Children’s Book Author Reading for Ashland’s First Friday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 2, 2011
Ashland, ORE — Author and artist Mari Gayatri Stein will be reading Puddle Moon at Treehouse Bookstore on the Plaza as part of the First Friday in Ashland May 6. Time: 3-6, reading at 4. Children of all ages are invited for a book signing, original cartoons, and play.
Mari Gayatri Stein is an author, artist, and cartoonist whose insightful words and drawings have delighted readers for over thirty years. Her whimsical illustrations and stories have been published in numerous collaborative book efforts, magazines, newspapers and journals.
Tree House Books is 33 years old this year and the owners are celebrating their First-Year-Anniversary as the fourth family to carry the torch.
A storybook for all ages, Puddle Moon celebrates the beauty of our childlike nature and reminds us to see the world through innocent eyes. A little girl and her dog, Mumbles, slip out of the house on a rainy summer's night and venture into the wondrous world of the Puddle Moon. Making a grand splash, Megan and Mumbles, Inches (the mouse), and Fumbles (the cat) tumble and float with the moon and the clouds, the rainbow bird and the twinkling star and discover the secret of the Puddle Moon.
Puddle Moon includes an introduction by Astronaut David Scott, one of twelve men to walk on the moon.
- Mari Gayatri Stein’s website: gypsydogpress.com.
- Author photo and cover art available from White Cloud Press in Ashland, OR. Contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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“Puddle Moon is a journey into enchantment that will inspire readers of all ages – from youngsters who yearn to be read to at bedtime, to retirees like me … As a “hard-bitten” journalist with 21 years of experience at the Los Angeles Times, I fell easily under the spell of this parable of discovery.” ~Barbara Baird, writer for the Los Angeles Times, 1968-1989; professor of journalism, Santa Monica College 1989-2009
