Join us for the debut of the Little Naturalist® series at the Stark Street Portland Nursery this Saturday, 10am–2pm! Meet illustrator Hayley Vair and author David Shapiro while they sign copies of their book, Flowers by Number. Books will be available for purchase at the special event price of $10, and wild flower seed packets and postcards will be given away (while supplies last). Mother’s Day is just around the corner and Flowers by Number makes a great gift for new mothers and grandmothers alike!

Saturday, May 4^th, 10am–2pm, 5050 SE Stark St, Portland, Ore.

Flowers by Number is a traditional number book – with a twist! Count petals, count parts or count the flowers themselves! Flowers by Number counts to ten while introducing wild flowers to the someday botanist or flower appreciator. From skunk cabbage to lupine, this flower journey has something for everyone from the playful youngster to the nature enthusiast. Entertainingly written, each page includes the common and Latin names of the flower, as well as some attributing description. The beautiful colorful illustrations are helpful in learning to recognize and identify the flowers.

David Shapiro, founder of Craigmore Creations, will visit Bookworks in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the Graphic Novel Extravaganza in celebration of the acclaimed Terra Tempo series. If you are in the area, come see his slide show and talk highlighting the real-life adventures and research behind the time traveling trip through the natural history of the Grand Canyon, Chaco Canyon, Monument Valley and more.

David will be presenting at the Bookworks store at 10:30am on Saturday, April 13. Bookworks is located at 4022 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM.

http://www.bkwrks.com/event/graphic-novel-extravaganza-david-shapiro-publisher-craigmore-creations

Craigmore Creations will be exhibiting at the Association of Partners for Public Lands partnership convention and trade show March 12+13 in Portland, Ore. Industry professionals will gather to discuss creative ways to educate the public regarding public lands from sea to shining sea. Craigmore Creations will have exciting raffles and prize giveaways during the convention and will be showcasing our books and products designed to inspire an interest in natural history for the next generation.

Librarian Elyse Cregar and the folks at Bookpeople of Moscow, Idaho have been the ringleaders for David Shapiro’s visit to the town of Moscow, Februrary 25th and 26th. David will be presenting the Terra Tempo series to five local schools, for children ranging from Kindergarten to 8th grade. He will also discuss the series and sign books at Bookpeople on Monday, February 25th at 4pm.

Visit Bookpeople’s site to see the full story.

The 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting starts this Friday in Seattle, which means the Puget Sound is bracing for something it hasn’t seen in over 5 years: LIBRARIANS EVERYWHERE!

Yes, for the first time since 2007, literally thousands of librarians will invade the Pacific Northwest to gather and discuss the key issues, trends, and honors of their field, and heck, discover a new author or publisher along the way.

Five years is a long time to go without a librarian invasion in your neck of the woods. Needless to say, we’re pretty excited about this one!

From January 25 to 29, Craigmore Creations is proud to be exhibiting for the first time at the ALA Midwinter Meeting, where we will showcase our current catalog, offer a sneak peak of two upcoming children’s titles—Tool. Time. Twist. and Flower By Numbers—and give librarians from all over the country a chance to meet some of the people that make our publishing company go. Stop by booth #537 to pay us a visit!

And, as always, we’re excited to give away some prizes!

On Friday, January 25, we’ll be raffling off a “Time Travel Prize Package” for young readers. This package includes two fun and educational graphic novels—Terra Tempo: The Four Corners of Time, and the first in the series Ice Age Cataclysm!—a cuddly saber-toothed cat plush, a pack of postcards, a coloring book, and a wild Meow! t-shirt.

On Monday, January 28, we’ll be raffling off a “Wild and Wooly Prize Package” for reluctant readers, age four to ten. This prize package contains signed copies of our children’s books Right Where You Are Now and Bronto, our young adult novel Eliza’s Journal and the two graphic novels from the Terra Tempo series. The prize package also includes a cuddly, saber-toothed cat plush and a limited edition linen paper print signed by a local artist. Fittingly, several books in this collection are rooted in the landscape of the Pacific Northwest!

Hope to see you there!

In the highly anticipated second book of the Terra Tempo series, follow Jenna, Caleb, and Ari as they embark on their newest time travel adventure in Terra Tempo: The Four Corners of Time. When Ari discovers a time map of the Colorado Plateau, he and the twins find themselves on a fast paced journey from Earth’s underwater beginnings to the steamy jungles and huge creatures of the creepy Cretaceous. But this time, there is more at stake than just survival. This time, they are not alone. Join the intrepid trio as they venture into prehistoric life on Earth—they must find ways to protect their map and all of the precious resources that the map reveals, or the rest is prehistory!

Written by David Shapiro, illustrated by Christopher Herndon, and colored by Erica Melville, this beautifully illustrated graphic novel is available now directly from us by emailing contact@craigmorecreations.com or visiting our webstore.

This title will also be found at many of our fine book retailers everywhere beginning January 11th, 2013.

“Imagine if Herge has written Look & Learn, if he’d allowed Tintin to become the central figure in that magazine, and later on, compendium, if he’d been allowed to do that and had been guided by a think tank of geologists, botanists, palaeontologists and pulp adventure writers, then the finished product, that would have been the The Four Corners Of Time.” – Mass Movement Magazine

“Fans of action and fans of science, especially budding naturalists, paleontologists, and archeologists, will find a lot to enjoy here.” – School Library Journal (praise for Terra Tempo: Ice Age Cataclysm!)