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This morning we’re having a very mellifluous storytime for all of you young songbirds out there.  We’ll be reading the Caldecott Award winning There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly along with other lyrical tales to leave you on a high note!  So whistle your way to the store this morning for a marvelous storytime full of songs and stories and surprises!  This morning at 10:30AM.

We love our local authors here at BookPeople, and tonight we're pleased to have with us two local Austin writers who will present their work.

Jerry Butler will present Wine and Spirit: A Christian's Guide to Enjoying Wine. With passion and a light-hearted spirit, WINE & SPIRIT is a quick, basic guide for everyone who wants to know what the Bible really says about wine. Jerry Butler calls it oenotheology! Oenotheology combines oenology-the science of wine and winemaking, and theology-the study of God, the attributes of God, and the divine relationship to the universe. Oenotheology reminds that "wine cheers both God and human," and "gladdens the heart of all."

M. E. Patterson will present Devil's Hand. A Las Vegas poker ace with supernatural luck is swept into a world-ending conflict between fallen angels and otherworldly shades, in this thrilling new novel. The lone survivor of a tragic plane crash, Trent Hawkins inherited a mysterious lucky streak that made him famous, and hated, in the poker circles of the City of Sin. It wasn’t long before the eyes in the sky threw him on the blacklist and chased him out of town. Now, after years away, Trent returns to Las Vegas, and walks right back into trouble. As a serial kidnapper terrorizes the city, Trent and his wife, Susan, rescue a strange, thirteen year-old girl, only to find themselves caught in a fallen angel’s plot to cleanse Las Vegas with an unholy blizzard. As the neon dims and the city freezes, Trent is forced to make terrible sacrifices in order to protect his new charge, and learns dark truths about himself and the creatures plotting against mankind. 

G’day young mates!  Today’s storytime is all about our favorite continent full of surfers and marsupials—AUSTRALIA!  We’ll be reading the totally awesome Wombat Walkabout as well as other crackin’good stories about all things Down Under.  Crikey!  Don’t be late!  All the fun starts at 10:30AM.

I hope you are all feeling super this morning because today’s storytime is all about moods!  And ‘happy’ is the best one you can be.  We’ll be reading Doodle Bites as well as other moody tales that will help us all learn a little more about our feelings.  This morning starting at 10:30AM.

Tough stories with hard hombres and dangerous dames, where survival trumps virtue, no matter what side of the law you are on; this is what you’ll find in the Hard Word Book Club.  Scott and Joe will guide you along the last Wednesday of every month at 7PM.  This month’s book is Death Along the Spirit Road by C.M. Wendelboe.  Wendelboe will be calling in, so don't miss this discussion!

What’s better than talking about a book with a group of friends?  Talking about a book with a group of friends during Happy Hour at The HighBall!  Come hang out with Mandy and Joel the last Thursday of every month at 5:30PM where we’ll discuss books over cocktails.  This month’s book is Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer.