Nov. 29: Small Business Saturday At Zenith

Join Zenith Bookstore for one of the biggest shopping days of the year — Small Business Saturday!

Saturday, November 29th is Small Business Saturday, a time to support community and shopping local. Zenith will celebrate all day 10-7 PM with authors, hot chocolate, cookies, and Advanced Reader Copy giveaways. Plus, we will donate 10% of our sales to the Interfaith Committee for Migrant Justice. You will also be able to check out our Holiday Catalog and get the perfect gifts for everyone on your list. Mark your calendars now!

Author Meet & Greet Schedule:

  • 11-1 PM: Tashia Hart - Girl Unreserved

  • 1-3 PM: Jay Martel – Codebreaker

  • 3-5 PM: Margi Preus – Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies

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Nov. 13: Learn about Snowshoe Kate at the Minocqua Public Library

Thursday, Nov 13 at 4:00 pm

Meet Margi, learn more about Snowshoe Kate, march in a penny parade, and more!

Join the Dr. Kate Museum for a fabulous afternoon at the Minocqua Public Library as they joyously unveil the long-awaited children’s book reading and signing for Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies!

Meet Margi Preus, immerse yourself in a captivating live reading of this extraordinary tale, and march in a penny parade! This is your chance to snag a personalized, signed copy of the book— the perfect keepsake for young readers and future adventurers.

Nov. 8: Twin Cities Book Festival

Saturday, Nov. 8 from 11:00 - 12:00

Margi will join a star-studded group of children’s book authors as part of the Picture Book Showcase at the Twin Cities Book Festival!

25 years of celebrating books and book people, the Twin Cities Book Festival is the annual Minnesota gathering for readers, writers, publishers, and purveyors of all things literary. The TCBF features dozens of presenting authors, special children’s programs, and a wide variety of exhibitors featuring new and rare books, quirky literary curiosities, and more. This year’s event wil be held at the beautiful Union Depot in St. Paul.

The TCBF is sponsored by Rain Taxi, a literary organization that champions aesthetically adventurous literature through publications, events, and service to the literary community.

Listen to Margi on MN Reads, The North 103.3

How many pennies would it take to build a hospital? Once upon a time in Northern Wisconsin, some students wanted to find out.

Margi talks with host Luke Moravec on The North 103.3’s morning show, MN Reads, about Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies. Together, they recount the life and times of a woman who broke gender stereotypes by becoming a rural doctor who made home visits to patients throughout the north woods in a time before a local hospital was built.

They also discuss how Jaime Zollars' illustrations lean into the numerical aspect of the books. On one two-page spread, Zollars has drawn 300 babies — about a tenth of the babies that Kate delivered. On another two-page spread is — purportedly — one million pennies!

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