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Wahkiakum County native writes children's book with volcano
theme
From
The Longview Daily News
By Tom Paulu
Excerpt:
June 22, 2006 - Mount St. Helens has inspired plenty of
guidebooks along with treatises about geology.
Now there's a volcano book featuring Hibble Gibbles.
The friendly, hairy creatures with 24-inch-long feet sprang
from the imagination of Fran Curtin Gieseke, a local native
who lives in Tacoma.
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From
The Business Examiner
By Steve Dunkelberger and Kara Klotz
Excerpt:
Oct. 31, 2005 -
Fran Gieseke, a banker at Lakewood's Horizon Bank branch, has
a handful of books to her credit and a publishing company
under her management to track their sales.
"The idea came to me one of those nights when I couldn¹t sleep,
and these little creatures popped in my head - the hibble
gibbles - and where would they live, the Bar Roo forest," she
says of her first children's book. That was more than 20 years
ago. Then Mount St. Helens erupted near her former home of
Castle Rock. Dozens of books came out shortly thereafter, but
there was nothing for kids. Her daughter and nephew were
fascinated by the natural phenomena, so Gieseke decided to set
the book she was working on in the fictional Bar Roo Forest at
the real Mount St. Helens.
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In a dream they appeared - and they wouldn't go away
From
American Community Journal
By Ed Kane
Excerpt:
August 2004 - Suddenly awake, she saw these mystical creatures
dancing in her mind. No amount of shaking would rid
her head of these critters. Soon they became a fixture,
making their presence known at all hours of day and night.
She knew she had to do something when they began demanding
answers to questions like: Who are we? What are we?
Where will we live?
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Washington State Governor Gary Locke's letter to Fran Curtin
Gieseke. read it >>
Signings & Appearances
September 9, 2006
Borders Books and Music
Lacey, WA
This is the store Grand Opening. Details and address
shortly.
Mt. St. Helens and the Secret of
the Bar-Roo Forest, is available for order at any bookstore.
The following local stores carry the book all the time:
Northwest Museum Store
1911 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 627-9836
University Book Store
Tacoma Branch
1754 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 272-8080
or
Seattle Branch
4326 University Way N.E.
Seattle, WA 98105
1-800-335-7323
Pacific Northwest Shop
2702 North Proctor
Tacoma, WA 98407-5228
1-800-942-3523 / (253) 752-2242
Mount St. Helens Gift Shop at Hoffstead Bluffs
15000 Spirit Lake Hwy
Toutle, WA 98649
Cinedome
Spirit Lake Hwy
Castle Rock, WA 98411
Trillium Books
102 Main St Suite 207
Cathlamet, WA 98612
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