Summary
The Nine Lives
of Romeo Crumb
Life Five
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Price: $8.95 USPaperback | ISBN: 978-0-9743221-7-9
CAT NIP FOR BOOKSELLERS and CLAWING FOR BOOKSALES in Los AngelesFrom left to right
Ben Lehrer: Pres. of Kitten Rescue
Sean Roderick: Dutton's Bookseller
Lauren Rifkin: Author
Cat: A Romeo Crumb wannabe
Kurt Hartman: Illustrator
Photo Credit: Carolyn Deming
Giving birth to the third life of Romeo Crumb in a series of nine books published by Stratford Road Press, Ltd., author and L.A. public school teacher Lauren Rifkin and her illustrator/husband Kurt Hartman teamed up with Ben Lehrer of Kitten Rescue, a no-kill animal shelter in Los Angeles, along with Dutton's bookseller Sean Roderick, in the cheerful, cat-friendly court yard of Dutton's Brentwood this past Saturday. Combining a booksigning and reading about a feisty cat with the real things purring in the background had the place crawling with kids celebrating the newest addition to THE NINE LIVES OF ROMEO CRUMB Independent Reader/YA series which School Library Journal calls "fast-paced and suspenseful".
LIFE FIVE finds Romeo and friends taking the train west to escape the horrors of the city. They end up finding more adventures than they could have ever imagined including mysterious snowmen. As always, Romeo loses his fifth life, but he will be back to live again in LIFE SIX.
L. Rifkin has written 5 books in the 9 book series titled THE NINE LIVES OF ROMEO CRUMB. In addition to being a prolific writer, she is a 4th grade teacher in Los Angeles, a wife to illustrator Kurt Hartman, mother to Henry, Abigail, and 3 cats.
