Free Author Monthly Events sponsored by Libraries for Kids, Int’l

Location: The Roasting Room, 1297 May River Rd, Bluffton, SC (2nd floor above Corner Perk)

Time: 10:30-11:30 AM, followed by an optional Dutch Treat lunch with the author.

Libraries for Kids Int’l sponsors the free talks, but there is a suggested donation of $5 to the sponsor. Books will be available for sale and signing. 

Reservations are required because seating is limited. Call or text Tamela Maxim at 843-683-4100 or email at tamela.maxim@libraries4kids.org to reserve a spot or with any questions.

March 4, 2024, Author Melanie Sue Bowles discussed her book Liberty Biscuit.

Her first foray into fiction, Liberty Biscuit, earned the Feathered Quill Book Award 2023 for Animal/ Children’s Young Adult. Melanie’s other three titles are non-fiction stories inspired by the rescue horses and other animals living at the sanctuary she operates: The Horses of Proud Spirit, Hoof Prints: More Stories from Proud Spirit, and The Dogs of Proud Spirit.

Liberty Biscuit was written for middle grade, but it also earned praise from adults. This book is set on a rural peach farm near Savannah, Georgia. There we meet quirky young Kip who desperately wants a horse to ease her loneliness, but her father rejects the idea. Like any strong-willed, open-hearted young girl, Kip doesn’t let that stop her. She finds a pitiful donkey and the two launch into a journey of personal healing and growth. www.horsesofproudspirit.org