Twitter Link Love: OCCBF is @kidsbookfest

We are so happy to see all the authors and book review bloggers on Twitter...thought we would do a little "Link Love" for the authors appearing at the 7th Annual Orange County Children's Book Festival...the largest children's book festival in the country!

Please let us know if there are corrections...

OCCBF is: http://twitter.com/kidsbookfest

Bookstore - Mysterious Galaxy - http://twitter.com/MystGalaxyBooks

Authors (alphabetically):

Amber Benson -Among The Ghosts - http://twitter.com/amber_benson

Robin Benway - The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, and June - http://twitter.com/robinbenway

Jessica Brody - The Karma Club - http://twitter.com/JessicaBrody

Melaine Bryant - The Prophecy Keepers - http://twitter.com/ProphecyKeepers

Cecil Castellucci - Geektastic & Rose Sees Red - http://twitter.com/cecilseaskull

Lisa Desrochers - Personal Demons - http://twitter.com/LisaDez

Gitty Daneshvari - School of Fear: Class Is Not Dismissed! - http://twitter.com/SchoolofFear

Becca Fitzpatrick - Hush Hush - http://twitter.com/becfitzpatrick

Nancy Holder - Crusade - http://twitter.com/nancyholder

Lauren Kate - Torment & Fallen - http://twitter.com/laurenkatebooks

Heidi R. Kling - Sea & A Visitor's Guide to Mystic Falls - http://twitter.com/HeidiRKling

R. L. LaFevers - Theodosia and the Eye of Horus & Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist: The Wyverns' Treasure - http://twitter.com/rllafevers

Emma Michaels - The Thirteenth Chime - http://twitter.com/EmmaMichaels

Authors not on Twitter:

Joanna Philbin - The Daughters - Facebook page

Jordon Romero & Katherine Blanc (co-authors) - The Boy Who Conquered Everest: The Jordan Romero Story - http://www.jordanromero.com

Maria V. Snyder - Inside Out & Spy Glass - Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/mariavsnyder

Mary Hanlon Stone - Invisible Girl - http://www.maryhanlonstone.com

OCCBF Announces Mysterious Galaxy at the OC Festival!

We are very excited to be welcoming Mysterious Galaxy back to the OC Children's Book Festival. The popular genre bookstore will be participating as the bookstore in our Teen/YA area on Oct. 3rd at Orange Coast College!

Check out their website for great events and author signings. http://www.mystgalaxy.com

Mysterious Galaxy is a genre store specializing in science fiction, mystery, fantasy, and horror. You can find them in San Diego at:

Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore

7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92111

858.268.4747

OR

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MysteriousGalaxy

Twitter: http://twitter.com/MystGalaxyBooks

Summer Reading Challenges...

Being raised in Palm Springs, CA was both a dream and a curse...surely you can guess why? SUMMER HEAT!!! When the thermometer reaches 120 in the shade you have two choices - the pool (but eventually you start to shrivel up) and some place indoors!

When I was growing up there wasn't an indoor mall in Palm Springs (yes - I know my age is showing!) but there was an Ice Skating Rink and my favorite indoor place in the Summer...the Library!

The Palm Springs Public Library had some of the coolest Summer Programs...mostly because the Children's Librarian was the awesome Miss Gerry! She planned programs for kids of all ages...along with arts and crafts projects!

A Book and A Buck is a Summer Read-A-Thon that not only motivates kids to read with some great prizes but also serves as a FUNdraiser for the Orange County Children's Book Festival!

Info for kids and parents in the Orange County area are at: http://kidsbookfestival.com/bookandabuck.html

Do you have a favorite Summer Reading Challenge?

OC Children's Book Festival - Oct. 3rd!

Some of you may already know that I am involved in the Orange County Children's Book Festival (OCCBF)...yes I have volunteered for yet another project (I keep saying I won't and I DO!)

The OCCBF is now in it's 7th year of fun and fostering reading for children in Southern California. While it takes place in Orange County it is by no means limited to kids in the OC...we welcome children from all over the Southland, from 1 to 101!

Each year the OC Children’s Book Festival gets better and better and
this year promises to be the best one yet! There is something for everyone that loves books. We invite you to join other families that know reading is the secret to a happy and successful life.

So - Save The Date Sunday, October 3, 2010

...and spend the day 9:30AM-4:30PM with us

on the beautiful Orange Coast College campus!

Stay tuned to this blog for teasers and temptations...there are lots of new exhibitors and events this year!!! check out the website for programs from past events and more...http://kidsbookfestival.com