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FALL 2011 Reading Events

We will keep this calendar posted. We are booked for most of the fall sessions and are currently accepting requests for next winter. Contact us at: saunter@cableone.net if you have a special request.

 
September 8-9,2011

Readings at Roosevelt Elementary School in Cherokee, Iowa.

 
September 13-14, 2011

Readings at Wakefield Elementary School in Wakefield, Nebraska.

 
September 19-20, 2011

Readings at Hinton Elementary School in Hinton, Iowa.

 
September 21-23, 2011

Book signings at the Midwest Bookseller Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 
September 26-28, 2011

Readings at Carver Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa.

 
September 29, 2011

Readings at Resurrection Parochial School in Dubuque, Iowa.

 
September 30, 2011

Readings at Audubon Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa.

 
September 30, 2011

Illustrations by Stormy Mochal. Opening Exhibit of the original illustrations for The Juggler. Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.

 
October 3-4, 2011

Readings at Lincoln Elementary in Dubuque, Iowa.

 
October 4, 2011

Presentation to READ Association in Dubuque, Iowa. Loras College

 
October 5-6, 2011

Readings at Table Mound Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa.

 
October 7, 2011

Bruce will be presenting at Lakeside Lab in Spirit Lake, Iowa.

 
October 10, 2011

Presentation at Landsmeer Retirement Center in Orange City, Iowa.

 
October 11, 2011

Readings at Rock Valley Elementary School in Rock Valley, Iowa.

 
October 12, 2011

Readings at Ireton Christian School in Ireton, Iowa.

 
October 13, 2011

Readings at the Orange City Elementary First Grade classrooms, Orange City, Iowa.

 
October 14, 2011

Presentations at the Orange City Library. Regional Homeschooling

 
October 14, 2011

Exhibit opening...Illustrator Stormy Mochal and the original illustrations for The Juggler will be on exhibit at the Orange City Public Library. Reception at 4:00 P.M.

 
October 15, 2011

Book signing at The Book People, The Marketplace Mall, 11-1:00.

 
October 15, 2011

Book signing at The Book Vine in Cherokee, Iowa 3-4:00 P.M.

 
October 17, 2011

Readings at Hinton Elementary School in Hinton, Iowa.

 
October 18, 2011

Northwest Iowa Reading Association presentation at the Orange City Public Library, Orange City, Iowa.

 
October 20, 2011

Presentation at the Iowa Lutheran Teachers' Conference, Des Moines, Iowa.

 
October 21, 2011

Bruce Hopkins will be working with highschool students at Lakeside Lab in Spirit Lake, Iowa. The focus is on nature writing and readings with Thoreau and Emerson.

 
October 24, 2011

Western Iowa Tech, Lifelong Learning Program Presentation, Sioux City, Iowa.

 
October 31, 2011

Readings at the Morningside Elementary School in New Braufels, Texas.

 
November 1, 2011

Readings at the Morningside Elementary School in New Braunfels, Texas.

 
November 2, 2011

Readings at Morningside Elementary School in New Braunfels, Texas.

 
November 9, 2011

Readings at St. John's Elementary School in Independence, Iowa. This is Stormy Mochal's primary school. The illustration exhibit will be on display at the Independence Library beginning Novembre 12th.

 
November 10-11, 2011

Tentative readings at East Elementary School in Independence, Iowa.

 
November 12, 2011

Exhibit Opening for the original illustrations for The Juggler by Stormy Mochal at the Independence Public Library in Independence, Iowa.

 
November 14-15, 2011

Readings at Eisenhower Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa.

 
November 16, 2011

Readings at Hoover Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa.

 
November 17, 2011

Readings at Irving Elementary in Dubuque, Iowa.

 
November 18, 2011

Readings at Sageville Elementary in Dubuque, Iowa.

 

 
November 21-22, 2011

Readings at Kennedy Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa.

 
November 28, 2011

Readings at Hunt Elementary School in Sioux City, Iowa.

 
November 29, 2011

Readings at Rock Valley Elementary School in Rock Valley, Iowa. Bruce will be presenting in the junior and senior high school classes with When Foxes Wore Red Vests.

 
November 30, 2011

Readings at Clark Elementary School in Sioux City, Iowa.

 
December 1-2, 2011

Readings at Lincoln Elementary School in Sioux City, Iowa.

 
December 5, 2011

Preschool readings in North Liberty, Iowa. (Morning)

 
December 5, 2011

Readings at Eisenhower Elementary in Dubuque, Iowa.

 
December 6-7, 2011

Readings at Penn Elementary in North Liberty, Iowa. Heidi Rittenhouse-Goeken is the illustrator for Jeanette's first book, The LadyBug Waltz. Heidi is the art teacher at Penn Elementary.

 
December 8, 2011

Readings at Dubuque Lutheran Elementary School, Dubuque, Iowa.

 
December 9, 2011

Readings at St. Anthony's Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa.

 
Saturday, December 10, 2011

Tentative writing session at St. Anthony's Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa.

 
Week of December 12, 2011

Readings at Hills Elementary and Kirkwood Elementary in Iowa City, Iowa.

 
December 12, 2011

Readings at Hills Elementary School in Iowa City, Iowa.

 
December 13-14, 2011

Readings at Kirkwood Elementary in Iowa City, Iowa.

 
January 11, 2012

Readings at Spalding Catholic School in Hospers, Iowa.

 
January 11, 2012

Readings at Hospers Elementary School in Hospers, Iowa.

 
January 13-15, 2012

Iowa City Children's Author Expo. The Sheraton Hotel, Iowa City, Iowa.

 
January 17-18, 2012

Readings at Akron-Westfield Elementary School in Akron, Iowa.

 
January 19-20, 2012

Readings at Woodbury Central Elementary School, Moville, Iowa.

 
January 23-25, 2012

Readings at Jackson and Ponca, Nebraska Elementary Schools. Jackson and Ponca, Nebraska.

 
January 26, 2012

Readings at Whiting Elementary in Whiting, Iowa.

 
January 31, 2012

Readings at Emerson Elementary in Sioux City, Iowa.

 
February 1, 2012

Readings at Roosevelt Elementary in Sioux City, Iowa.

 
February 2-3, 2012

Readings at Webster City Catholic Schools...possibly 2 days. Celebration of the Catholic Parochial School Week.

 
February 7, 2012

Presentation with Emerson 5th Grade Art Students, Sioux City, Iowa.

 
February 7, 2012

Interview with KWIT manager, Gretchen Gondek at 1:00.

 
February 8, 2012

Readings at Clark Elementary School, Sioux City, Iowa.

 
February 9-10, 2012

Readings at Whittier Elementary in Sioux City, Iowa.

 
February 12, 2012

Illustration Exhibit at The Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa. Reception with illustrator, Stormy Mochal at 2:30.

 
February 13, 2012

Readings at Lewis and Clark Elementary School in South Sioux City, Nebraska.

 
February 14, 2012

Presentation at Bryant Elementary School, 5th Grade, Sioux City, Iowa.

 
February 14, 2012

Interview...KWIT, Sioux City, Iowa.

 
February 15, 2012

Readings at Denison Christian School in Denison, Iowa.

 
February 16, 2012

Presentation with Roosevelt Elementary 5th grade art students, Sioux City, Iowa.

 
February 21, 2012

Presentations with fifth grade classrooms at Hunt Elementary School in Sioux City, Iowa.

 
February 22, 2012

Readings with the 3rd grade students at Ponca Elementary School in Ponca, Nebraska.

 
February 23, 2012

Readings at Sheldon Christian School in Sheldon, Iowa.

 
February 24, 2012

Presentation at Bryant Elementary School in Sioux City, Iowa...art class.

 
February 27-28, 2012

Readings at Dakota Valley Elementary School in South Dakota.

 
March 7 and March 9, 2012

Readings at Sunnyside Elementary School in Sioux City, Iowa.

 
March 12-13, 2012

Readings at the Alta-Aurelia Elementary Schools in Aurelia, Iowa and Alta, Iowa.

 
March 19, 2012

Presentation with middle school students in Waterloo, Iowa.

 
March 20-21, 2012

Readings at North Cedar Elementary School in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

 
March 22, 2012

Readings at Bright Start Preschool in North Liberty, Iowa. Readings with Fulton Elementary 2nd grade classes, Dubuque, Iowa.

 
March 23, 2012

Readings with Eisenhower Elementary 3rd grade classes, Dubuque, Iowa.

 
April 6, 2012

Exhibit Opening for the original art illustrations for The Juggler by Stormy Mochal at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. ( 3:00-5:00 P.M.)

 
April 13-14, 2012

Bruce will be one of the visiting authors/poets for the annual pRhyme Time on the Prairie conference in Akron, Iowa. The conference will be held at the Akron Opera House. Contact the Akron Public Library for more information.

 
April 16-17, 2012

Readings at Prairie View Elementary School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

 
April 23-24, 2012

Readings at Estherville Elementary School in Estherville, Iowa.

 
April 26-27, 2012

Presentations at Lakeside Lab in Spirit Lake, Iowa.

 
Week of April 30th

Readings in Westfield New Jersey preschools and schools.

 
May, 2012

Exhibit Opening at Pearson Art Center in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Area elementary schools will also be hosting presentations. Updates at a later time.

 
May 5, 2012

Hudson Children's Book Festival, Hudson, New York.

 
May 11, 2012

The Juggler Exhibit opening at the Pearson Art Center in Spirit Lake, Iowa.

 
May 14-15, 2012

Readings at Spirit Lake Elementary School, Spirit Lake, Iowa.