Mary Rand Hess

 

Children's and Young Adult Author 

 

 

Events & News

 

 

 

To visit my blog, just ask the squirrel.

 

Events of 2010

Cascades Library
Thursday, Sep. 30, 4:00 PM
I will talk about being an author and read from and discuss my picture book about food allergies, The Day I Met the Nuts.

 

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Food Allergy Awarness Event

May 16, 2010

12-4 pm

Lansdowne Town Center

 

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County-wide School Visits for Food Allergy Awareness Week May 2010 

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Lowe's Island Elementary

Library Visits

February 2010

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Cedar Lane Elementary

Family Reading Night 

 February 2010

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WEE PLAY

January 2010

 

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Past Events 

Come Visit me at the Jingle Bell Shop

this Saturday, December 5 starting at 9 am at the wonderful Horizon Elementary

 

 
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I'll be signing books at the Chick's Picks show in Decmeber!

 December 10-12
Thursday 8am-8pm
Friday 9am-7pm
Saturday 9am-2pm

Show: 20757 Parkside Circle, Sterling, VA

 

this Saturday, December 5 starting at 9 am at the wonderful Horizon Elementary

 

 
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I'll be signing books at the Chick's Picks show in Decmeber!

 December 10-12
Thursday 8am-8pm
Friday 9am-7pm
Saturday 9am-2pm

Show: 20757 Parkside Circle, Sterling, VA

 

 

 

VBCC

Author Reading

November 16 and 17

11:00 am

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Author Reading

November 18

9:15 am

 

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THE DAY I MET THE NUTS 

BOOK LAUNCH at ARTINSIGHTS

Date: November 7, 2009
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Location: ARTINSIGHTS
 11921 Freedom Drive, Reston Town Center, Reston, VA 20189 

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=334747&paper=71&cat=226

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Fresh, The Movie

Author Introduction/Book Sales and Signing

Date: November 8, 2009
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax 2709 Hunter Mill Road

 

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Curiosity Zone

Storytime with Author and Book Signing

Date: November 9, 2009
Time: 11:30 AM
Location: 
43135 Broadlands Center Plaza
Suite 123
Ashburn, VA  20148
 

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 Fresh, The Movie 

Author Signing in Conjunction with Conscious Bites Nutrition

Date: November 10, 2009
Time: 7:15 PM Screening
Location: Cedar Lane Elementary School

43700 Tolamac Drive

Ashburn, Virginia 20147

 

 

 

  

NEWS 

 

 Allergic Living will be reviewing The Day I Met The Nuts in their September 2010 issue.  To find out more about this informative magazine, just click

the cover below.

 

 

 

I have been featured in the May/June issue of Viva Tysons!  Click on the magazine to check out the article on page 58.

 


 

 

You can now find me listed on Children's Literature Independent Information and Reviews website on the Meet Authors/Illustrators Page!

 

 

 

 

Book Reviews and articles about

The Nuts:

 

 

Allergy Sense reviewed The Day I Met The Nuts and gave it two thumbs up!  Just click below to read the review and visit this site full of great resources and information.

 


 

 

Polly & Meek just reviewed THE DAY I MET THE NUTS.  Read what they had to say here:

http://pollyandmeek.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

My article about being a food allergy mom was pubilshed with I AM Modern Magazine.  To read it just click here:

 

 

 

Thank you to my fabulous writing teacher, Anastasia Suen, for annoucning my book on her blog, Children's Book Biz News! 

 

http://asuen.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/1701/#comment-851

 

 

THE DAY I MET THE NUTS is recommended by

The Day Nursery Indianapolis Early Edition

http://daynurseryindy.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/do-you-know-a-child-with-a-nut-allergy/

 

I've been.... blogged.  JC of Mama's Mouth has  blogged about me and my book.  Check it out!  Thank you, JC! 

 

http://www.mamasmouth.com/2009/11/mom-pens-childrens-book-on-food.html

 

 

 

And there's a blog entry about my visit at The Curiosity Zone by The Science Family blogger, Mary Porter Green (who happens to be the owner and founder of Curiosity Zone).  Thank you, Mary!

http://curiosityzone.blogspot.com/2009/11/we-met-nuts.html 

 

 

 

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