LITERATURE + LECTURES

Blue Willow Bookshop presents Warren Hanson and Grandparents' Tea, Wednesday, November 10 at 11am.

Warren Hanson (author of A Cup of Christmas Tea) has written a lovely new bedtime book, The Sea of Sleep. Join us as we welcome Warren and also talk about all the great new books available for your children and grandchildren. We’ll serve tea and holiday cookies to begin to welcome the season, even if it’s still warm in Houston!

In this peaceful bedtime story, Baby Otter, cuddled safely in Mama Otter's arms, rocks gently in the glittering, silvery waters. But the sea is teeming with life. And there are so many wondrous things to watch on the way to sleep. Warren Hanson's mesmerizing text and Jim LaMarche's spectacular artwork will live for a lifetime in every reader’s heart and imagination.

Warren Hanson is an artist, writer, speaker and musician. He is the illustrator of Tom Hegg’s classic CHRISTMAS TEA and PEEF books, READING WITH DAD, TELL ME WHAT WE DID TODAY, and many others.

Warren is an accomplished writer. The simple message of comfort in his book THE NEXT PLACE has brought peace and hope to over 600,000 people all across the country since its release in the fall of 1997.

Other books he has written and illustrated include OLDER LOVE, BEGINNING, RAISING YOU ALONE, KIKI’S HATS, PAW PRINTS IN THE STARS, and many more. And he is the author of GRANDPA HAS A GREAT BIG FACE and BUGTOWN BOOGIE. His latest book is EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

Warren is also a musician and songwriter, with CDs entitled WAITING FOR THE WIND and CHRISTMAS & ALWAYS. And he now has recorded readings of some of his most popular unpublished stories and poems for children and adults.

And he is a popular speaker for adult groups and elementary schools. He has spoken at reading and literacy conferences across the country, presented programs for hundreds of church groups, volunteer banquets and other gatherings, and has enlightened and delighted tens of thousands of school children.

Warren is a native of Yankton, South Dakota. He now lives with his wife Becky in Houston, Texas.