Alva's Calendar
Date & Time	Event	Location
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 10:00 am-12:00 pm	Special Author Appearance with Little Ranchers Summer Program	Leonis Adobe Museum 23537 Calabasas Road Calabasas, CA 91302 818-222-6511 www.leonisadobemuseum.org
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:00 am	Join Alva for a special author story time in the Chicago area	Barnes & Noble Old Orchard 55 Old Orchard Center Skokie, IL 60077 847-676-2230 www.bn.com
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10:30 am	On the road to Chicago for a special author appearance in Alva's hometown!	57th Street Books 1301 E 57th Street Chicago, IL 60637 Angela K Sherrill Children's Book Buyer 773-684-1300 www.semcoop.com/kidsbooks
Sunday, October 3, 2010 9:30 am-4:30 pm	Orange County Children's book Festival Visit Alva and her books at the OCCBF Booth	Orange Coast College 2710 Fairview Road Costa Mesa, CA 92628 www.KidsBookFestival.com
Thursday, November 18, 2010 1:00-2:30 pm	Heschel Day School Fun with Reading!

Alva's Previous Events and Appearances
	Special Author Appearance - The Folk Tree - Pasadena, CA
	Special Day with Alva - Braille Institute Library - Los Angeles
	Little Ranchers Summer Program - Leonis Adobe Museum - Calabasas, CA
	Book Derby - Borders Books - Glendale, CA
	Meet the Author and Share Story Time Together - Borders Books - Glendale, CA
	Monsters & Miracles - Skirball Cultural Center - Los Angeles,CA
	Experience Talks Radio Show
	Melody of Words - El Camino Real High School - Woodland Hills, CA
	On Your Mark, Get Set, Go! Story time! - Vroman's Bookstore - Pasadena, CA
	Pre-schooler's write stories and meet a real author! - Oak Park Neighborhood School - Oak Park, CA
	NEA Read Across America - Sunland Elementary School - Sunland, CA
	NEA's Read Across America Program - Arroyo West Elementary School - Moorpark, CA
	Westminster Author's Festival - Westminster School District & Public Library - Westminster, CA
	Mystery Reader: Mrs. Mizrahi's Class - Lupin Hill Elementary School - Calabasas, CA
	Holiday Homes Tour - Valley/Ventura - The Wellness Community, Westlake Village, CA
	Family Author Night - Simi Valley Library - Simi Valley, CA
	Bay Laurel Elementary School Book Fair - Calabasas, CA
	Story Time Fun - Simi Valley Library - Simi Valley, CA
	Book Week Celebrations - Bay Laurel Elementary School - Calabasas, CA
	8th Annual Literacy Fair - Lynwood Unified School District - Lynwood, CA
	Classroom Fun with Circus Fever and On Your, Mark, Get Set, Go! - Heschel West Day School, Agoura, CA
	Calabasas Pumpkin Festival, Special Author Appearance & Signing - Juan Bautista de Anza Park - Calabasas, CA
	Breakfast with the Authors - Santa Barbara County Education Office - Santa Barbara, CA
	Orange County Children's Book Festival - Orange Coast College - Costa Mesa, CA
	7th Annual Duarte Festival of Authors - Westminster Gardens - Duarte, CA
	Thousand Oaks Art Festival - The Lakes - Thousand Oaks, CA
	Los Angeles Black Book Expo (LABBX) - Expo Center at Exposition Park - Los Angeles, CA
	EngAGE: The Art of Active Aging, Experience Talks Radio Show - Channel 90.7 FM
	"Books in the Barn" - Rid On - Newbury Park, CA
	Special Author Visit (Ages 7-9 Year Olds) - Simi Valley Library - Simi Valley, CA
	Special Author Visit (Ages 3-6 Year Olds) - Simi Valley Library - Simi Valley, CA
	LAUSD Summer Enrichment Class of Valerie Plaisance: "Book Buddies" - Dearborn Elementary School
	Author's Day at Camarillo Heights Elementary School - Camarillo, CA
	Kid's Club - The Oaks Shopping Center - Thousand Oaks, CA
	Calabasas Fine Arts Festival - Calabasas, CA
	LA Times Festival of Books 2009 - Los Angeles, CA
	Taft High School - Passport to Reading: A Community Celebration of Reading - Woodland Hills, CA
	City of Moorpark & Moorpark Friends of the Library - Moorpark, CA
	California Readers Author & Artists Celebration - Burbank, CA
	Arroyo West Elementary School Celebrates Read Across America - Moorpark, CA
	Nordstrom Holiday Celebration - Canoga Park, CA
	Storyopolis - Sherman Oaks, CA
	Friends of the Calabasas Library/Calabasas Pumpkin Festival - Calabasas, CA
	Breakfast with the Authors, Santa Barbara County Education
	Pajamamania Story Time, Borders/Thousand Oaks, CA
	Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Thousand Oaks, CA - Calabasas, CA - Woodland Hills, CA - Westlake/Thousand Oaks, CA - Los Angeles, CA (The Grove) - Schaumburg, IL
	Calabasas Library Grand Opening - Calabasas, CA
	Kids Club Reading - Calabasas/Thousand Oaks, CA (Caruso Affiliates)
	Border Books-Thousand Oaks, CA
	Los Angeles Times Festival of Books - UCLA Campus
	2008 Hollywood Festival of Books
	22nd Annual - 57th Street Children's Book Fair - Chicago, IL
	Santa Clarita Educational Foundation Literacy & Arts Festival - Santa Clarita, CA
	American Library Association - LA Convention
	Book Expo America-LA Convention
	Ventura Book Festival - California Literary Society for the Arts - Ventura, CA
	Nordstrom Grand Opening Gala - Thousand Oaks, CA
	Breakfast with the Authors - Santa Barbara, CA
	Kadima Hebrew Academy - Woodland Hills, CA
	Heschel West Day School - Agoura Hills, CA
	LAUSD Summer Gifted Enrichment Reading Program
	Temple Kol Tikvah - Woodland Hills, CA
	Project Playhouse - Home Aid-Los Angeles, CA
	The Folk Tree - Pasadena, CA
	Cactus Gallery - Eagle Rock, CA