Readers' Books

Learn how to draw and solve brain-busting puzzles with author/illustrator team Vicki Whiting and Jeff Schinkel at Readers’ Books on Saturday, January 25th at 11:00. Using their books A Kid’s Guide to Drawing Cartoon Animals and Mind-Boggling Animal Puzzles, Vicki and Jeff will guide kids (five and above) and adults alike to draw twenty eight animals, step-by-step, as well as learning about them with cool codes, puzzles, word searches, fun facts and other activities. Children and parents are all welcome!

Relive San Francisco’s racy history and meet author Benita Mattioli and her husband Pete and Readers’ Books on January 22nd. There will be a reception at 6:30 followed by a presentation at 7. Three Nights at the Condor tells the captivating true tale of how the Condor, a tiny San Francisco bar, was transformed into the first--then the most famous--topless nightclub. Pete Mattoli was a partner in the Condor for sixteen years, from 1958 to 1974.

Sonoma author Nancy Martin will be at Readers’ Books on Wednesday, November 20th to speak about her memoir, From the Summer of Love to the Valley of the Moon. There will be a 6:30 reception, followed by a 7pm reading. She will be joined by special guest, Al Strong, formerly of the Sons of Champlin.

Sasha Paulsen, a former features writer for the Napa Register, will present her debut novel, Dancing on the Spider’s Web at Readers’ Books on Thursday, November 14th, with a 6:30 reception and a 7:00 reading. Cover and design artist Dorothy Carico Smith, a Sonoma resident, will also speak. Dancing on the Spider’s Web is set in San Francisco and Napa Valley during the 1970s, the “winter after the Summer of Love”. Sarah Glass, a shy and serious medical student, questions if love is incompatible with intelligence.

Adaptive gardening expert Toni Gattone will be at Readers’ Books on Thursday October 24th to present her book The Lifelong Gardener: Garden with Ease & Joy at Any Age. There will be a garden reception at 5:30 with the presentation beginning at 6:00. Inspired by her own physical needs, this Master Gardener has gathered simple solutions that will help aging gardeners continue their passion. Encouraging, inspiring, and empowering by turns, Ms. Gattone opens up the world of gardening to all abilities and ages.