MEDIA ALERT For Immediate Release: October 19, 2009 Contact: Jennifer Glidden Publicity Specialist 952-224-0594 [email protected] Award-Winning Minnesota Author Jill Kalz to Sign New Book at The Red Balloon Bookshop WHAT Award-winning children’s book author Jill Kalz will sign copies of her newest title No Snow for Christmas from Picture Window Books at The Red Balloon Bookshop. The event is free and open to the public. WHY Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone Publishers, proudly showcases author Jill Kalz, who will sign copies of her newest children’s book No Snow for Christmas, a story which begins with a young small-town girl worried about the holidays. There is no snow, and Christmas Eve is tomorrow. Without snow, Christmas may silently pass by Pfeffernut County. With a little help and imagination, young Fawn Braun is ready to save Christmas. No Snow for Christmas is the newest title in the wildly popular and award- winning Pfeffernut County book series, praised by reviewers as “clever… reminds us that thinking outside the box can be a good thing” (TheLandOnline. com, March 2009) and “charming…a nice mix of traditional fable and modern humor” (Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database, Sept. 2008) . Jill Kalz is the author of nearly 50 books for children, including Farmer Cap, finalist for a 2008 Minnesota Book Award and winner of the Readers’ Choice Award and an AEP Distinguished Achievement Award. She received her MFA in creative writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and currently works as a children’s book editor. Kalz lives in New Ulm with a charismatic Bichon named Tuckerbean. WHERE The Red Balloon Bookshop 891 Grand Ave Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-3008 WHEN 10:30 a.m., Saturday Oct. 24, 2009 NOTE Jill Kalz will autograph any of her books customers purchase from The Red Balloon Bookshop. Customers may bring one book from home to be autographed. For more information on Picture Window Books, visit www.picturewindowbooks.com ### About Capstone Publishers Capstone Publishers is the leading publisher of children’s books for school and public libraries, offering nonfiction, fiction, picture books, interactive and audio books, and literacy programs for students from preK to high school. With an emphasis on high-kid-appeal and innovation, our companies include Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Picture Window Books, Stone Arch Books, Red Brick Learning, and Heinemann-Raintree. Visit us at www.capstonepub.com. 151 Good Counsel Drive PO Box 669, Mankato, MN 56002-0669 • Ph: +1 888-740-8907 • Fx: +1 888-262-0705 • www.capstonepub.com

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Media alert For Immediate Release: October 19, 2009

Contact: Jennifer Glidden Publicity Specialist 952-224-0594 [email protected]

award-Winning Minnesota author Jill Kalz to Sign New Book at the red Balloon Bookshop

WHat Award-winning children’s book author Jill Kalz will sign copies of her newest title No Snow for Christmas from Picture Window Books at The Red Balloon Bookshop. The event is free and open to the public.

WHY Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone Publishers, proudly showcases author Jill Kalz, who will sign copies of her newest children’s book No Snow for Christmas, a story which begins with a young small-town girl worried about the holidays. There is no snow, and Christmas Eve is tomorrow. Without snow, Christmas may silently pass by Pfeffernut County. With a little help and imagination, young Fawn Braun is ready to save Christmas.

No Snow for Christmas is the newest title in the wildly popular and award-winning Pfeffernut County book series, praised by reviewers as “clever…reminds us that thinking outside the box can be a good thing” (TheLandOnline.com, March 2009) and “charming…a nice mix of traditional fable and modern humor” (Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database, Sept. 2008).

Jill Kalz is the author of nearly 50 books for children, including Farmer Cap, finalist for a 2008 Minnesota Book Award and winner of the Readers’ Choice Award and an AEP Distinguished Achievement Award. She received her MFA in creative writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato, and currently works as a children’s book editor. Kalz lives in New Ulm with a charismatic Bichon named Tuckerbean.

WHere The Red Balloon Bookshop 891 Grand Ave Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-3008

WHeN 10:30 a.m., Saturday Oct. 24, 2009

NOte Jill Kalz will autograph any of her books customers purchase from The Red Balloon Bookshop. Customers may bring one book from home to be autographed.

For more information on Picture Window Books, visit www.picturewindowbooks.com

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About Capstone Publishers Capstone Publishers is the leading publisher of children’s books for school and public libraries, offering nonfiction, fiction, picture books, interactive and audio books, and literacy programs for students from preK to high school. With an emphasis on high-kid-appeal and innovation, our companies include Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Picture Window Books, Stone Arch Books, Red Brick Learning, and Heinemann-Raintree. Visit us at www.capstonepub.com.

151 Good Counsel Drive PO Box 669, Mankato, MN 56002-0669 • Ph: +1 888-740-8907 • Fx: +1 888-262-0705 • www.capstonepub.com