Her books are winning awards, her character D.J. Schwenk is beloved by readers, the setting is a dairy farm in Wisconsin, and the best news of all is that book # 3 Front and Center arrived ahead of its scheduled release in October!Get ready to meet popular author Catherine Murdock on Monday, September 28th. She will meet with creative writing students at Waupaca High School and Waupaca Middle School in the afternoon. Then she will be come to Dragonwings Bookstore for an informal, open house until 4:45 PM. This is chance to ask your burning questions, buy all of her books, and get them signed and personalized! Have a cup of tea and munch on cookies with a well-known author. Ask her why Wisconsin, when she grew up on a farm in Connecticut? And how did she get it all so right? Also, where did Princess Ben, a really good fantasy, come from, right in the middle of her dairy queen books?We'll find out on Monday. Hope you can come. 
Could you face danger alone in the wilderness? In many of William Durbin's novels kids are relying on survival skills to help them escape from enemies, predators, or other dangers in dark forests or on wild rivers. Living in northern Minnesota on the edge of the Boundary Waters, Mr. Durbin knows the sounds, sights and smells of the wilderness, and he's good at creating suspense. But, has he ever faced danger in the forest, or needed to track animals, build shelters, or find food in order to survive? Has he ever tried skiing through a dark forest at night? We can find out when Mr. Durbin visits Waupaca in early March. He will speak at the library on Monday evening, March 3rd, and to student groups at the Middle School auditorium on Wednesday, March 5th.We have all of Mr. Durbin's books at Dragonwings including his exciting new adventure Winter War, which just came out last week. You can purchase books ahead of time at Dragonwings and bring them to the library to be signed, or we can get them signed for you, if you can't attend the presentation. We will also have his books for sale at the library on Monday evening, and the schools are sending order forms home to make it easy for students to get signed books.We will post reviews very soon.
Meet the Author: Jody Fickes Shapiro Monday August 20 at 1:00 PM Family Lullaby is our favorite new bedtime book - it was just released in May! You are invited to meet Jody and hear her speak about baby bedtime rituals, and the importance of reading to babies. She will also read selections from Family Lullaby and from Up, Up, Up It's Apple Picking Time. Following her brief 
presentation, Jody will be signing copies of her books and will be happy to personalize them for your family or for a gift. An autographed and personalized bedtime book makes a great baby gift. If you can't make it on Monday to meet Jody, but would like signed copies of her books, give us a call at 715-256-9186 and we will set some aside for you.
Family Lullaby by Jody Fickes Shapiro
(HarperCollins $16.99)
Her books are winning awards, her character D.J. Schwenk is beloved by readers, the setting is a dairy farm in Wisconsin, and the best news of all is that book # 3 Front and Center arrived ahead of its scheduled release in October!
