Little Green Dragon
Come and meet
Penny Ingham
Hampshire based author
Saturday 7th August 2010
from 11.00am to 1.00pm here at the Little Green Dragon, Alton
She will be siging copies of her 2010 debut novel - The King's Daughter.
Exciting news for the Alton Wordfest early October -
Prue Leith will be our guest at a literary lunch on Sunday 3rd October! More details/tickets etc. from the wordfest website.
The George and Dragon Bookgroup
This is open to anyone who loves reading and loves to talk with others about books. We will select 3 books for each session - just read one and come along and chat about it.
The next session is set for Wednesday July 28th 8.00pm at the Railway Arms in Alton.
The books we will talk about are as follows:
The three here can be described as crossover in that they can be read by adults and teens.
Trouble With Lichen by John Wyndham
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime by Mark Haddon
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Further information Claire 01420 87801
In Shop...
We have Adult Fiction, picture books, story books, fiction for all ages - activity, colouring and doodle books!
We also have 50% off travel guides (stock only)
We have some wonderful qood quality finger puppets and quirky animal pens - just arrived
Scraperfoils, Origami sets, Cat's Cradle, Fimo sets.
Authors in Schools
Mark Walden author of the H.I.V.E. series - Alton Wordfest October 2010 - watch this space for more information.
Reading Groups for Children
We would like to start reading groups for children - Hatchlings, Dragonlets and Fire-breathers - introducing children from Reception age up to Years 5/6 to really enjoying books and talking about books with others. Let's get more out of reading!
Please call the shop on 01420 87801 to find out more and to book a place for your child.
The Little Green Dragon is an independent book & art materials shop in Alton.
The shop stocks a good range of art materials & offers discount to members of art groups & art students. We stock adult recommended reads as well as 'quirky' books and books for all the family. We have a very good children's books section & are happy to advise on just the right book. Books are chosen by us personally and reflect what our customers enjoy and recommend.
We have a great range of greetings cards, gifts and wrapping paper. We also stock toys, puzzles and games.
The team are committed to providing friendly and knowledgeable service.
Schools
We can organise author events in schools, have a speedy book ordering service as well as staff involvement in school book weeks and literacy events. Discount is available to schools (not including books from Heinemann, Ginn etc).
Alton Wordfest
We are actively involved in this event - 2010 will be our third wordfest - run over 3 days at the beginning of October. Prue Leith will be our guest at a literary lunch on Sunday 3rd October here in Alton - for tickets and more details see the Alton Wordfest website.
As a local shop we are very much part of the community and are actively involved in many events as well as acting as a booking office for local events.
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