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Books and Baking Virtual Event with Jen Calonita Featuring James Ponti and “The Sherlock Sociey” Flan
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About This Event
Virtually join award winning author (and great baker) Jen Calonita live streaming from her kitchen via CBW’s Facebook and YouTube.
This is a brand new season of monthly baking shows that tie together books and their authors with delicious recipes you can make at home. Jen and her famous guests will share fascinating inside stories about some of the best middle grade books around, while you learn how to create fun food.
Look below to see the fantastic lineup of authors who will be baking with Jen in the months ahead. Order the books to make it even more enjoyable.
Please Note: Some books may not be on sale before their event dates.
Featured Authors
Jen Calontina
Jen Calonita is the New York Times and USA Today-bestselling author of more than forty books for teens and middle grade. Her books have sold more than a million copies and have been translated into 15 languages.
James Ponti
The Sherlock Society goes undercover in the Miami street art scene to find an anonymous graffiti artist in this third book in the hilarious, New York Times-bestselling Sherlock Society middle grade series from Edgar Award-winning author James Ponti!
About the Venue
Children's Book World
Children’s Book World has been bringing together parents and children, teachers and students, authors and illustrators, and above all, stories and imagination for over 37 years. Sharing the joy of reading is our passion and we strive to make our store the meeting place for just that.
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