Oct 14th - 18th Frankfurt Book Fair

The Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany is the largest international book fair in the world. We had the opportunity to send our books through our membership with the Independent Book Publishers Association.

Wish we could have traveled with the books!

Oct 12th Richland Two Instructional Fair

Bellman and I enjoyed meeting all of the outstanding teachers at the Richland Two Instructional Fair. We are forever grateful for Bellman's dear friend, Lynne, who attended the Instructional Fair with us and continues to help us with local events. In fact, she plans to join us again in January for the Reading Readiness and Early Literacy Conference in Myrtle Beach. Lynne, we couldn't do it without you! We not only appreciate your help, but we appreciate your company and laughter too.

Oct 11th Read and Romp 2009

On Sunday, Bellman and I attended Read and Romp 2009 sponsored by SC Reach Out and Read . It was a blast! There were many stations throughout the State Museum. At our station, we shared Bellman’s stories with groups of children all afternoon. Read and Romp is a wonderful, interactive event for young children and their families to celebrate literacy.

March 11th-13th SC Association of School Librarians

Bellman’s friend, Lynne, helped us at the SC State School Librarian Conference in Greenville. We enjoyed meeting so many librarians from all across South Carolina! These ladies play an important role in encouraging children to read! Bellman is very happy to help with this exciting process in many children’s lives!

Brenda

South Carolina Book Festival

Many thanks to everyone who came by our booth at the South Carolina book festival this weekend. It was fun to see old friends and to make new ones! We met so many sweet families and teachers who loved reading to their children and grandchildren. Bellman Visits South Carolina was our biggest seller.

There were many great vendors around us. We wished for more time to read their books and visit with them. Here are links to some of the other children's authors that we met:

Baxter's Bunch Series by Warren Norman & JBird Thompson - Baxter's Bunch is a series of hardback books that teach values through sports (www.baxtersbunch.com)

Last Night I Dreamt Series by Nadine Johnson - Encourage children to begin dreaming about all the possibilities that life has to offer. (www.books.cdjgallery.com)

Sammy Dog Books by Jonathan Miller - Join Sammy the Wonder Dachshund on his many adventures. (www.sammydogbooks.com)

If you weren't able to visit us at the festival, we hope to see you soon. We will continue to update our Events page.

Brenda & Brantley