May 16, 2009: Dorina Lazo Gilmore at Kids Otter Read Day

Renee Ting

on May 16, 2009 10:54 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

On May 16th the Northern California Children's Bookseller's Association will sponsor the first-ever KIDS OTTER READ DAY AROUND THE BAY, a celebration of children's booksellers, children's books authors, children's book illustrators,and, most importantly, children's book lovers.

Open to readers of all ages, Kids Otter Read Day will feature appearances by local children's authors and illustrators from 1pm to 3pm at more than 10 independent bookstores around the San Francisco Bay Area.

Dorina Lazo Gilmore, author of Cora Cooks Pancit, will be at Books Inc. in Palo Alto. Stop in to take part in this community event and say hello! Dorina will be there along with powerhouse children's book authors Betsy Franco, Cynthia Chin-Lee, and Susan Taylor Brown.

Kids Otter Read Day Around the Bay
Dorina Lazo Gilmore and others
Books, Inc. Palo Alto
Towne &Country Village
855 El Camino Real #74, Palo Alto
May 16, 2009
1:00pm - 3:00pm

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Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore grew up in a Filipino-Italian family in the kitchen with her mama, aunties and grandmas. She loves to create healthy recipes and share stories in the kitchen with her friends and daughters. Dorina has a B.A. in English and Journalism and is completing an M.F.A. degree in Children’s Literature at Hollins University. She is also the author of two other children’s books, Children of the San Joaquin Valley and Stone Soup: A Hmong Girl’s Journey to the United States. Dorina is originally from Chicago and lives with her husband and two daughters in Fresno, California.

Kristi Valiant loves cooking, monkeys, penguins, and red walls, all of which are found in this book. Her husband loves hippos, so you may find hippos lurking here too. Kristi graduated magna cum laude from Columbus College of Art & Design with a major in Illustration. She has illustrated dozens of leveled readers, and her illustrations can be found in magazines and on Christmas cards. Kristi grew up in Wisconsin, studied in Ohio, moved to Texas, spent a summer in China, and now lives in Indiana. Visit her online at www.kristivaliant.com.

Shen’s Books is a publisher of multicultural children’s literature that emphasizes cultural diversity and tolerance, with a focus on introducing children to the cultures of Asia.

Through books, we can share a world a stories, building greater understanding and tolerance within our increasingly diverse communities as well as throughout our continuously shrinking globe.