BEST-SELLING CHICKADEE AUTHOR TO
PRESENT AT HAWTHORN COTTAGE COFFEE
New Book The Chickadee Spirit
TRAVERSE CITY, MI - Bill Smith, best-selling storyteller and author of Chickadees at Night will be the featured speaker Nov. 12 at Hawthorn Cottage at Grand Traverse Pavilions. The 2 pm. program is part of the popular Cottage Coffee series.
Smith recently published The Chickadee Spirit. He will have both Chickadee books at the presentation and will be available for signing. For more information, call (231) 932-3027.
A resident of Northern Michigan, Smith first fell in love with chickadees when he heard them singing during a cold winter near his home. He is a retired elementary school principal. He is also the author of numerous plays and educational material for children. His plays include Lewis & Clark: A Campfire Tale, Abe’s Shoulders, and Harry The Merry Cherry.
Smith’s Chickadee books are illustrated by award-winning water color artist Charles Murphy of Traverse City. Murphy has exhibited nationally and is a member of the American Watercolor Society and the International Society of Experimental Artists.
Sponsored in part by Comfort Keepers, the Cottage Coffee series is featured monthly at historic Hawthorn Cottage on Grand Traverse Commons. There is no fee and the public is welcome.
Following Smith, the Cottage Coffee series will conclude Dec. 10 with Michael O’Shea, on-air radio personality at WCCW Oldies 107.5 FM.
Grand Traverse Pavilions is the region’s premier continuum of care. The senior community is owned by Grand Traverse County and operated by the Grand Traverse County Department of Human Services Board.
Among its programs and services are adult day services, dementia care, assisted and independent living, long-term care, aquatic health and fitness classes, outpatient therapy, and short-term rehabilitation.
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