FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 26, 2002

CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119

DRAKE TO DISPLAY OVER 500 BOOKS DURING BOOK WEEK

More than 500 books published in 2002 for children and young adults will be displayed Oct. 7-9 at Drake University as part of Book Week, which is sponsored by Drake's School of Education and Cowles Library, the Public Library of Des Moines, Des Moines Public Schools and Heartland Area Education Agency.

The display in the Cowles Library Reading Room, 28th Street and University Avenue, will be open to the public from 1 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9.

On Monday, Oct. 7, there will be a book review session in the Cowles Library Reading Room at 4:30 p.m. followed by a speech at 5:30 p.m. by Todd Strasser, author of over 100 novels and novelizations for middle school and adolescent readers. Strasser's speech is titled "Help! I'm Trapped in an Author's Body."

All of the Book Week events at Drake are free and open to the public. For more information, call (515) 271-3059.