Michigan author Brenda Humphey Meisels will be discussing and signing her book: Family at Booknook.  This will also be the book club meeting for the month.

A traumatized teenage mother, a cantankerous older man and a precocious child create an unlikely family.
Sixteen-year-old Sparrow is pregnant. Banished from her home, she is
deposited at Dave Stanley’s bookshop. Withdrawn and seemingly unaware
of her pregnancy, Sparrow remains and works at Booknook. With the birth
of her daughter, Finch, she awakens and is determined to keep her baby.
Dave becomes a surrogate grandfather, protector of mother and daughter.
Longing for her mysterious, absent father who, she mistakenly believes
can complete her family; Finch grows up feeling the sting of being
illegitimate. This is a story of relationships and of hope, in which a
reclusive single mother and a feisty girl come of age.

Ms. Meisels Writes:
As a psychotherapist I have heard many personal narratives and have
been privileged to play a part in helping people like Sparrow. I wanted
to show authentic characters that make mistakes, hurt and bleed but
learn to trust, love and find resolution. The novel is set in Michigan:
Milan, Adrian, Clinton, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, places I am familiar
with and fond of. I’m excited to meet and talk with people about the
novel and the process of writing and publishing.

Earl Hyde & Terry Buist- Guitar and Vocals

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Over the past few years, LaRon
Williams has been steadily earning a reputation as one of the finest
storytellers in the state of Michigan. His salient gift is his remarkable
rapport with audiences of all kinds. Children and adults respond with equal
enthusiasm to his warmth and vigor as he uses dialect, facial expressions and
movement to breathe life into tales which transcend the boundaries of class and
age.

LaRon Williams is a graduate of
Eastern Michigan University. His background includes theater, visual art, film
and video production, gymnastics, modern and traditional dance, vocal and
instrumental music, child care, food service, and newspaper reporting. He has
performed for audiences in theaters, churches, schools, and on radio and TV in
several states on both sides of the Mississippi River.

What people are saying about
LaRon Williams, storyteller:

"You're the best! ...Your
performance was captivating, animated, and delightful ... You are a pleasure to
work with!"

"You have such a special
way of being able to take people away from the present and actually make them a
part of the story scene! The children were delighted...what a fine role model
you are for them all."

Check
out LaRon's
website for more information!

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A local favorite, Andy and his band will be playing folk,
bluegrass and more!

area wide celebration with parade, beer tent.  Stop by The Book Nook & Java Shop for some surprising St. Patty's day drink specials!

Guitar & Vocals.

The Book Nook & Java Shop is proud to be sponsoring the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon for children in the Elementary and Middle Schools of Montague and Whitehall.  Each participating child will set a reading goal for a certain number of pages.  He/she will ask for pledges per pages read during the 2-week period from family and friends.  All monies collected will be donated to the respective school's library fund.  All participants that met their goals are invited to the Reading Frenzy party at The Book Nook & Java Shop on March 31st (see event for details) where they will play games, receive prizes and celebrate!

As an added bonus The Book Nook & Java Shop will have Read-A-Thon rocking chairs in a window of the store.  We will pledge 5 cents per page read in the chairs!

The Book Nook & Java Shop is proud to be sponsoring the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon for children in the Elementary and Middle Schools of Montague and Whitehall.  Each participating child will set a reading goal for a certain number of pages.  He/she will ask for pledges per pages read during the 2-week period from family and friends.  All monies collected will be donated to the respective school's library fund.  All participants that met their goals are invited to the Reading Frenzy party at The Book Nook & Java Shop on March 31st (see event for details) where they will play games, receive prizes and celebrate!

As an added bonus The Book Nook & Java Shop will have Read-A-Thon rocking chairs in a window of the store.  We will pledge 5 cents per page read in the chairs!

The Book Nook & Java Shop is proud to be sponsoring the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon for children in the Elementary and Middle Schools of Montague and Whitehall.  Each participating child will set a reading goal for a certain number of pages.  He/she will ask for pledges per pages read during the 2-week period from family and friends.  All monies collected will be donated to the respective school's library fund.  All participants that met their goals are invited to the Reading Frenzy party at The Book Nook & Java Shop on March 31st (see event for details) where they will play games, receive prizes and celebrate!

As an added bonus The Book Nook & Java Shop will have Read-A-Thon rocking chairs in a window of the store.  We will pledge 5 cents per page read in the chairs!

The Book Nook & Java Shop is proud to be sponsoring the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon for children in the Elementary and Middle Schools of Montague and Whitehall.  Each participating child will set a reading goal for a certain number of pages.  He/she will ask for pledges per pages read during the 2-week period from family and friends.  All monies collected will be donated to the respective school's library fund.  All participants that met their goals are invited to the Reading Frenzy party at The Book Nook & Java Shop on March 31st (see event for details) where they will play games, receive prizes and celebrate!

As an added bonus The Book Nook & Java Shop will have Read-A-Thon rocking chairs in a window of the store.  We will pledge 5 cents per page read in the chairs!

The Book Nook & Java Shop is proud to be sponsoring the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon for children in the Elementary and Middle Schools of Montague and Whitehall.  Each participating child will set a reading goal for a certain number of pages.  He/she will ask for pledges per pages read during the 2-week period from family and friends.  All monies collected will be donated to the respective school's library fund.  All participants that met their goals are invited to the Reading Frenzy party at The Book Nook & Java Shop on March 31st (see event for details) where they will play games, receive prizes and celebrate!

As an added bonus The Book Nook & Java Shop will have Read-A-Thon rocking chairs in a window of the store.  We will pledge 5 cents per page read in the chairs!

Showcase of local talent.

The Book Nook & Java Shop is proud to be sponsoring the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon for children in the Elementary and Middle Schools of Montague and Whitehall.  Each participating child will set a reading goal for a certain number of pages.  He/she will ask for pledges per pages read during the 2-week period from family and friends.  All monies collected will be donated to the respective school's library fund.  All participants that met their goals are invited to the Reading Frenzy party at The Book Nook & Java Shop on March 31st (see event for details) where they will play games, receive prizes and celebrate!

As an added bonus The Book Nook & Java Shop will have Read-A-Thon rocking chairs in a window of the store.  We will pledge 5 cents per page read in the chairs!

THE ROMANTIC PEASANTS is a collaborative banding of individual
singer/songwriters; monTe micHel bLeu and Trae..Marie, along with
bassist Michael Mason. Acoustic driven music, steeped in the
"americana" roots music traditions of folk, traditional country, rock,
and blues. The band relies mainly on original compositions, but are
given to occasional interperative renderings of other artists, as well. 

The Book Nook & Java Shop is proud to be sponsoring the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon for children in the Elementary and Middle Schools of Montague and Whitehall.  Each participating child will set a reading goal for a certain number of pages.  He/she will ask for pledges per pages read during the 2-week period from family and friends.  All monies collected will be donated to the respective school's library fund.  All participants that met their goals are invited to the Reading Frenzy party at The Book Nook & Java Shop on March 31st (see event for details) where they will play games, receive prizes and celebrate!

As an added bonus The Book Nook & Java Shop will have Read-A-Thon rocking chairs in a window of the store.  We will pledge 5 cents per page read in the chairs!

The Book Nook & Java Shop is proud to be sponsoring the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon for children in the Elementary and Middle Schools of Montague and Whitehall.  Each participating child will set a reading goal for a certain number of pages.  He/she will ask for pledges per pages read during the 2-week period from family and friends.  All monies collected will be donated to the respective school's library fund.  All participants that met their goals are invited to the Reading Frenzy party at The Book Nook & Java Shop on March 31st (see event for details) where they will play games, receive prizes and celebrate!

As an added bonus The Book Nook & Java Shop will have Read-A-Thon rocking chairs in a window of the store.  We will pledge 5 cents per page read in the chairs!

The Book Nook & Java Shop is proud to be sponsoring the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon for children in the Elementary and Middle Schools of Montague and Whitehall.  Each participating child will set a reading goal for a certain number of pages.  He/she will ask for pledges per pages read during the 2-week period from family and friends.  All monies collected will be donated to the respective school's library fund.  All participants that met their goals are invited to the Reading Frenzy party at The Book Nook & Java Shop on March 31st (see event for details) where they will play games, receive prizes and celebrate!

As an added bonus The Book Nook & Java Shop will have Read-A-Thon rocking chairs in a window of the store.  We will pledge 5 cents per page read in the chairs!

The Book Nook & Java Shop is proud to be sponsoring the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon for children in the Elementary and Middle Schools of Montague and Whitehall.  Each participating child will set a reading goal for a certain number of pages.  He/she will ask for pledges per pages read during the 2-week period from family and friends.  All monies collected will be donated to the respective school's library fund.  All participants that met their goals are invited to the Reading Frenzy party at The Book Nook & Java Shop on March 31st (see event for details) where they will play games, receive prizes and celebrate!

As an added bonus The Book Nook & Java Shop will have Read-A-Thon rocking chairs in a window of the store.  We will pledge 5 cents per page read in the chairs!

The Book Nook & Java Shop is proud to be sponsoring the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon for children in the Elementary and Middle Schools of Montague and Whitehall.  Each participating child will set a reading goal for a certain number of pages.  He/she will ask for pledges per pages read during the 2-week period from family and friends.  All monies collected will be donated to the respective school's library fund.  All participants that met their goals are invited to the Reading Frenzy party at The Book Nook & Java Shop on March 31st (see event for details) where they will play games, receive prizes and celebrate!

As an added bonus The Book Nook & Java Shop will have Read-A-Thon rocking chairs in a window of the store.  We will pledge 5 cents per page read in the chairs!

The Book Nook & Java Shop is proud to be sponsoring the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon for children in the Elementary and Middle Schools of Montague and Whitehall.  Each participating child will set a reading goal for a certain number of pages.  He/she will ask for pledges per pages read during the 2-week period from family and friends.  All monies collected will be donated to the respective school's library fund.  All participants that met their goals are invited to the Reading Frenzy party at The Book Nook & Java Shop on March 31st (see event for details) where they will play games, receive prizes and celebrate!

As an added bonus The Book Nook & Java Shop will have Read-A-Thon rocking chairs in a window of the store.  We will pledge 5 cents per page read in the chairs!

Come check out this talented duo as they perform Great Lakes folk and bluegrass favorites!

The Book Nook & Java Shop is proud to be sponsoring the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon for children in the Elementary and Middle Schools of Montague and Whitehall.  Each participating child will set a reading goal for a certain number of pages.  He/she will ask for pledges per pages read during the 2-week period from family and friends.  All monies collected will be donated to the respective school's library fund.  All participants that met their goals are invited to the Reading Frenzy party at The Book Nook & Java Shop on March 31st (see event for details) where they will play games, receive prizes and celebrate!

As an added bonus The Book Nook & Java Shop will have Read-A-Thon rocking chairs in a window of the store.  We will pledge 5 cents per page read in the chairs!

About the Author:

The pseudonym and web site names have no real significance other
than I like them. My given name is Billy Duane Page. I have gone by
Bill D. or B. D. most of my life. In my youth I was known as William
until I had to get a birth certificate for the WW II draft and found
that what I thought was my given name was not. Surprise!

I have been a teacher at all levels of public education from
elementary through graduate school in Manson and Marion, Iowa, Lincoln
Park, Michigan and adjunct professor for Western Michigan University. I
was an elementary and special education school principal in Rockford,
IL; assistant superintendent to the Illinois State Superintendent of
Education, in Springfield; superintendent of schools in Whitehall, MI;
and Muskegon Community College dean of students. In addition to my
education career, I am a WW II veteran and have been a Boy and Cub
Scout Master, a trapper, carpenter, cabinet maker, sheet metal worker,
draftsman, railroad section hand, and highway worker. Those varied
experiences have given me a unique insight into human behavior.

Because of that insight, I have developed empathy for people from
all walks of life. Working with people across the entire span of our
social matrix has let me see the yin and the yang of it, the good and
the bad. Prejudice more often shows its ugly head as a downward
phenomenon. Those who ‘have’ are more inclined to look upon those who
‘have not’ with less favor. That is part of the reason I write for
children. I have devoted my life to the improvement of life for all
children, especially the disadvantaged It is my guiding principal.

My wife of sixty–two years and I live in Muskegon, Michigan. We have
three children, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Our
childhood home was Marion, Iowa.

The mic is waiting for you!  Come down and share your song, poetry or just your listening skills!

The Book Nook & Java Shop is proud to be sponsoring the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon for children in the Elementary and Middle Schools of Montague and Whitehall.  Each participating child will set a reading goal for a certain number of pages.  He/she will ask for pledges per pages read during the 2-week period from family and friends.  All monies collected will be donated to the respective school's library fund.  All participants that met their goals are invited to the Reading Frenzy party at The Book Nook & Java Shop on March 31st (see event for details) where they will play games, receive prizes and celebrate!

As an added bonus The Book Nook & Java Shop will have Read-A-Thon rocking chairs in a window of the store.  We will pledge 5 cents per page read in the chairs!

Come celebrate with the participants that met their reading goals for the National Reading Month Read-A-Thon.

Games, Snacks, Prizes