November 2006 Peligram


November		2006

Noteworthy Events

Jeff Dwyer, author of Ghost Hunter’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area (9781589802896, $14.95 pb) as well as the forthcoming Ghost Hunter’s Guide to Los Angeles (9781589804043, $14.95 pb) and Ghost Hunter’s Guide to New Orleans (9781589804081, $17.95 pb), has been chosen to appear on a television game show. Dwyer serves as an expert for NBC’s 1 vs. 100; the episode will air December 1 at 8:00 p.m. (E.S.T).

Bev Shaffer, author of Brownies to Die For! (9781589803824, $24.95), kicked off Halloween on Cleveland, Ohio’s FOX 8 morning show by preparing a pumpkin crème brûlée for the "Food Request Live" segment. Always cautious in the kitchen, she was dressed as a firefighter, of course.

Rose Madeline Mula’s If These Are Laugh Lines, I’m Having Way Too Much Fun (9781589803770, $12.95 pb) was one of five finalists in the humor category for USABookNews.com. Along with the ability to market her book as award-winning material, Mula received free promotion, including coverage in the USABN E-zine, a press release sent to more than 17,000 media contacts announcing her achievement, and a five-month book listing on USABookNews.com. For more information, visit http://www.usabooknews.com/bestbooksawards2006.html.

The Children’s Book Council has selected two Pelican titles to air on the program "KidStuff," on Martha Stewart Living Radio, Sirius 112. Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton’s Red, White, and Blue (9781589800670, $15.95) was chosen for the patriotism book category, and Ocean Commotion: Sea Turtles (9781589804340, $15.95), by Janeen Mason, was chosen as an evolution book. A short script of each title will air on Tuesday, November 21, to promote educational books for children.

Author Appearances

	Melanie Chrismer, author of the *Phoebe Clappsaddle Series*, attended the Texas State Reading Association’s 35^th Annual State Literacy Conference in Austin. On Friday, November 10, she served as a speaker on the topic of "Literacy and Liberty: Texas Traditions."
	Dr. Steven L. Layne was a featured speaker at the California Reading Association 40^th Annual Conference in Sacramento. His keynote address, "Balcony People," was given in the first general session. His other speaking topics included "Successful Strategies for Building Lifetime Readers," "Using Children’s Books to Excite Young Readers," and "Dynamic Read Aloud Programs and Titles That Work." Steven Layne is the author of *Mergers* (9781589801837, $15.99), *My Brother Dan’s Delicious* (9781589800717, $15.95), *The Teacher’s Night Before Christmas* (9781565548336, $15.95), *This Side of Paradise* (9781589802544, $8.95 pb), and *Thomas’s Sheep and the Spectacular Science Project* (9781589802100, $15.95).
Chuck Galey also attended the California Reading Association conference. His presentation was entitled "Secrets of Using Picture Books in the Classroom." Galey is the illustrator of *Jazz Cats* (9781565548596, $15.95), *My Brother Dan’s Delicious* (9781589800717, $15.95), *Rock ’n’ Roll Dogs* (9781589803497, $15.95), and *SantaSaurus* (9781565549333, $15.95). Also in attendance were *Virginia Walton Pilegard, author of The Warlord’s Series, Caryn Yacowitz, author of The Jade Stone* (9781589803596, $15.95), and Gene Del Vecchio, author of *The Sword of Anton* (9781589803046, $16.95) and *Creating Ever-Cool: A Marketer’s Guide to a Kid’s Heart* (9781565542563, $22.00).
David Davis was a featured speaker at the Arkansas Reading Convention in Little Rock. He gave a solo presentation entitled "Popeye for Breakfast: The Life of a Writer and Cartoonist." He also gave a joint talk with featured speaker Jan Peck, "Partners in Rhyme—or, Books, Alive and Kicking!" David Davis is the author of *Jazz Cats* (9781565548596, $15.95), *Nurse’s Night Before Christmas* (9781589801523, $15.95), *Redneck Night Before Christmas* (9781565542938, $15.95), *Ten Redneck Babies: A Southern Counting Book* (9781589802322, $15.95), and *Texas Mother Goose* (9781589803695, $16.95).

Author John R. Kemp and artist Rolland Golden appeared at the New Orleans Museum of Art Sunday, October 22, to sign copies of their collaboration, *Rolland Golden: The Journeys of a Southern Artist* (9781589802902, $60.00). A few pieces of Golden’s artwork were exhibited at the museum. The rest of the collection, representing the artist’s impressions of Hurricane Katrina, will be displayed as a major exhibit after its completion next year.
Donald L. Gilmore, author of *Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border* (9781589803299, $29.95), will participate in a speaking engagement to a Civil War Round Table in Harrisonville, Missouri. His speech, "Unbridled Violence on the Western Border," will be taking its tour across the border, as he will also be speaking to the Civil War Round Table in Mission, Kansas.
Just in time for the holidays, the Savvy Gourmet, a recreational cooking school, is hosting celebrated chefs and authors. Food demonstrations will be performed by some of Pelican’s local cookbook authors on Saturdays from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. The demonstrations will be held at 4519 Magazine Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, and are scheduled as follows: December 2: Frank Davis, author of *Frank Davis Cooks Cajun, Creole, and Crescent City* (9781565540552, $23.00), *Frank Davis Cooks Naturally N’Awlins* (9780882897721, $19.95), and *The Frank Davis Seafood Notebook* (9780882893099, $21.95) December 9: Kit Wohl, author of *Arnaud’s Restaurant Cookbook* (9781589803091, $29.95) December 16: Richard Scott, coauthor of *Family Recipes from Rosedown and Catalpa Plantations* (9781589802117, $19.95) For more information please visit www.savvygourmet.com or call 504-895-2665.

For more information on author signings and appearances please visit our Upcoming Events Schedule at http://www.pelicanpub.com/events.asp.

Praise for PelicanTitles:

	*Today Is Monday in Louisiana* (9781589804067, $15.95), by Johnette Downing with illustrations by Deborah Ousley Kadair: "Kadair’s homespun collages may be made from cloth and paper (and even rice), but they prove to be a tasty medium for conveying the mouthwatering flavors. Youngsters may well be inspired to put together their own art projects celebrating their favorite dishes." --Publishers Weekly
	*How Celtic Culture Invented Southern Literature* (9781589803305, $29.95), by James P. Cantrell: "Cantrell takes the reader on a compelling analysis of William Gilmore Simms, William Faulkner, the Agrarians, and . . . Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind, which he shows to be real literature and not merely a ladies’ romance." --Paul Craig Roberts, CounterPunch
	*Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2006 Edition* (9781589803978, $14.95 pb), edited by Charles Brooks: "Charles Brooks edits every year a charmer of a volume. . . . The 2006 edition is a pleasure, although I am sure those in its pages would not agree with me." --Marilis Hornidge, Rockland (ME) Courier-Gazette
	*What Celebrities Collect!* (9781589801424, $19.95), by Michele Karl: "Want to know which celeb had a hankering for Beanie Babies and which A-lister has one of the greatest comic book collections ever? Then you need to "collect" a copy of Michele Karl’s book, *What Celebrities Collect!, for yourself." --Tabatha Hunter, Y’all Magazine*

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