Are you taking some time off work or school before Thanksgiving? Are you already itching to get away from your weird relatives? Do you want to get a head start on your holiday shopping? Stop by one of these events at a local bookstore or library and you just might cross a few gifts off of your to-do list.
Monday, November 24rd
Elliot Bay Book Company :Alex Kuo, the writer in residence at Washington State University, will discuss his book "White Jade and Other Stories" at 7:30 p.m. (free). Third Place Books (Bothell): Author Bert Bender and illustrator Tony Angell will discuss their book "Catching the Ebb: Drift Fishing for a Life in the Cook Inlet" at 7 p.m. (free). King County Library (Black Diamond Branch) presents the early literacy puppet show "Dewey and Sketch Roadshow" at 10 a.m. (free).
Tuesday, November 25th
University Book Store (U-District): Lloyd Kahn will read from and sign his book "Builders of the Pacific Coast" at 7 p.m. (free). Third Place Books (Bothell): Folk musician and author, Peter Yarrow, will give a free concert from his book and CD series for younger readers "Favorite Folk Songs" and "Sleepytime Songs" at 7p.m. (free) Elliot Bay Book Company: Author Carolyne Wright will read from her book "Majestic Nights: Love Poems of Bengali Women" at 7:30 p.m. (free) Robert McNamara will read from his book "The Cat Under the Stairs: Poems of Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay" at 7:30 p.m. (free).
Friday, November 28th
King County Library (Muckleshoot Branch): presents the early literacy puppet show "Dewey and Sketch Roadshow" at 1 p.m. (free).