A few good reasons to visit COOLBEANS! while in town for the Iowa Book Festival!

Located next to Medicap Pharmacy on Hwy.169 across from the ADM High School ~ serving lunch from 11 am to 2 pm, they also offer a full coffee bar and several great dessert selections.

Visit Cameo Rose during the book festival!

photo by Des Moines Register
Visit Cameo Rose on Saturday, April 26 for the 2nd Annual Iowa Book Festival.Check out our selection of gift books, bookmarks and bookplates, for the book enthusiasts. We also have a great selection of gifts, jewelry and home decor which are all beautifully displayed in the restored 1881 Adel Bank building on Adel's courthouse square.Cameo Rose will also be hosting guest author, Joe Millard of Waukee. Joe is author of "The Quiet Journey" memoirs from 1936 - 2000.Cameo Rose is located at 107 N. 9th St. in Adel. Store hours

are Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Children's activities

Visit the Atherton House, located at 9th and Prairie, to browse an amazing assortment of folk art created by artisans around the world.

In honor of the Iowa Book Festival, this business, located at 9th and Prairie, will also host a garden table for children to make beaded book marks.

photo by Dallas Co. News

Deford presents at Iowa Book Festival - Arpil 26

Mr. Deford is a commentator on NPR Morning Edition, a correspondent on HBO show, Real Sports, with Bryant Gumble,and a senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated. He is also author of 15 books, including Casey on the Loose,which is being turned into a Broadway music and Alex: The Life of a Child, a memoir about his daughter who died of cystic fibrosis. For sixteen years, Deford served as National Chairman of Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and he remains Chairman Emeritus.

As journalist, Deford has received numerous honors in his field, including election to the Hall of Fame of the National Association of Sportscasters and Sportswriters and was voted by his peers as U.S. Sportswriter of the year six times.

Schedule

8 to 9 am Private "Meet and Greet" with Mr. Deford. Ticket required.

Limited number of tickets available at $20 each.

9 to 10 am Keynote speech - Reserved seating - Front rows in chairs - $5 per person. General admission seating will be available but will be lawn seating, behind reserved rows.

Tickets are available through Adel Partners Chamber of Commerce by calling 515-993-5472

Iowa Book Festival Sponsors

Thank you to these sponsors who, through their funding, help make the Iowa Book Festival possible.

• Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Community Schools
  
• Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust
  
• Bill & Dixie Rhiner (Rhiner Plumbing & Heating)
  
  

Check out the Adel Public Library at http://www.adelpl.org/

Book Sale at the Iowa Book Festival, April 26, 2008

Borders Books of West Des Moines will conduct a book sale at the festival. Bring the whole family to shop from the great selection. Vendors will be located along 10th Street between the library and the new pavilion.

Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre Co.

See them at the Iowa Book Festival - in Adel, IA - April 26, 2008

Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre Co. History
Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre was founded in 1974 as a touring puppet troupe. Founding member Monica Leo was joined by Teri Jean Breitbach early in 1975, and the two performed exclusively as a duo until the 1990's, when they began to incorporate musicians and other puppeteers. Eulenspiegel has been active in the Iowa Arts Council’s Artist in the Schools and Communities Program since 1977. During the 1980’s and early 90’s the company was also active in Wyoming’s Artist in Education Program. From 1981 through ‘91, the puppeteers toured on the Iowa Arts Council’s Summer Touring Arts Team. In 1989, Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre Co. was incorporated as a non-profit, tax-exempt arts organization for the purpose of providing high quality performances and workshops, educating the public about the art of puppetry, and establishing a regional puppetry center.Through the years, the Eulenspiegel Puppeteers have experimented with almost every type of puppet imaginable, have collaborated with musicians, playwrights, directors, designers, and other theater companies, and have worked tirelessly to hone their art form. They have performed at six national Puppeteers of America Festivals, fifteen regional P of A festivals, a national festival in the former German Democratic Republic in 1987 (the only company invited from a non-Communist country), international festivals in Austria, Japan, and the Czech Republic, and a national festival in Germany. In addition, Eulenspiegel has toured in Germany, Japan, Austria and twenty five of the 50 states. Eulenspiegel is known for witty scripts, original and expressive puppet designs, soft-sculpted, hand dyed scenery, evocative music, and strong graphics.