A dog teaches us how we are all connected

AT BOOKWORKS: Joel Nakamura will sign “I Dreamed I Was a Dog” at 1 p.m. today. Nakamura’s vivid, colorful illustrations transport readers on a magical journey that begins as a young boy falls asleep and dreams that he is a dog. Populated with animals and beautiful scenes of the natural world, the story shows the interconnection among all creatures in the vastness of the universe.

Gayle Lauradunn will sign “All the Wild and Holy: A Life of Eunice Williams, 1696-1785” at 3 p.m. today.

Gayle Lauradunn’s “Reaching for Air” was named finalist by the Texas Institute of Letters for Best First Book of Poetry. The manuscript for her second book, “All the Wild and Holy: A Life of Eunice Williams, 1696-1785,” was awarded Honorable Mention by Bauhan Publishing for the May Sarton Poetry Prize and is published by Foothills Publishing.

A. Gabriel Melendez will discuss “Archives from Mora County” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5.

Tanaya Winder will read from her book of poems “Why Storms are Named After People and Bullets Remain Nameless” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6.

Bookworks is at 4022 Rio Grande NW. Call 344-8139.

AT THE ALBUQUERQUE MUSEUM: Bookworks and the Albuquerque Public Library will present Jan Brett, on tour for “The Mermaid,” at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7.

The Albuquerque Museum is at 2000 Mountain NW. Call 243-7255.

AT TREASURE HOUSE BOOKS & GIFTS: Jane Butel will discuss and sign her many cookbooks, including

“Jane Butel’s Freezer Cookbook,” “Jane

Butel’s Simply Southwestern” and “Jane Butel’s Southwestern

Kitchen,” from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9.

Treasure House Books & Gifts is located at 2012 South Plaza NW in Old Town. Call 242-7204.