Walnut Creek Children's Author Reads From Her New Work July 30

Walnut Creek children's book author Deborah Lee Rose will make an author's presentation on Tuesday, July 30, 4 p.m. at the Walnut Creek Library. 

Rose has been writing children's books for 25 years, and is bringing out three new works--Someone's Sleepy (which will be turned into a song by singer Tom Chapin); Jimmy the Joey, a true story about rescuing a baby koala in Australia; and The Spelling Bee Before Recess, a humorous school story about a nail-biting school spelling bee, set to the rhythm of The Night Before Christmas.