WHEN SHE ISN’T traveling to some exotic locale or writing health articles for this paper, Diana Reynolds Roome is known to write very cute and engaging children’s stories.
Some time ago she gave me a copy of “The Elephant’s Pillow,” about an elephant who couldn’t fall asleep. My then-2-year-old, no famous sleeper herself, ate it up.
Her latest, “Tulliver’s Tunnel,” came out only recently, and Diana will be holding a reading and book signing for it at Books Inc. this Saturday, May 19, beginning at 11 a.m.
“Tulliver’s Tunnel” follows the journey of Tulliver, a capricious little bunny who decides to run away from home. As you can imagine, he doesn’t get far.
A departure from “The Elephant’s Pillow,” which has an epic, folktale feel to it, “Tulliver’s” is a simpler, more modest tale perfect for bedside reading. It also features terrific art by Susan Winter, who brings us the texture of underground life, with all its bugs, roots and runaway bunnies.
Coinciding with Saturday’s book signing, from 9 a.m. to noon at Books Inc., the families of Huff Elementary School will be hosting a “shopping event” whereby some percentage of all the store’s sales will be donated to the school.
A GROUP OF socially conscious Mountain View High School musicians calling itself “Rock the Cause” has alerted me to a Darfur benefit show next week in Los Altos.
Says spokesperson Indu Sudhakar, the coming show “will display musicians (of both high school and college age) with distinguished talents. One hundred percent of the admission fees, food proceeds and other donations that we collect from this event will be donated to UNICEF to drop food in Darfur.”
The show is Friday, May 25, 7-11 p.m. at the Shoup Park Garden House, 400 University Avenue, Los Altos. Tickets are $5 in advance (e-mail kewarock@gmail.com) and $8 at the door.
ALEXA TONDREAU reports: The Santa Clara County chapter of the Society of Women Engineers wants to get the daughters of Silicon Valley interested in the field of engineering, and they’re staging a free event to jumpstart their efforts.
On Saturday, May 21 at Los Altos High School, an event called “Wow! That’s Engineering,” is being held for all interested high school-aged girls in the communities of the Peninsula, South Bay and beyond.
With sponsorships from IBM and the Girls for Change club of Los Altos High, the society will treat girls to a day of engineering-related activities presented by women who presently work in the field, including representatives from Intel and Yahoo, and those who teach in the field as well.
The event is 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Los Altos High’s Eagle Theatre, and is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.swe.org/wow.
FINALLY: Don’t forget A La Carte & Art this weekend.
Don Frances can be reached at dfrances@mv-voice.com.
