Candice Ransom

Candice Ransom, who has never wanted to be anything else besides a children’s book writer, will speak Thursday, March 21, 2013, in the Greenwood Library Atrium. She has written over 100 books including board books, picture books, easy readers, chapter books, middle grade fiction, “tween” fiction, biographies, and nonfiction.

Candice Ransom

The reception will begin at 3:30 pm with the speaking event beginning at 4:00 pm. There will be a book signing immediately following the speaking event where Barnes and Noble will be selling some of her recent titles.
When
Thu Mar 21 3:30pm – 6pm Eastern Time (MDGentleReader)… (more)

We normally reserve YA Saturdays for authors of young adult fiction, but this book is so wonderful, we've made an exception. This is a good read for anyone ages 9 and up.

When feisty 12-year-old Rebel McKenzie, an aspiring paleontologist, goes to spend the summer taking care of her older sister's seven-year-old son at the mobile home park in Frog Level, Virginia, she never expects to enter a beauty pageant or meet a hand model.

From the author's cat:

Candice Ransom is the author of more than one hundred children’s books—picture books, chapter books, easy readers, mid-grade novels, biographies, nonfiction, even board books. She also teaches writing for children in Hollins University’s summer MA/MFA program. She is very busy, which is why I’m writing this letter.

We live in Fredericksburg, Virginia, “America’s Most Historic City.” By “we,” I mean Candice, her husband Frank, yours truly, Persnickety, the snooty calico who turns her nose up at caviar. Despite my devastating good looks and charming personality, I am only in ten of Candice’s books (the whole Time Spies series, but still, I should be in more)

Location: Street: 1312 E. Cary St. City: Richmond, Province: Virginia Postal Code: 23219-4118 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)