Darlene and I will be at Rice's Pharmacy Gift & Wine on Kings Blvd in Corvallis, Oregon from 11:00am - 3:00pm. We will be autographing copies of our new release U.N.I.Q.U.E. KIDS: Growing My Leadership Garden. Darlene will be providing free character face painting from the story with the purchase of each book. Additional face paintings will be available $4.00 each.

My talented illustrator, Darlene Warner, and I will be holding a book signing for our new release, U.N.I.Q.U.E. KIDS: Growing My Leadership Garden, from 10-6 pm at “Art in the Park” in Lebanon, Oregon. The location is Ralston Park on Park Street.

Art in the Park is a benefit for the Lebanon Area Habitat for Humanity. Admission is FREE. The event is a show and sale of Fine Art from Artists of the Willamette Valley that you do not want to miss.

So why is this a unique opportunity for kids?

These words describe my friend and author, Shel Horowitz. When I first entered the publishing world, I ran into many minefields of confusion, deception, and questionable practices. I had the good fortune to meet Shel at Book Expo in New York and could instantly tell by the wisdom he shared so freely he was a genuine person. I simply had to have his award-winning book Principled Profit: Marketing That Puts People First.

I am pleased to announce the first copies of our new book U.N.I.Q.U.E. KIDS: Growing My Leadership Garden have just arrived. This completes two years and eight months of a labor of love for my very talented illustrator, Darlene Warner, and me. (see synopsis below in green)

I wanted to share the latest internet scam I encountered in order to alert other unsuspecting sellers on the internet.

On Monday of last week, I received this email:

My name is Douglas Patti,
I want to place an order in your store, and I will like to know if you ship to Australia and my method of payment will be credit card??? So please let me know if you can assist me with the order.

I will await your prompt response as soon as you receive this mail.