Meet local authors and illustrators during Patuxent River Appreciation Days on October 9 and 10 at the Calvert Marine Museum. The museum and Schiffer Publishing are featuring James Tigner, Jr., Lois Szymanski, Susan Glick, Kristina Henry, Elaine Ann Allen, Jennifer Curtis Keats, and illustrator, Kelli Nash. They will be available throughout the two days for book signings.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
10:00 – 5:00: Jim Tigner, Jr.
Jim Tigner, Jr. is an antiques and collectibles dealer, specializing in postcards, paper memorabilia, ephemera, and postal history, with a long interest in the history of the Chesapeake Bay. An Annapolis native, Mr. Tigner has published several books with Schiffer Publishing, including Yesterday on the Chesapeake Bay; Memories of Chesapeake Beach & North Beach; Maryland, St Michael, Oxford, and the Talbot County Bayside; Greetings from Virginia Beach; Colonial Beach, Virginia; Chincoteague Island; Greetings from Hampton Roads, Virginia; Annapolis Reflections; Steamboat Days on the Chesapeake: Betterton and Tolchester Beach; and Rehoboth Reflections.
10:00 – 5:00: Susan Glick
Susan Glick lives in Maryland, where she teaches high school English. Her recent Jemma’s Got the Travel Bug features a young diamondback terrapin that responds to migrating animals by embarking on her own adventure. Susan will be offering a free craft for all the children.
10:00–12:00: Lois Szymanski
Lois Szymanski loves horses and writes childrens' books about her true experiences with them. She lives in Westminster, Maryland. Lois is author of her newest title, The True Story of Sea Feather to be released by Schiffer Publishing in November 2010 and author of Grandfather's Secret and Out of the Sea: Today's Chincoteague Pony (previously published by Cornell/Tidewater).
12:00 – 3:00: Kristina Henry
Kristina Henry is the author of Sam: The Tale of a Chesapeake Bay Rockfish, which is celebrating its 25th year in print. She has also written for The Washington Post and Washingtonian magazine.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
10:00–12:00: Lois Szymanski
Lois Szymanski loves horses and writes childrens' books about her true experiences with them. She lives in Westminster, Maryland. Lois is author of her newest title, The True Story of Sea Feather to be released by Schiffer Publishing in November 2010 and author of the new Grandfather's Secret and Out of the Sea: Today's Chincoteague Pony (previously published by Cornell/Tidewater).
12:00–3:00: Elaine Ann Allen
Elaine Ann Allen is an avid environmentalist and the author of Olly the Oyster Cleans the Bay. While studying at Washington College she interned at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and has volunteered at the Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium in Manhattan Beach, California. Elaine has written several articles about sea life for Cecil Child magazine and enjoys educating the public about aquatic life and the importance of the environment. Those concepts are the primary focus in her debut book Olly the Oyster.
12:00 – 5:00: Susan Glick
Susan Glick lives in Maryland, where she teaches high school English. Her recent Jemma’s Got the Travel Bug features a young diamondback terrapin that responds to migrating animals by embarking on her own adventure. Susan will be offering a free craft for all the children.
2:00 – 5:00: Jennifer Keats Curtis
The author of Osprey Adventure, Jennifer Keats Curtis, strives to bring children closer to the animals in their own backyards through her writing. By combining language arts with science in stories, she teaches young children about important ecological issues and what they can do to help. She is the author of several children’s books with her current new release of Saving Squeak: The Otter Tale.
1:00 – 5:00: Kelli Nash
Kelli Nash resides in Baltimore, Maryland and has illustrated books for both Elaine Ann Allen (Olly the Oyster) and Lois Szymanski (Grandfather's Secret).
For more information or to pre-order books, please contact Maureen Baughman at the Calvert Marine Museum Store at (410) 326-2750.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
10:00 – 5:00: Jim Tigner, Jr.
Jim Tigner, Jr. is an antiques and collectibles dealer, specializing in postcards, paper memorabilia, ephemera, and postal history, with a long interest in the history of the Chesapeake Bay. An Annapolis native, Mr. Tigner has published several books with Schiffer Publishing, including Yesterday on the Chesapeake Bay; Memories of Chesapeake Beach & North Beach; Maryland, St Michael, Oxford, and the Talbot County Bayside; Greetings from Virginia Beach; Colonial Beach, Virginia; Chincoteague Island; Greetings from Hampton Roads, Virginia; Annapolis Reflections; Steamboat Days on the Chesapeake: Betterton and Tolchester Beach; and Rehoboth Reflections.
10:00 – 5:00: Susan Glick
Susan Glick lives in Maryland, where she teaches high school English. Her recent Jemma’s Got the Travel Bug features a young diamondback terrapin that responds to migrating animals by embarking on her own adventure. Susan will be offering a free craft for all the children.
10:00–12:00: Lois Szymanski
Lois Szymanski loves horses and writes childrens' books about her true experiences with them. She lives in Westminster, Maryland. Lois is author of her newest title, The True Story of Sea Feather to be released by Schiffer Publishing in November 2010 and author of Grandfather's Secret and Out of the Sea: Today's Chincoteague Pony (previously published by Cornell/Tidewater).
12:00 – 3:00: Kristina Henry
Kristina Henry is the author of Sam: The Tale of a Chesapeake Bay Rockfish, which is celebrating its 25th year in print. She has also written for The Washington Post and Washingtonian magazine.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
10:00–12:00: Lois Szymanski
Lois Szymanski loves horses and writes childrens' books about her true experiences with them. She lives in Westminster, Maryland. Lois is author of her newest title, The True Story of Sea Feather to be released by Schiffer Publishing in November 2010 and author of the new Grandfather's Secret and Out of the Sea: Today's Chincoteague Pony (previously published by Cornell/Tidewater).
12:00–3:00: Elaine Ann Allen
Elaine Ann Allen is an avid environmentalist and the author of Olly the Oyster Cleans the Bay. While studying at Washington College she interned at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and has volunteered at the Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium in Manhattan Beach, California. Elaine has written several articles about sea life for Cecil Child magazine and enjoys educating the public about aquatic life and the importance of the environment. Those concepts are the primary focus in her debut book Olly the Oyster.
12:00 – 5:00: Susan Glick
Susan Glick lives in Maryland, where she teaches high school English. Her recent Jemma’s Got the Travel Bug features a young diamondback terrapin that responds to migrating animals by embarking on her own adventure. Susan will be offering a free craft for all the children.
2:00 – 5:00: Jennifer Keats Curtis
The author of Osprey Adventure, Jennifer Keats Curtis, strives to bring children closer to the animals in their own backyards through her writing. By combining language arts with science in stories, she teaches young children about important ecological issues and what they can do to help. She is the author of several children’s books with her current new release of Saving Squeak: The Otter Tale.
1:00 – 5:00: Kelli Nash
Kelli Nash resides in Baltimore, Maryland and has illustrated books for both Elaine Ann Allen (Olly the Oyster) and Lois Szymanski (Grandfather's Secret).
For more information or to pre-order books, please contact Maureen Baughman at the Calvert Marine Museum Store at (410) 326-2750.
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