Book readings

  • Friday, January 22, 2010 3:20pm
  • Life

Fine tribute: Ann Lenore Putnam, an instructor of creative writing at the University of Puget Sound, has written a moving memoir about old age and dying after the loss of her father and his twin brother.

Putnam will talk about “Full Moon at Noontide: A Daughter’s Last Goodbye” at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Third Place Books. The book lists at $22.50.

Third Place Books is at 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Call 206-366-3333 or go online to www.thirdplacebooks.com for more information.

It’s cake: Local and lively storyteller Margaret Read MacDonald celebrates her 70th birthday by sharing her favorite folktales at 7 p.m. Wednesdayat the Edmonds Library.

MacDonald, the author of more than 55 books and audios, has been a children’s librarian since 1965. Her books include “Fat Cat and Friends,” “The Great, Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog” and many folktale collections.

Enjoy cake and ice cream along with MacDonald’s storytelling antics at this free family program. The Edmonds Library is at 650 Main St. Call 425-771-1933 or go online to www.sno-isle.org for more library events.

City birds: A former raptor rehabilitator and seabird researcher, Lyanda Lynn Haupt, set her sights on the ubiquitous crow in her book “Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom From the Urban Wilderness.”

Haupt will talk about her book and the bird at a presentation at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Everett Public Library.

BookWorks of Marysville will sell books for signing at the event at the main library auditorium. “Crow Planet” is listed at $23.99.

The library is at 2701 Hoyt Ave. Call 425-257-8000 or go online to www.epls.org for more information.

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