- Meet Author and Journalist Jeffrey Zaslow - Special Start Time - 6pm(2 days)
- Meet Author Naomi Benaron(4 days)
- Special Saturday Story Time at Nicola's Books - Special Guest Mr. Laurence and CD Release Concert for "The Teddy Bear's Picnic!"(6 days)
- Not Just For Kids Series "Romona Quimby" at the Michigan Theater(7 days)
- Master Gardener Talk at Nicola's Books - Raised Bed Construction and Gardening(8 days)
- An Evening with Nicholas Delbanco - Author and Professor at the University of Michigan(10 days)
Description
How could someone like Phoebe’s brother die? Mick Harte was one of the coolest kids you’d ever want to meet. Mick was also the kid who would still be alive now—if he’d only worn his bicycle helmet. . . .
About the Author
Barbara Park is one of today's funniest, most popular writers for middle grade readers. Her novels, which include Skinnybones, Mick Harte was Here, Maxie, Rosie, and Earl-Partners in Grime, Rosie Swanson: Fourth-Grade Geek for President, and The Graduation of Jake Moon have won just about every award given by children. She is also the author of the hilarious and bestselling Junie B. Jones chapter books. Recent books about Junie include Junie B., First Grader (at last!) and Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch.
Ms. Park earned a B.S. degree in education at the University of Alabama. She lives in Arizona with her husband and has two grown sons.
Praise for Mick Harte Was Here…
"A full-fledged and fully convincing drama" (Publishers Weekly).













