Thursday, February 23, 2012

Carmen Agra Deedy is coming to Elkins Pointe!

We are so pleased to host Georgia author Carmen Agra Deedy at Elkins Pointe Middle School on Friday, March 16, 2012. She will be speaking to students during the lunch/advisement periods. Mrs. Grigsby is working with Language Arts teachers in each grade level to coordinate how the visits will go.

Ms. Deedy's newest book, The Cheshire Cheese Cat, is her first "chapter" book and will delight readers of all ages. She will autograph copies of the book while she is here. Would you like an autographed copy? Follow this link to purchase and bring your book with you on March 16! Parents are welcome to come and enjoy the presentation along with their students!

The Cheshire Cheese Cat The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale
Skilley, an alley cat with an embarrassing secret, longs to escape his hard life dodging fishwives brooms and carriage wheels and trade his damp alley for the warmth of the Cheshire Cheese Inn. When he learns that the innkeeper is looking for a new mouser, Skilley comes up with an audacious scheme to install himself in the famous tavern. Once established in the inn, Skilley strikes a bargain with Pip, the intelligent mouse-resident, and his fellow mice. Skilley protects the mice and the mice in turn give to Skilley the delectable Cheshire cheese of the inn. Thus begins a most unlikely alliance and friendship. The cat and mouse design a plan to restore Maldwyn wounded raven and faithful guard in the service of Queen Victoria to his rightful place in The Tower, but first they must contend with a tyrannical cook, a mouse-despising barmaid, and an evil tomcat named Pinch. Will the famous author suffering from serious writer s block who visits the Cheshire Cheese pub each day be able to help?