<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; "><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold; ">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "> Bridget Warren [<a href="mailto:bridget.warren@gmail.com">mailto:bridget.warren@gmail.com</a>] </span></font></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><div class="Section1"><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, January 09, 2009 9:31 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Meet Children’s Book Author Nikki Grimes & Illustrator Bryan Collier 1/19 1:30 pm</span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vertigobooks/3102258183/" target="_blank" title="Barack Obama by Vertigo Books, on Flickr" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "></a></span></font><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vertigobooks/3102258183/" target=""_blank"" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><img border="0" width="128" height="129" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/3102258183_48463f6323_o.jpg" align="left" alt="Barack Obama" title=""Barack Obama by Vertigo Books, on Flickr"" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vertigobooks/3102258183/" target="_blank" title="Barack Obama by Vertigo Books, on Flickr" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "></a><o:p></o:p></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; ">Children's author Nikki Grimes & Illustrator Bryan Collier<br><i><span style="font-style: italic; ">Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><br>Monday, January 19 1:30 pm</span></font></b><br>Since Barack Obama was young, hope has lived inside him. From the beaches of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:state w:st="on">Hawaii</st1:state><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to the streets of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>, from the jungles of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:country-region w:st="on">Indonesia</st1:country-region><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to the plains of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kenya</st1:place></st1:country-region>, he has held on to hope. This is the moving story of an exceptional man, as gracefully told by Nikki Grimes and memorably illustrated by Bryan Collier, both winners of the Coretta Scott King Award.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br>In observation of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/community-service-for-obama-and-biden-before-inaugural/?nl=pol&emc=pola2" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">this national day of service</a>, please consider bringing a contribution for the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.capitalareafoodbank.org/" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">Capital Area Food Bank</a>. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; ">All are welcome to attend our readings but if you wish to have a book signed, it must be purchased at Vertigo Books, rather than at a competitor.</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Vertigo Books<br><st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">7346 Baltimore Ave.</st1:address></st1:street><br><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">College Park</st1:city><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:state w:st="on">MD</st1:state><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><st1:postalcode w:st="on">20740</st1:postalcode></st1:place><br>301-779-9300<br><a href="http://www.vertigo-books.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.vertigo-books.com</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/vertigobooks" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://twitter.com/vertigobooks</a><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/College-Park-MD/Vertigo-Books/36320882548" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.facebook.com/pages/College-Park-MD/Vertigo-Books/36320882548</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div></div><div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></o:smarttagtype></span></div><br></body></html>