April is National Poetry Month!  You are invited to be a part of the Green Bean Rhyming Machine Poetry Zine.  Kids and grown-ups may submit kid-friendly poems (rhyming or not) through the 25th of April!  Bring your typed or handwritten poem to the store, or email it to: greenbeanzine@gmail.com.
Illustrations welcome!  All zine authors will be invited to read their poem in front of a cozy and friendly audience at Green Bean Books on Saturday, April 30th at 4pm.  Participants in the reading will each receive a $5 Green Bean Gift Certificate.

Local illustrator sensation, Carson Ellis, best known for her illustrations for the Decemberists’ albums and posters, will visit Green Bean Books to share her delightfully dark new book, Dillweed’s Revenge, sign copies and answer questions about her work.  She has also illustrated other bestselling books including, The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stuart and The Composer is Dead by Lemony Snicket.  This exciting event will be held on Saturday, March 19th at 2:00pm.