Orange County Young Author’s FaireOrange County, Department of Education

Celia Navejas and Nelmy Perez, creators of Capitan Parchito and the Lost Treasure, will be participating in the OC Young Author’s Faire, an annual event that showcases original student writing in Orange County and is open to students grade K-8. http://yaf.ocde.us/

DeAnza Cove, Mission Bay Park, San Diego, CA (7:30 am to 11:30 am)

The creators of The Quiet Lion: A Quest for his Lost Voice will be signing copies of the book at Sharon’s Ride Run Walk for Epilepsy. Registration for the event is from 7:30 to 9am. The 15 mile bike ride starts at 8:45 and the 5K walk/run at 9:30. Free Phil’s BBQ & Party starts at 10:30 am. The Quiet Lion was written for Jake Anaya, one of 50,000 San Diegans that live with Epilepsy so this book signing event has special meaning for us. Five dollars of every book purchased will be donated to the Epilepsy Foundation of San Diego County, an organization that has been invaluable to members of the author’s family. www.epilepsysandiego.org

San Diego, CA

Through the month of April, Red Ant Publishing will donate $5 for every copy of The Quiet Lion purchased on-line using the promo code EFSDC. Gina Anaya, Co-Founder of Red Ant Publishing and author of The Quiet Lion: A Quest for his Lost Voice, strongly supports this cause in honor of her nephew Jake Anaya who has suffered with Epilepsy his entire life. All money donated to EFSDC stays in San Diego and is used for services, education, advocacy and research. www.epilepsysandiego.org We hope one day our efforts result in a cure. Purchase a copy of The Quiet Lion and roar your support!

La Jolla, CA

Through the month of February, Red Ant Publishing will donate $5 for every copy of The Quiet Lion purchased on-line with YMCA entered into the comments section of the on-line order form. We support YMCA’s dedication to their mission of “improving the quality of human life and to helping all people realize their fullest potential as children of God through the development of the spirit, mind and body.” www.lajolla.ymca.org

Clay Elementary School, San Diego CA

Gina Anaya and Tammy West-Ruiz, author and illustrator of The Quiet Lion, will be participating in Clay Elementary’s annual Family Reading Night. $5 dollars of every copy of The Quiet Lion purchased will be donated back to the school. Special thanks to several businesses that purchased copies to donate directly to the students. And to San Diego Desserts for also providing cookies! Stop in and say THANKS to Mark for the tasty treats at 5987 El Cajon Blvd. (www.sandiegodesserts.net)

Benjamin Franklin Elementary School, Anaheim CA

There will be a live reading of The Quiet Lion, a book signing, and a presentation of checks to Celia Navejas and Nelmy Perez- the creators of Red Ant’s next book, Capitan Parchito and the Lost Treasure.

The fundraiser is to replace 500 books in the school’s library that were destroyed when a portion of the roof collapsed in the recent rains. Red Ant will donate $5 to the library for each copy of The Quiet Lion purchased on-line before February 16, 2009. Please enter ‘Ben Franklin’ in the comments section of the on-line order form to participate.

Hello Friends & Family,

This is just a friendly reminder that if you would like a signed copy of our first book The Quiet Lion you must place your order on-line today at www.thequietlionbook.com.

After today, you can still order but it will just be a really cute book sans autographs!

Thanks for all the support!
Gina Anaya
Author/Publisher