Watermark Teacher Feature -
September 2, 2010
* More Vlad Tod giveaways
* Teacher Appreciation Day!
* Reserve a seat at lunch
* Daniel Jennewein book signing
* Review: "Is Your Buffalo Ready
for Kindergarten?"
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Find a full listing of
Watermark's fall line-up of visiting youth authors & illustrators here:
http://www.watermarkbooks.com/teacharchives.html
We have Lane Smith, M.T.
Anderson, and Clare Vanderpool all coming up!
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Dear Educators-
Many of you have taken us up on
our offer of free Vlad Tod tote bags with each order of Heather Brewer's
bestselling books, but I still have *more bags* and other neat swag to give
away.
Heather Brewer visits: Wednesday,
September 29. 7:00 p.m. Ages 10 and up.
E-mail me if you would like a PDF
flyer for our event to use in your schools and libraries:
mark.bradshaw@watermarkbooks.com
All five Vlad Tod books are now
available: "Eighth Grade Bites," "Ninth Grade Slays," "Tenth Grade Bleeds,"
"Eleventh Grade Burns," and the brand-new "Twelfth Grade Kills." (You might
expect vampire fans to be stoic, but Brewer's young readers have been
greeting news of this event with squeals of joy. It's adorable!)
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Watermark’s Teacher
Appreciation Day: Saturday, September 25.
Each year, we at Watermark set
aside a day to show you how much we appreciate the work you do as educators
and to thank you for making us a part of it. Here are this year's offers and
events:
* Discount: You'll receive a
universal 25% educator discount for bookstore items. We always offer a 20%
discount on items for your classrooms, but this day's discount can be
applied to books for you, to gifts, to games and toys, or to whatever your
heart desires. (We do exclude items we sell on consignment.)
* Personal Shopping & Suggestions: Fellow booksellers and I will be on hand
to help you hunt down children’s and YA books, make good suggestions, and
show you any awesome finds you might have missed. Bookstore opens at 8:00
a.m.
* Freebies: I'll have our downstairs Starry Night Room filled with free book
posters, educator guides, sample books, classroom decorations, and many more
giveaways from our generous publisher partners. The giveaway room opens at
10:00 a.m.
* Lunchtime Book Talk Roundtable:
As in previous years, your lunch is on us. We’ll meet downstairs at 12:00
noon for a sandwich buffet and a sit-down discussion. Please bring the names
of your favorite recent school and book-club reads, your greatest finds, and
your questions for fellow educators and book people. It's always my favorite
part of the day!
RESERVE A SPOT for lunch by e-mail:
mark.bradshaw@watermarkbooks.com
Lunch spaces are limited. Please send me your name, school, and phone
number.
* Daniel Jennewein: Saturday,
September 25. 2:00 p.m. All ages.
Daniel is the Wichita-connected illustrator of the brand-new picture book
"Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten?" (reviewed below). His public
reading and book signing will cap off our Teacher Appreciation Day!
* Door Prizes: Put your name in
the jar as you arrive and enjoy a chance to win one of our awesome educator
book bundles! I'll pull names and award prizes during the 2:00 p.m. book
signing.
Tell your educator friends and
bring a friend along to Teacher Appreciation Day!
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Later educators,
Mark @ Watermark Books & Café
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