
| Johnette
Downing, author of Chef
Creole ($15.95)
July 21 (Tues.), 4:00-6:00 pm: Cherry Books, 1054 Canal Blvd., Thibodaux, LA 70301; signing |
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Laurence
J. Yadon, coauthor of Ten
Deadly Texans ($16.95 pb)
July 11 (Sat.), 2:00-4:00 pm: Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1612 S. University Dr. # 401, Fort Worth, TX 76107; signing July 25 (Sat.), 2:00-4:00 pm: Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 2325 S. Stemmons Fwy. Suite 401, Lewisville, TX 75067; signing |
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Bill Keith, author of The
Commissioner: A True Story of Deceit, Dishonor, and Death ($23.00)
July 25 (Sat.), 10:00 am-4:00pm: Books-A-Million, 2001 Airline Dr. #166, Bossier City, LA 71111; signing |
For more information on author signings and appearances please visit our Upcoming Events Schedule at http://www.pelicanpub.com/events.asp. |
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