Serafina Week Bookfair to Support Schools

A July 7-13 bookfair collaboration with Robert Beatty and Barnes & Noble supports literacy in the greater Asheville area.

BCS Communications

On the heels of best-selling local author Robert Beatty's visit to A.C. Reynolds Middle School, a summer bookfair benefiting Buncombe County Schools media centers has been announced for July 7-13. The "Serafina Week" bookfair is a collaboration between Robert Beatty, author of the popular Serafina book series, and Barnes & Noble.

During these dates, any purchase at any Barnes & Noble can benefit BCS media centers. Locally, readers can say "Buncombe County Schools" at checkout, and Barnes & Noble will make a donation. (A code will be made available soon for purchases made online or at stores outside the Asheville area.)

It all starts with Robert Beatty’s July 7 Launch Party for his new book, Serafina and the Seven Stars at the Asheville Mall's Barnes & Noble book store! The free 11 a.m.-4 p.m. signing party gives local readers the first opportunity to purchase Beatty's new book, meet the author, and enjoy a number of family-friendly Serafina-themed activities. Visitors will explore a planetarium, interact with living statues and a magician, enjoy music, face-painting, crafts, mask-making, and more. BCS teachers will help organize several of the activities.

On July 7, the area school with the most visitors will win a contest to host Mr. Beatty and an ice cream party provided by The Hop! Upon arrival, students, teachers, and staff are encouraged to complete contest entries on behalf of their school.

Additionally, BCS teachers are organizing additional Serafina-themed activities on July 9 and 13, including music, storytelling, crafts, nature center exhibits, an interactive green screen, and more. More details are available via the Serafina Week Facebook event announcement, and Mr. Beatty's press release (below).

Buncombe County Schools thanks Mr. Robert Beatty and Barnes & Noble for their ongoing support of literacy and our local public schools.

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Serafina and the Seven Stars launches July 7 in Asheville
Robert Beatty’s best-selling Serafina Series continues with new book

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Join best-selling author Robert Beatty as he celebrates the launch of his eagerly awaited Serafina and the Seven Stars at a hometown event July 7 at Barnes & Noble-Asheville Mall.

The Serafina and the Seven Stars Launch Party is the first opportunity to get a copy of the new book — a full two days ahead of the official nationwide release by publisher Disney Hyperion on July 9. It’s also the author’s only event of the summer anywhere in the Carolinas, Tennessee or greater Southeast region.

The party runs 11 a.m.-4 p.m., and is a free, open house-style event. No ticket or purchase is necessary. A full schedule of Serafina themed activities is planned throughout the day, including:

• Book signing with the author
• A portable planetarium presenting programs on the star cluster Pleiades, also known as the “Seven Sisters” or the “Seven Stars”, and inspiration for the title of the new book. Courtesy of Asheville Museum of Science (AMOS).
• Living statues of sculptures depicted in Seven Stars
• Live music, roving magician, face painting

Serafina and the Seven Stars is the fourth book in Beatty’s best-selling Serafina Series about a brave and unusual 12-year-old girl and her adventurous life in the late 1800s at the opulent Biltmore Estate. Published by Disney Hyperion, the spooky Southern gothic books are a mix of history, mystery and magic, loved by readers of all ages. The series includes Serafina and the Black Cloak (2016 Southern Book Prize winner and #1 NYT Best Seller), Serafina and the Twisted Staff (#1 NYT Best Seller debut) and Serafina and the Splintered Heart (NYT Best Selling Series). Beatty is also author of last year’s #1 best-selling Willa of the Wood, set in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Visit robertbeattybooks.com for more about Serafina and the Seven Stars, author Robert Beatty and his other books.

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