Peak City Book Festival Spotlight: The Learning Experience of Apex

The Peak City Book Festival is fully funded by authors, businesses and organizations.  And, every week brings new sponsors which are posted to Facebook, Pinterest and the web-site.  Today, we are spotlighting The Learning Experience of Apex for their generous sponsorship of the Story Time room, dedicated to children's books and story sessions from NC authors.  See our website for the Story Time events!

The Learning Experience of Apex

http://apex.tlechildcare.com/

http://apex.tlechildcare.com/

The Learning Experience enhances the lives of children ages 6 weeks to 6 years. In each contemporary, colorful building children learn in a fun fashion starting with sign language for infants through preschool, technology, early literacy, math, sciences, music, theater, creative arts, dance, physical fitness, nutrition, etiquette and much more. Graduates of TLE are more than prepared to enter Kindergarten and first grade. All the curriculum is proprietary and has been designed, written and published especially for TLE children.

At The Learning Experience early learning is an art. We believe that knowledge is like the sky, never ending. Parents dream of the best for their children and at TLE their dreams become reality making those important first years creative, productive, happy and most importantly filled with lots of love.

560 Evening Star Dr. • Apex, NC 27502
Phone: 919-303-7475

At TLE, each staff member is a loving and nurturing individual with a genuine interest in benefiting the lives of the children they teach. Teachers and assistants must follow strict guidelines and meet all state certification requirements. Staff members are required to participate in our sponsored continuing education programs and mandatory First Aid training and CPR courses are provided annually. Consistent evaluations by superiors and parents help maintain the center’s high standard of excellence.

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History and Legends of North Carolina at The Peak City Book Festival

We have a nice list of authors lined up with books about North Carolina coming to The Peak City Book Festival.   Want to be added to the list - register for the #PeakCityBookFestival by September 15th.

Book	Description
Heather Leigh Wallace	In 1945, Hurricane 9 rocked the Carolinas, severely flooding and incapacitating the New Hope Valley area. As a result, Congress directed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study water resource needs in the area. Originally named the New Hope Project, it received funding in 1963, and construction began in 1967. In 1974, after lake supporter Sen. B. Everett Jordan passed away,the lake and dam were renamed in his honor. The senator never saw the lake finished, as it was not filled until 1982. Jordan Lake encompasses 46,768 acres of which 13,900 acres are flooded to form a reservoir at 216 feet above mean sea level. The lake provides recreation, wildlife conservation, and water supply to surrounding cities. Jordan Lake also attracts one of the largest concentrations of bald eagles in the southeast. With photographs from the flood of 1945 to a group baptism in 2007, these stories and more will make you want to spend an afternoon at Jordan Lake. Images of America: Jordan Lake is Heather Leigh Wallace's second book with Arcadia Publishing; the first was Images of America: Saxapahaw. Heather is a member of the Haw River Assembly and the Friends of Capt. Chris Matheus professional networking group that admires Jordan Lake. A portion of the author's proceeds will go toward environmental stewardship at the lake.
Heather Leigh Wallace	While most mill towns have gone by the wayside, the town of Saxapahaw has flourished with sustainable practices and has become a town that others like to mimic. Saxapahaw, which means “rocks on the Haw,” was first settled by the Sissipahaw Indians. For 150 years, the heart of this town was driven by a cotton mill that forever closed its doors in 1994 when a rare tornado ripped through the mill. Visionary entrepreneur John M. Jordan and his two sons, “Mac” and Carter, gave life back to the town when they purchased the mill, gave it a face-lift, and made way for affordable lofts, condos, a gym, and small businesses. Through more than 200 photographs, readers will enjoy learning about the hometown of the beloved Sen. B. Everett Jordan, the benevolent benefactor John M. Jordan, and how the town of Saxapahaw has been progressively embracing a sensibly green lifestyle.
Carol Crane	A family of immigrants journey from Pennsylvania to a land that sets beneath the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains. A place where the soil is rich for farming and the nearby stream, beckons “Welcome, welcome.” This idyllic setting, known as Brown Mountain, North Carolina, is the home of Pa, Ma and three little girls, whose story explains the mysterious lights that have danced in the night sky for hundreds of years. Carol Crane is an author, a historian, and has always been a journal writer. Traveling around the country, she speaks at reading conferences and schools. Using information in the state books, she transports kids around their state, country, and world. Her greatest joy is to have a student say, “wow! I didn’t know that.”  With 45 years of experience in children’s literature, Carol Crane has become widely recognized by many schools and educators for her expertise in literature. Her credits include; S is for Sunshine, Sunny Numbers, T is for Tarheel, Wright Numbers, P is for Peach, A Peck of Peaches, P is for Palmetto, Net Numbers, L is for Lonestar, Roundup, L is for the Last Frontier, D is for Dancing Dragon, Y is for Yellow Hammer, F is for the First State, P is for Pilgrim, The Handkerchief Quilt, and her most recent for 2011, The Christmas Tree Ship, which was featured in USA Today.
RT Crowley	Family tales of unexplained death, swaying yellow lights in the dead of night, and an apparition suddenly apparent and talking, yet, no words spoken. These are just a few experiences in the lives of the Stone family. “The Wanderer”, the subject of many local legends haunts the land he roams. Through four generations, the wraith exerts the powerful influences of distraction, protection and devastation as it attempts to deal with changes in the New Hope Valley region. “A great local historical ghost story, one that makes me want to get out there and experience this phenomena for myself.” -~Anne Pressley Co-Founder and Lead Investigator for PB&J Paranormal "Folk stories about unexplained phenomenon provide an interesting element to North Carolina's history. The Wanderer of New Hope adds to the mystery." – Sherry Monahan, Author of Apex, Images of America

Life Protection Skills Demonstration at The Peak City Book Festival

The first annual Peak City Book Festival is taking place on November 9th, 2013 from 11AM-5PM at The Halle Cultural Arts Center in Apex, NC.  Join us for a presentation by the Apex, NC based Martial Arts Training Center:  Life Protection Skills Workshop.  Get hands-on experience and build your knowledge to write in life-saving scenes from an expert.

Imagine the following:  You come into your classroom at school and your teacher has fallen and has been injured.  The teacher cannot communicate with you.  What do you do?  The Life Protection Skills Demonstration Team will present a scenario-based 'story' teaching you what to do in such an emergency.  You will learn how the 911 system works, how to get others to assist you, how police and EMS respond and how to make a bad situation better for everyone. This is important for your Life Protection Skills!  You will also see some cool martial arts thrown in at the end to highlight what else we do at the Life Protection Skills Training Center.

More information on the Peak City Book Festival can be found on our website.

It Doesn't Take Sight to Believe

What Michael Sees is a documentary about young Michael Macias, a fourteen year old music prodigy. He plays piano with his heart but cannot see what he plays.  A remarkable story about a young man, who lost his sight at 14 months due to Retinopathy of Prematurity.  Despite his blindness and other physical challenges associated with such an early birth, he has an indomitable spirit. 

The documentary is being produced by Brian Barnette, author of Stone Upon Stone, In the End, It's a Love Story (Peak City Publishing, LLC, 2011).  Brian has started a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to put this story on film.  

SUPPORT THIS PROJECT:

Like What Michael Sees on Facebook

Consider donating to the Kickstarter Campain

Come hear what he sees at The Peak City Book Festival on November 9th at The Halle Cultural Arts Center (237 N. Salem Street, Apex, NC 27502) from 11am-5pm).

The Peak City Book Festival in Numbers

The Peak City Book Festival is the first festival in four years in the Raleigh/Durham area.  The one day, indoor event, will feature speakers, authors, artists and family-friendly businesses in the Triangle.

The book festival is fully funded by sponsors and exhibitors, so please, visit our Festival Shop for the latest program announcements, participating authors and to support businesses and vendors who are making this event possible.

If you'd like to participate, click here to register.