CURRENT SPECIALS
Robert
Pinsky Book Signing
Friday,
October 5th, 4 P.M. to 5 P.M.
Robert
Pinsky
will be introducing his new poetry book GULF MUSIC
during his appearance at Book Garden on Friday
October 5th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm. GULF MUSIC
is Pinsky's first book of poetry since Jersey
Rain (2000). GULF MUSIC is perhaps the most
ambitious, politically impassioned, and inventive book
by this major American poet.
Robert
Pinsky, one of America's most celebrated poets was
Poet Laureate of the United States from 1997 to 2000.
Creator and director of the Favorite Poem Project and
poetry editor of the online magazine Slate, he also
teaches in the graduate writing program at Boston University.
Books
that will be available for purchase and autographing
at BOOK GARDEN are JERSEY RAIN, THE FIGURED
WHEEL: NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS,1966-1996 nominated
for a Pulitzer Prize, HISTORY OF MY HEART, THE SOUNDS
OF POETRY: A BRIEF GUIDE and his translation of
THE INFERNO OF DANTE: A NEW VERSE TRANSLATION.
Mr.
Pinsky's signing at BOOK GARDEN will be prior to
his appearance at the Delaware Poetry Festival later
that evening. For additional information contact Book
Garden at 908-996-2022.
Doris
Ettlinger Morris and Buddy Book Signing
Saturday,
June 9th, 2007, 2:00pm to 4:00pm
The
Book Garden of Frenchtown will host a book signing for
Hampton illustrator, Doris Ettlinger's most recent book,
Morris & Buddy: The Story of the First Seeing Eye Dog
on Saturday, June 9, from 2 - 4 p.m.
The book, written for 7 - 10 year-olds by Becky Hall,
tells the story of Morris Frank who lost his sight when
he was sixteen years old in 1924. Frustrated by his
loss of independence he was thrilled when in 1928 his
father read him an article called "The Seeing Eye" about
dogs in Germany working with blind veterans of World
War I. Morris wrote to the author, Dorothy Eustis, an
American dog trainer in Switzerland and convinced her
to let him work with a guide dog. In Switzerland Morris
Frank met his German shepherd, Buddy. After weeks of
discouraging false steps and miscues he finally learned
to work as a team with his dog. After returning to the
US Morris Frank helped establish The Seeing Eye in 1929.
Since its founding The Seeing Eye has brought a new
level of mobility, safety, and self-sufficiency to almost
8,000 men and women.
Visitors to the book signing will also have the opportunity
to meet a local woman who has had Seeing Eye dogs since
1978. Vickie Curley, who currently has a German shepherd
as her partner in travel, will provide information about
The Seeing Eye and will answer questions about the unique
partnership she has with her dog. Mrs. Curley's daughter,
Nicole, is a volunteer puppy raiser for The Seeing Eye.
Nicole and her German shepherd puppy also will be on
hand to provide information about the rewarding role
volunteers play in helping these puppies reach their
special destiny.
To research her illustrations for Morris & Buddy, Doris
Ettlinger visited the archive at The Seeing Eye, located
just outside Morristown. Besides finding photographs
for the back of the book, she looked for pictures of
the young Morris Frank and Buddy, as well as background
pictures of Vevey, Switzerland, where he stayed. Her
challenge was to illustrate events from the book for
which there were no photographs.
Ms. Ettlinger works primarily in watercolor and colored
pencil. Two of her other recent titles are G is for
Garden State (chosen by the NJ Center for the Book for
the 2005 National Book Festival) and T is for Teacher
(winner of Learning Magazine's Teacher's Choice Award
2006) will also be available for sale and signing. The
Orange Shoes, another Sleeping Bear Press title, will
be coming this fall.
Born on Staten Island, New York, Ms. Ettlinger graduated
from the Rhode Island School of Design and later received
an MFA from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She
has illustrated about 50 books for children, including
storybooks, science books and even two "lift-the-flap"
books.
In 1995 Ms. Ettlinger began a five-year collaboration
with the illustrator Renee Graef on the Little House
Program for HarperCollins, illustrating several picture
books based on Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in
the Big Woods. She later illustrated chapter books for
beginner readers, including stories about the childhoods
of Laura's mother, Caroline, and her daughter, Rose.
Doris Ettlinger lives in an old gristmill on the banks
of the Musconetcong River with her husband, Michael
McFadden, an artist and teacher of Design and Technology
at Hunterdon Central High School; their almost-completely-grown-up
children, Ivy and Benjamin; and their little black dog,
Bruce Wayne (who is not Seeing Eye material but Doris
loves him anyway). Besides illustrating, Ms. Ettlinger
teaches art classes at the mill and visits schools where
she talks about her work and demonstrates her drawing
technique.
You can view Doris Ettlinger's illustrations at her
website: www.dorisettlinger.com For more information
contact:
Doris Ettlinger
10 Imlaydale Road
Hampton,
NJ 08827
908 537-6322
mcfad@comcast.net
Esther Tews
The Book Garden
28 Bridge Street
Frenchtown, NJ 08825
908 996-2022
info@bookgarden.biz
Teresa Davenport
Director
of Communications
The Seeing Eye
P.O. Box 375
Morristown,
NJ 07963
800 539-4425
TDavenport@seeingeye.org
www.seeingeye.org
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