Oliver Jeffers (The Heart and the Bottle) and Carin Berger (Forever Friends) Reading

The powerHouse Arena is pleased to invite you to a kids’ reading and book signing for two brand-new children’s books: Two Tales of Friendship Reading with: Oliver Jeffers (The Heart and the Bottle) and Carin Berger (Forever Friends) Sunday, April 25, 4–5PM The powerHouse Arena 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 For more information, please call 718.666.3049 RSVP: kids@powerHouseArena.com In The Heart and the Bottle, NYT bestseller Oliver Jeffers reminds children and grown-ups that the joy and wonder of life goes on despite the loss of someone special. In Forever Friends, a little brown bunny and a graceful blue bird discover that friendship—true friendship—lasts forever. For children ages 2–7. About The Heart and the Bottle: Once there was a girl whose life was filled with the wonder and excitement of the world all around her. Then one day, someone she loved died, and all the joy she felt went missing. So she hid from the world, placing her heart in a bottle and grew up…until the day a girl much like the one she once was reminds her of the need to feel wonder and excitement. In this deeply moving story, Oliver Jeffers confronts weighty themes with an extraordinary lightness of touch and shows readers of all ages there is always hope and love. At its core, The Heart and the Bottle speaks to the wonderful power of childhood imagination. About Forever Friends: A little brown bunny and a beautiful bluebird discover the loneliness of a winter without each other, but as the cold months fade away and flowers blossom, they are reacquainted in the spring. Oliver Jeffers makes art. He is also the recipient of some of children’s books highest honors in his native UK, including the Nestle Gold Medal (the UK equivalent of the Caldecott Medal) and the Blue Peter Book of the Year for Lost and Found, and the Irish Picture Book of the Year for The Incredible Book Eating Boy. His Great Paper Caper was shortlisted for the 2008 Roald Dahl Award. An animated film of Lost and Found aired as a primetime Christmas Eve special in the UK this past year. He is a cofounder of the art collective OAR, and a freelance illustrator for Starbucks, Sony, and Lavazza. Oliver now lives fulltime in New York City with a studio in Brooklyn. Carin Berger is an award-winning designer and illustrator. The Little Yellow Leaf was named one of the Ten Best Illustrated Books of 2008 by The New York Times, and in a starred review, School Library Journal called her OK Go "clever," "innovative," and "sleekly designed." She is the creator of Not So True Stories & Unreasonable Rhymes and All Mixed Up, and the illustrator of Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant, by Jack Prelutsky, among other books. She won the Society of Illustrators Founder's Award in 2006, and Publishers Weekly called her "one to watch." Carin Berger's cut-paper collages are made using ephemera, such as catalogs, old books, receipts, letters, and ticket stubs. She lives with her family in New York City.