Summer 2013: Free American Girl Book Events @ American Girl Stores (Various Locations)

American Girl stores are having informal book signing and meeting sessions all summer at various locations. All are free and open to everyone. Call for reservations: (877) 247-5223

Read more, help more with Read-a-palooza happening from May 1st through August 26th, 2013. $1 of every book purchased through American Girl goes to Save the Children's U.S. Literacy Program (up to a maximum of $100,000). Note that e-book sales do not qualify for a donation.

Meet the Author: Dr. Cara Natterson
Meet Cara Natterson, trusted pediatrician and author of The Care & Keeping of You 2, American Girl’s new advice book for older girls. This informal session is a chance to meet Dr. Natterson in person and have your book signed. Free and open to the public. For girls ages 10 and up.
New York: May 31

Meet the Author: Jessie Haas
Meet Jessie Haas, award-winning author of Girl of the Year Saige’s books! This is your girl’s chance to hear from Ms. Haas in person and have her favorite books signed. Free and open to the public. For girls ages 8 and up.
New York: June 1

Summer Author Tour: Meet Aubre Andrus
Get into summer reading with American Girl! From heartwarming fiction to just-for-fun activities, we create the books girls love. At this summer event, your girl can meet author Aubre Andrus, who wrote a variety of activity titles that help make learning fun. Free and open to the public. For girls ages 8 and up.
Chicago: August 13
Kansas City: July 23
Minneapolis: June 11
St. Louis: July 16

Summer Author Tour: Meet Jessie Haas
Celebrate summer reading with American Girl! From heartwarming fiction to just-for-fun activities, we create the books girls love. At this summer-only event, your girl can meet author Jessie Haas! She created the 2013 Girl of the Year book series featuring Saige, an artistic girl whose passions inspire action. Free and open to the public. For girls ages 8 and up.
Atlanta: August 6
Boston: August 20
Dallas: June 18
Kansas City: August 13
Los Angeles: July 30
Miami: June 25
Seattle: June 11

Summer Author Tour: Meet Dr. Cara Natterson
Get into summer reading with American Girl! From heartwarming fiction to expert advice, we create the books girls love. During this summer book tour, your girl can meet Dr. Cara Natterson! She’s the author of The Care & Keeping of You 2, our bestselling body book for older girls. Free and open to the public. For girls ages 10 and up.
Atlanta: July 9
Chicago: July 30
Denver: August 6
Houston: June 18
Los Angeles: July 16
Minneapolis: August 20
Seattle: July 23
St. Louis: June 11

Summer Author Tour: Meet Sarah Masters Buckey
Dive in to summer reading at this event! From heartwarming fiction to just-for-fun activities, we create the books girls love. This summer, your girl can meet author Sarah Masters Buckey, who created the Marie-Grace books about a caring girl growing up in 1853 New Orleans. Free and open to the public. For girls ages 8 and up.
Columbus: July 30
New York: June 18

Summer Author Tour: Meet Kathleen Ernst
Celebrate summer reading with American Girl! From heartwarming fiction to just-for-fun activities, we create the books girls love. This summer, your girl can meet author Kathleen Ernst! She created the Caroline Abbott series about a brave girl growing up during the War of 1812. Free and open to the public. For girls ages 8 and up.
Chicago: July 2
Dallas: August 6
Denver: June 25
Miami: July 30

Summer Author Tour: Meet Lisa Yee
Celebrate summer reading with American Girl! From heartwarming fiction to just-for-fun activities, we create the books girls love. At this summer-only event, your girl can meet author Lisa Yee! She wrote Good Luck, Ivy, a historical character book featuring Julie Albright’s best friend, Ivy Ling. Free and open to the public. For girls ages 8 and up.
Los Angeles: June 25

Summer Author Tour: Meet Valerie Tripp
Keep her reading this summer! From heartwarming fiction to just-for-fun activities, we create the books girls love. At this summer event, your girl can meet author Valerie Tripp, who created many of our beloved historical characters’ books: Molly, Kit, Josefina, Felicity, and Samantha. Free and open to the public. For girls ages 8 and up.
Boston: July 16
Washington D.C.: July 30

Summer Author Tour: Meet Denise Lewis Patrick
Keep her reading this summer! From heartwarming fiction to just-for-fun activities, we create the books girls love. This summer only, your girl can meet author Denise Lewis Patrick! She created the Cecile books about a bold girl growing up in 1853 New Orleans. Free and open to the public. For girls ages 8 and up.
Houston: July 23
New York: July 30
Washington D.C.: July 16

Summer Author Tour: Jacqueline Dembar Greene
Keep her reading this summer! From heartwarming fiction to just-for-fun activities, we create the books girls love. This summer only, your girl can meet author Jacqueline Dembar Greene! She created the Rebecca Rubin series about a lively girl with dramatic flair, growing up in New York City in 1914. Free and open to the public. For girls ages 8 and up.
Boston: July 30

5/19/13 11th Annual Drums Along The Hudson: A Native American Festival @ Inwood Hill Park

Sunday, May 19th, 2010 from 11:00 am until 6:00 pm. Rain or Shine.

Inwood Hill Park

218th Street and Indian Road (4 blocks west of Broadway)
New York City

Cost: Free

For all ages

The Eleventh Annual Drums Along the Hudson®: A Native American Festival will take place on Sunday, May 19th, 2013 in Upper Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park from 11:00 am until 6:00 pm, rain or shine. This event, which is FREE to the public, is presented by Lotus Music & Dance in collaboration with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, sponsored in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Councilman Robert Jackson, and WABC-TV.

A free, multi cultural family-oriented festival, Drums Along the Hudson® includes exhibitions of world dance and drumming traditions with host Louis Mofsie and the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, Heyna Second Sons and Silver Cloud Drum Group, as well as Native American crafts and international foods. The festival combines a celebration of Native American heritage, culture, and art with the diversity of New York City itself. In keeping with the underlying theme of environmental appreciation and education, Drums Along the Hudson® will continue to feature an Environmental Tent which will include appearances by Captain Planet, courtesy of the Captain Planet Foundation.

During the day, individuals and organizations will be honored for their contributions to environmental and humanitarian causes. This year's honorees are Grammy Award Winner, Singer and Songwriter Joanne Shenandoah and Author Doug George for their contributions to Native American arts and culture, and Deborah Harvey-Koenigsberger, Founder and President of Hearts of Gold, for her huminatarian services. We will also plant a Tree of Peace in a ceremony, officiated by Mohawk Elder Tom Porter, which pays tribute to the memory of community leaders we have lost in the previous year. Sandra Bookman, weekend anchor for WABC-TV will host the event.

This year, there will be free bicycle valets for attendees who ride their bike to the park.

Directions: To reach Inwood Hill Park, take the 1 train to 215th Street or the A train to 207th Street. The Entrance to the park is at 218th Street and Indian Road, four blocks west of Broadway. By car, it is just north of the Dyckman Street exit off the Henry Hudson Parkway.

See program and pics:

http://www.drumsalongthehudson.org/