Historical November 1985 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The annual New City School Book Fair will feature an autograph signing session by St. Louis authors Ellen Matthews, David Carkeet, and Dan Monti. Ellen Matthews, New City sixth grade teacher and novelist, will be introducing her fourth children’s book, Debugging Rover, published by Dodd, Mead & Co., which describes the misadventures of a family whose house is run by a computer inhabited by a runaway gerbil! UMSL professor and novelist David Carkeet will sign copies of his three novels, Double Negative, The Greatest Slump of All Time, and his latest book, I Been There Before. Carkeet’s new novel describes what happens when not only Halley’s Comet but also Mark Twain reappear from November 1985 to April 1986.
Dan Monti, a professor at UMSL, will be signing copies of his new book, A Semblance of Justice, published by University of Missouri Press, a book about the St. Louis desegregation case.
The Book Fair will be held during the week of Nov. 4 through Nov. 8 with hours from 8:30 A.M. to 4 P.M. at the school which is located at 5209 Waterman in the Central West End.
The three authors will autograph copies of their books on Wed., Nov. 6, from 3:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. Books purchased at other times may be left to be autographed.
For more information, call 361-6411.
Original photograph caption
Novelist Ellen Matthews displays copy of her latest children’s book, Debugging Rover, to New City sixth graders Chris Stuffle and James Kim. The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November 1985, page 7. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November 1985.
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