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WIL Maniac Magee by Jerri Spinelli"I am going back and reading all of the Newbery Award winners I hadn't read. Maniac Magee is about a boy that comes to a small town as an orphan. He doesn't know enough to know he's on the wrong side of the tracks, or even when he is being … Continue reading What We’re Reading
On this cold and rainy day we celebrate National Poetry Month with some poems about precipitation. Enjoy and stay warm! The pretty Rain from those sweet Eaves Her unintending Eyes -- Took her own Heart, including ours, By innocent Surprise -- The wrestle in her simple Throat To hold the feeling down That vanquished her … Continue reading National Poetry Month!
"Outside The Wire is a testimony of the most important kind. If there are any truths to be learned from our long wars, they may well be found in these pages. A powerful, and powerfully necessary, collection."--Kevin Powers, author of The Yellow Birds. Author Christine Leche traveled to a forward operating base near the Afghanistan-Pakistani … Continue reading Outside the Wire
Let's celebrate this glorious Tuesday with some New Releases. This is an exciting group of titles. As always the book's blurbs are provided by their publishers. HARDCOVER NONFICTION Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable … Continue reading New Releases
Happy Tuesday to all! Today we celebrate with the fantastically talented Tom Waits reading Charles Bukowski's The Laughing Heart. And if you love Tom Waits as much as we do be sure to check out his beautiful book, Hard Ground, in which Tom Waits' poetry accompanies Michael O'Brien's photography to create a moving portrait of … Continue reading National Poetry Month!
April you've come back to us! We here at BookPeople are so excited to once again celebrate National Poetry Month. This year we kick it off right with local award winning poet, Anis Mojgani. Join us tonight, April 1 at 7PM for a fantastic release party for Anis's Songs From Under the River. Evelyn Mother … Continue reading National Poetry Month!
~post by Children’s Book Buyer Meghan G Can you believe that it's been 10 years since the Pigeon popped into our lives and started relentlessly demanding favors? At BookPeople, we continue to stay strong, denying him access to buses, hot dogs, and puppies, even in the face of great indignation: While it is true that … Continue reading HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PIGEON!
We're always on the lookout for books that encourage us to Keep it Weird. We're particularly interested in those books that encourage our young readers to Keep it Weird and not be afraid to totally be themselves. Which is why we're big fans of Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld. Please, take … Continue reading For the Kiddos: Excitement for EXCLAMATION MARK!
Top Shelf in April: The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart Reviewed by: Joe T. Amy Stewart is a national treasure. She writes the kind of books that your inner 10-year old loves to read. Whether it’s detailing the stories of deadly nightshade, fatal fungus, or toxic blue-green algae in her book Wicked Plants or exploring … Continue reading Top Shelf in April: THE DRUNKEN BOTANIST by Amy Stewart
We noticed quite a bit of praise popping up this week for Kate Atkinson's Life After Life. We just put the cover blow-up in our Mystery section and those bright red roses are indeed attention-grabbing, though of course it's what's inside that counts. Atkinson tells the story of Ursula Todd, a girl born with a … Continue reading Looking Forward to LIFE AFTER LIFE
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