We’re very excited about Tom’s return to Rockford. Please help us promote this fun and energetic talent!

Contact: Gale Ketteler, Program Coordinator/Marketing Specialist, 815-877-0118, gale@womanspace-rockford.org

Attachments: Tom Lichtenheld head shot & bio; E-MERGENCY cover

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NEWS RELEASE

Best-selling children’s author Tom Lichtenheld appears at Womanspace event

Rockford native returns for Bookfair on December 3rd 

Womanspace welcomes Rockford’s own, New York Times best-selling children’s book author and illustrator, Tom Lichtenheld www.tomlichtenheld.com with his latest release E-MERGENCY! on Saturday, December 3 at 3:00pm at their Barnes & Noble Bookfair in the District at CherryVale Mall in Rockford. Admission is FREE for this all-ages special event. Lichtenheld will talk about his books, invite youth to read Duck! Rabbit!, and create interactive drawings and stories with LIVE-on-the-spot audience input. Three of Lichtenheld’s fifteen children’s books are on the Monarch Awards 2012 Master List - Shark vs. Train; Bridget’s Beret; and Duck! Rabbit! - and many of them have been best-sellers on multiple lists. In addition to Lichtenheld’s featured appearance, additional Womanspace events, demonstrations, and a raffle for the new NOOK Tablet™ are scheduled throughout the Bookfair (see details and schedule below). When local and non-local in-store shoppers verbally designate “Womanspace” or provide the Bookfair Voucher with ID#10519254 at check-out, a portion of their purchase will benefit the local non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. This Bookfair fundraiser is global online from December 3-8. More information is available at 815-877-0118, info@womanspace-rockford.org, www.womanspace-rockford.org and www.facebook.com/Womanspace.

Womanspace has raffle tickets for the new NOOK Tablet ™ on sale now for $5 each, or 5 tickets for $20 in their offices Monday-Thursday from 9:00am-5:00pm or at

http://www.womanspace-rockford.org/pages/news/specialevents/specialevents.htm#bn. 100% of proceeds benefit Womanspace. Holiday shoppers at the Bookfair on December 3 can also try the exclusive Womanspace Razzle Dazzle Peppermint Mocha drink in the café. Womanspace is also offering $10 off the basic $50 member fee during the Bookfair.

Womanspace BN Bookfair Schedule:

11:00am   Make & Take Hemp Bracelets (Emma Lai)

Noon        Womansong Chorale

1:00pm     Visit with Mother Goose (Janet Heuer)

1:00pm     Acrylic Painting demo (Karen Gines)

2:00pm     NOOK™ demo

3:00pm     Tom Lichtenheld

4:30pm     Jewelry Making demo (Annette Conley)

5:00pm     Sketching demo (Dorothy Bock)

6:30pm     Open Mic Poetry & Short Stories (open to local authors)

8:00pm     NOOK Tablet™ Drawing

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Our mission: Connecting, empowering, creating and transforming our world – one woman at a time.

About Womanspace: Womanspace seeks to inspire individuals to discover new talents, interests and friendships, and is dedicated to helping people live their best lives through programs that enhance mind, body and spirit. Situated on a seven-acre campus with art studios, galleries, Gallery2Go gift shop, beautiful gardens and a labyrinth, Womanspace has touched the lives of more than 20,000 men, women and children since its founding in Rockford, Illinois in 1975. Womanspace operates as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

Directions: From Mulford or Alpine/Spring Creek, take Spring Brook Road to Applewood Lane.  Travel one block north on Applewood and then turn left on Maria Linden Drive. At the top of the hill, veer to the right in front of the lot for Provena Cor Mariae.