Karen Robbins I Can Count and I Can Cook are two books you and your grandchild can read together. One reads Aardvark and the other Mouse. I created this shared reading series to make reading easy and fun. The sentences are short with lots of repetition and will help build reading confidence. I Can Count…
Jane McCurdy Jan Cleere and Brenda Whiteside will be the featured speakers at the 13th annual Books ‘n Lunch fundraiser luncheon on March 21 at the Tuscany Falls Ballroom in PebbleCreek. The event is presented by AZ P.E.O. Chapter DM and is open to the public. Requests for tickets can be made starting Jan. 1…
Jean Harris If you have young grandchildren or other kids in your life, please check out two new books by PebbleCreek’s own Karen S. Robbins. “I Love You More Than Candy Pops!” and “Shoe Print Art” are now available in the Expressions Gallery (all autographed) and online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or wherever books…
The Golden Age of Television was about family comedy, and Joe Connelly penned classic shows that are still syndicated today. Not Really Hollywood is an entertaining calamity of adventures through the eyes of his son Rick Connelly, “The Real Beav.” Joe’s son was the inspiration for Leave It to Beaver, but he was not part of the…
David Wilson PebbleCreek resident David Wilson was a featured author at the prestigious Los Angeles Times 2015 Festival of Books. The two day event, which drew over 150,000, was held April 18 and 19 on the campus of the University of Southern California. Dr. Wilson was on the panel, “Whose Life is it Anyway? Approaches…
Cheryl Skummer The Bookworms Book Club, started April 2005, celebrated its tenth anniversary at Diane Warcholak’s with champagne, strawberries and cookies. We have read 110 books, had 10 holiday luncheons with book exchanges, had various authors call to discuss book, gone downtown to see To Kill a Mockingbird after reading Mockingbird about Harper Lee. One fall we…
Janet Mills Secret Rooms – A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess and a Family Secret by Catherine Bailey. Five rooms in the castle basement housed records of the family from the time that the first Manners was appointed a duke in the 11th century. The castle, his home, was Belvoir Castle in…