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U P C O M I N G E V E N T S !
National Launch Event for Timmy Failure!
Tuesday, February 26 at 7pm
Fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate will want to meet the newest kids on the block, Timmy Failure! The creation of Pearls Before Swine comic artist Stephan Pastis, Timmy Failure is the clueless, comically self-confident CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. With perfectly paced visual humor, Stephan Pastis gets your young reader snorting with laughter, then slyly carries the joke a beat further — or sweetens it with an unexpected poignant moment — making this a comics-inspired story (the first in a new series) that truly stands apart from the pack.
We’re very excited to host the official national launch for Timmy Failure right here at BookPeople! We’ll have giveaways and, most important, we’ll have cake!
Bookmark Contest!
Entry deadline: Saturday, March 6
It’s that time of year again! We’re now accepting entries for our 2013 Bookmark Contest Here’s how it works:
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N E W & N O T E W O R T H Y B O O K S I N F E B R U A R Y
Big Nate Flips Out by Lincoln Peirce
Recommended for ages 8 and up
On Sale February 5!
The fifth Big Nate book is almost here! In fact, it’s here tomorrow! We love Lincoln Peirce’s series and are very excited for a new Big Nate adventure. If you know Nate, then you know that neatness isn’t exactly his thing. When his sloppiness gets his best friend in trouble, Nate flips out – and decides to clean up hist act.
My Brother’s Book by Maurice Sendak
Recommended for mature readers
(more for adults than little ones)
On Sale February 5!
Along with readers and book lovers everywhere, we mourned the passing of children’s author Maurice Sendak last year. Now, his final finished book is available, an homage to his brother, Jack, who died eighteen years ago. Playwright Tony Kushner, a good friend of Sendak’s, told NPR, “I really feel that the book is a goodbye from (Sendak) to everybody who loved him — which was a lot of people.” Read the rest of the NPR interview with Tony Kushner.
Stardines Swim High Across the Sky: And Other Poems
by Jack Prelutsky; illustrated by Carin Berger
Recommended for ages 4 and up
Jack Prelutsky was our country’s first Children’s Poet Laureate. In this new book, he works with illustrator Carin Berger to create a collection of silly, strange, spectacular animal poems. Sixteen very weird, very wonderful imagined creatures inhabit these pages, from Stardines to Panteaters! This is a fun and playful romp in verse, set against Berger’s extraordinary artwork.
Frog Song
by Brenda Z. Guiberson;
illustrated by Gennady Spirin
Recommended for ages 4 and up
On Sale February 5!
This awesome, beautiful new picture book introduces young readers to frogs around the world. The little guys and their ribbits are crucial to our ecosystem and Spiring’s illustrations and Guiberson’s text are a wonderful way to educate your little one about their important role in our environment.
For more new & noteworthy books for young and middle grade readers,
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A R O U N D T H E S T O R E
Last month, local Austin children’s author and Caldecott honoree
Liz Garton Scanlon led us all in a bunny hop to celebrate
her adorable new picture book, Happy Birthday Bunny!
(Signed copies are now available on our shelves and via bookpeople.com.)
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