Arts & Entertainment

'Zombie Christmas Trees' Book Into Baird

Saturday will see Chuck Miley recalling Maplewood's wild winter.

Join Chuck Miley at the on Saturday, March 24 at 1p.m. for a close up and personal talk about his new children's book, Zombie Christmas Trees.

Miley explains the story behind the story: "The blizzards of January last, came upon us so quickly and expansively, that the town crews had no time to pick up discarded Christmas trees. Come the February thaw, I saw these same buried Christmas trees poking out of the drifted snow. I said to SK, 'Oh! look! Zombie Christmas Trees!' and something clicked."

Find out what happens to four sixth graders in a Maplewood neighborhood who pursue the mystery of who or what is stealing Christmas tree decorations from garages and storage sheds all over Maplewood. When they discover discarded Christmas trees crawling out of the snow drifts and gathering at a maintainance facility they enlist the help of an elderly retired science teacher to help them dispatch the trees.

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Miley's talk is part of the Book Arts Roundtable exhibit, "Booked 9," runs March 2-31, 2012.

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