News & Events
updated December 7, 2011
Barnes & Noble Bookfairs
On Saturday, December 10th from 9am to 5pm the Northgate Barnes & Noble will donate a percentage of ALL purchases to Page Ahead! Come out and meet Kirby Larson, author of Newbery Honor book Hattie Big Sky, Dani Cone, author of Cutie Pies and Robin Shannon, author of Cemeteries of Seattle. Page Ahead volunteers will also be gift wrapping between 9am and 5pm, so be sure to stop by!
Can't attend our bookfair at Barnes & Noble?
Visit BN.com/bookfairs to support us online from 12/08/11 to 12/15/11 by entering Bookfair ID# 10614758 at checkout.
Download a printable copy of the voucher here!
Bubbles for Books
From November 25th to December 31st enjoy a glass of bubbly at any of the following participating restaurants and a part of the proceeds will go to Page Ahead.
Abby’s on Broadway
All Argosy Cruise Ships
Bastille Café
Boka at Hotel 1000
Canlis
Centerwood Golf and Country
Chandler’s Crabhouse
Citrus
Columbia Tower Club
Daniel’s Broiler Bellevue
Daniel’s Lake Union
Daniel’s Leschi
Earl’s Restaurant
Flying Fish
Four Seasons
Henry and Oscar’s
Hotel Edgewater
Library Bistro at Alexis Hotel
Metropolitan Grill
Nell’s
Pacific Grill
Palisade
Peso’s Kitchen and Lounge
Russell’s Dining
Salty’s on Alki
Salty’s on Redondo
Sitting Room
Spazzo Italian
Ten Mercer
Thirteen Coins Boren
Thirteen Coins Seatac
Toulouse Petite
Trago
Verrazano’s Italian Restaurant
Vino Volo at Gate Gourmet
Thank you to Odom-Southern Wine Distributors for sponsoring this event!
Plot for Tots
A literary and musical extravaganza for the very young benefitting Page Ahead!
Join us on Sunday, November 6, 2011 4:00 to 5:30 pm at the Phinney Neighborhood Association Community Hall. 6532 Phinney Ave N (brick building).
Doors open at 3:45 pm ($5 suggested donation to benefit Page Ahead). There will be live music by Casper Babypants and face painting by Wendy Wahman.
Best Books for Kids Awards
The Best Books for Kids awards celebrate the talent of the authors and illustrators without whom Page Ahead could not fulfill its mission of giving quality new books to children in need. We hope the Best Books for Kids Awards will serve as a guide to teachers, librarians and parents in making quality literature accessible to children.
And the winners are:
We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems
How to Clean a Hippopotamus by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill
The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O'Conner
This year's nominees were:
Read Aloud:
LMNO Peas by Keith Baker
Bink & Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee
A Sick day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
Non-fiction:Yucky Worms by Vivian French
The Bat Scientists by Mary Kay Carson
Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature by Sarah C. Campbell
Lizards by Nic Bishop
Multicultural:
Dear Primo, a Letter to My Cousin by Duncan Tonatiuh
Chalk by Bill Thomson
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama
Big Red Lollipop by Rukhsana Khan
Our judges for this year's awards are experts in children's literature, drawn fro across Washington State: Rene Kirkpatrick of Third Place Books, Seattle; Cecilia McGowan, children's services coordinator of King County Library System; Marilyn Carpenter, professor of literacy, Eastern Washington University and author of The Children's Book Compass Blog; and Stefanie Malone, community outreach manager at KCTS television, Seattle.
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