LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Be sure to mark your calendars! Sheri Fink, best-selling and award-winning children’s author of the books The Little Rose, The Little Gnome, Exploring the Garden with the Little Rose, and The Little Firefly will appear at the 10th Annual OC Children’s Book Festival in Costa Mesa, CA on Sunday September 29th, and at the 10th Annual United Way Children’s Fall into Literacy 2013 Festival in Wilmington, CA on Saturday October 5th.
“I am delighted to appear at two timely and important events in my local area,” says author Sheri Fink. “Both organizations have missions that align with my own, and I am happy to be a part of promoting the love and the fun of reading to my local communities.”
The OC Children’s Book Festival is a free community event that will begin at 9:30am on Sunday September 29th, and will wrap up by 4:30pm. The festival will host family-fun entertainment for children of all ages, and will feature a variety of authors, illustrators, and exhibitors.
“We are honored to have the wonderful Sheri Fink at the annual OC Children’s Book Festival,” says OC Children’s Book Festival event organizer Barry Ackerman. “Children and Families will be thrilled to see and meet Sheri, and be able to interact with the author in-person.”
The festival will have kid-friendly food vendors throughout the day on the event premises at Orange Coast Community College in Costa Mesa. Parking for the event is free and can be found off Fairview Road and Arlington Street. Sheri Fink will be reading her newest book, The Little Firefly, on the Storytellers Stage during the festival.
To learn more about the OC Children’s book festival, visit http://kidsbookfestival.com/.
The Fall into Literacy 2013 Festival is a unique event that promotes children’s literacy, and plants seeds of excitement about reading to children and families.
The United Way Children’s Fall into Literacy 2013 Festival will be held at The Banning Museum in Wilmington, CA on Saturday, October 5th.
The event will begin at 10am, and end at 3pm. The event is free and open to the public. Free parking can be found off M St. Eubank Street and Pacific Coast Highway. Food vendors can be found at the event off M St. Eubank Street.
The Fall into Literacy 2013 Festival will host numerous book authors, illustrators, and exhibitors, as well as appearances by characters such as Caillou, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and more.
“We are very excited to have Sheri Fink join us again for this year’s Fall into Literacy 2013 event,” says event organizer Lupe Lopez. “Sheri understands and promotes our mission of bridging the literacy gap, and I know children and families will be as happy as I am to have her at the event.”
To learn more about the Fall Into Literacy 2013 event, visit www.wilmingtonbookfestival.org.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sheri Fink is a #1 best-selling, award-winning children’s author, creator of “The Whimsical World of Sheri Fink” children’s brand, and an international speaker. Sheri writes books that inspire and delight children while planting seeds of self-esteem. Her first children’s book, The Little Rose, was a #1 best-seller on Amazon for over 60 weeks, became the #1 top-rated e-book on Amazon, and received a gold medal in the 2012 Readers Favorite International Book Awards. Her subsequent books have all been #1 best-sellers. Her children’s book series recently received the Gold Mom’s Choice Award for excellence in family friendly entertainment. Sheri was recently selected by CBS Los Angeles as one of the top 3 authors in her local area, a distinction she shares with Dean Koontz. Sheri was most recently awarded with the Gold Medal by the Readers Favorite International Book Awards for The Little Gnome and Exploring the Garden with the Little Rose.
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Mary Erikson Washam is a freelance illustrator living in Dallas, Texas. Exploring the Garden with the Little Rose is her fourth illustrated children’s book. Her first, Spencer’s Silly Space Adventure, was a collaborative custom-made book with proceeds donated to children with cancer. Her subsequent books, The Little Rose, The Little Gnome, The Little Firefly, and Exploring the Garden with the Little Rose, have become international successes. Mary’s work has garnered attention because of her uncanny ability to engage an audience with her delightful innovative style.
