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Local graphic novelist Aron Nels Steinke returns to Green Bean Books for the third installment of his entertaining Mr. Wolf's Class series on Sunday, September 22nd at 11am! In Lucky Stars, the kids get stumped trying to come up with interesting things for their personal narrative assignment, get into a bike accident, and try to get along with one another during recess.
Author Amanda Jackson will be at Green Bean Books to share her picture book My Shape is Sam on Saturday, September 28th at 1pm What's it like to be a square peg in a round hole? Sam wants to do more than what other Squares do in this sweet story about defying outward expectations. A signing will follow the reading!
Join us for a graphic novel release party with local sensation, Mike Lawrence! He will be sharing the third book in his Star Scout series, The Invasion of the Scuttlebots! Get a signed copy while you are here!
Join us for a special story time with author Elizabeth Rusch! She will be sharing her new book, Mario and the Hole in the Sky. Kids will also get to do a fun activity after the reading!
Green Bean Books is thrilled to host actor and author Thomas Lennon as he reads from his latest middle grade novel, Ronan Boyle and the Swamp of Certain Death, at T.C. O'Leary's during spring break on Friday, March 27th at 4pm. Best known for his hilarious role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle on Reno 911!, Tom has also written laugh-out-loud books for kids including Ronan Boyle and the Bridge of Riddles. His New York Times bestselling series set in Ireland and featuring lots of adventure and intrigue continues with Ronan Boyle and the Swamp of Certain Death. This off-site event will be held at the delightful family pub T.C. O'Leary's located at 2926 NE Alberta St. They'll be offering free potato skin chips and lemonade for…
Throwing it back to better days when Nikki McClure read her latest picture book What Will These Hands Make? And thinking ahead to brighter days when she'll read to us- virtually!- her book, Mama, Is It Summer Yet? Join us Tuesday, May 19th at 11am right here on our Facebook page!
Congratulations to Portland graphic novelist Dylan Meconis for her PNBA Award win! You can read her winner's essay here: https://nwbooklovers.org/2020/01/17/new-worlds-an-essay-by-2020-pnba-award-winner-dylan-meconis/ Watch her speech for Queen of the Sea, available now in paperback, on Wednesday, May 20th at 4pm!
Next Virtual Event! Dr. Beth Links Torwekar Reads JULIE AND THE EVIL QUEEN An Educational Story just for kids about Covid-19! We will post a Facebook Page Link on Tuesday, June 2nd at 11am. Hear this amazing new book written by a local pediatrician to help kids deal with the pandemic!
Join the five Oregon Book Award finalists for the Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award, presented by Green Bean Books on Independent Bookstore Day. ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Judges: Nikki McClure, Eliot Schrefer, Wendy Wahman Deborah Hopkinson of West Linn, Butterflies Belong Here (Chronicle Books) Jody J. Little of Portland, Worse Than Weird (Harper Collins Children’s Books) Susan Hill Long of Portland, Josie Bloom and the Emergency of Life (Paula Wiseman Books, Simon & Schuster) Jenn Reese of Portland, A Game of Fox and Squirrels (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, Macmillan) Elizabeth Rusch of Portland, Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet (Charlesbridge) Deborah Hopkinson is the award-winning author of more than sixty books for young readers…
We're OVER THE MOON excited to share that Grace Lin, author of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, will be at the Oregon Children's Theatre's May 27th afternoon performance! Families attending this special performance will be able to meet the author and have a book signed after the show. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Author Signing Event: May 27 at 2:00 pm Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland Recommended for ages 6 and up Read a fabulous review of the show here! Get Tickets Here