Issue date: December 09, 1998

Local author gives reading from her book for children

Local author Sheralee Hill Iglehart -- who has taught schoolchildren in Atherton, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, and even a few, she says, in Woodside -- will introduce local children to her literary side Saturday, December 12, when she reads her children's book, "Three Cheers for Kangarooslow."

The 11 a.m. reading at Borders Books in Palo Alto will feature a coloring contest and guest appearance by Portola Valley first-grader Shelby Rachleff, who will turn pages and assist with the reading. A book signing will follow.

Mrs. Iglehart will also be appearing later that day at the Museum of American Heritage's Teddy Bear Tea in Palo Alto, where she will read a new work, "Kangarooslow at Teddy Bears' Tea Party." Call 321-1004 for more information.

Holiday cards. A snowman, Santa bear and snow-covered evergreens are among 20 designs in the 1998 collection of holiday cards to benefit Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.

The collection is a project of the Association of Auxiliaries, which includes Woodside-Atherton Auxiliary.

Each package of 20 cards sells for $15. They are available locally at Nordstrom, Stanford Shopping Center, Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park, and the gift shop at Packard Children's Hospital. Each card includes information about the artist.

For more information about the cards or to receive a color brochure, call the holiday card office at 497-8332.

Christmas heritage. The Menlo Park Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1105 Valparaiso Ave. in Menlo Park will present its annual Christmas program, "The True Heritage of Christmas," at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, December 13.

The free program, which will last about 75 minutes, is open to the public and will feature vocal and instrumental music and six short Christmas stories. There will be performances by the Valparaiso Singers under the direction of Judith Stewart; a men's chorus; a young women's chorus; a children's choir; an instrumental number under the direction of Robert Galbraith; and organ music by James Welch.

For more information, call 854-3079 or 856-9700.