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Shirley Castro at Russo's at the Marketplace, June 8
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Posted by shcas Tue May 27, 2008 13:56:03 PDT
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Shirley Castro will be at Russo's at the Marketplace on Sunday, June 8, from 1:00-4:00 to sign her two books in the Pelican Family Series.  Shirley and her son, Christopher, are developing the Pelican Family Series for children ages preschool through second grade.  The books contain whimsical characters drawn by Christopher along with photos of real Brown Pelicans along the California and Oregon coasts.

Shirley taught in the Beardsley School District for 33 years and also ran a pre-school in her home for 4 1/2 years.  She and her husband, Ron, now live in Willits, California.  Christopher attended Norris School, Garces Memorial High School, and Cal-State University, Bakersfield.  He is a therapist in the Santa Barbara area working in crisis intervention.  He and his wife, Allisa, live in Goleta, California.

Their first book, The Pelican Family Counting Book, encourages children to count the silly pelicans as they fly over the ocean in search of yummy fish.  It contains rhyming and repeated phrases pulling children in to listen and read along.  Telly's Story, about one of the ten pelicans in the counting book, is the second book in the series.  Telly has a rather unusual friend for a pelican--a cat.  His story tells how they got to be friends.  Children who come to the book signing will get a pelican stick puppet to take home.

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Comment From: jlt

These are wonderful books, by a very talented writer and artist. I wish my children were still young enough to enjoy them. But, I'm holding on to them in hopes of grandchildren one day. Comment From: jlt

And p.s. - the puppets are darling too!