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When most people think of poetry for kids, Shel Silverstein often comes to mind, and rightly so since his poems are a silly and delightful right-of-passage for any child. April, being National Poetry Month, offers the perfect time to take a look at the variety and scope of poetry for children beyond the Silverstein collections. … Continue reading Kids Poetry Month: New Books!
The fall books have started to arrive on the shelves in BookKids! We are getting so many new and great books, that it's hard to keep up. It's also very exciting. So starting with this week, we will be sharing that excitement and rounding up all the new kids books that hit our shelves during … Continue reading New Children’s Chapter Book Releases – week of 8/26/14
HARDCOVER FICTION LOCK IN by John Scalzi We're very excited to have Scalzi, author of Redshirts, one of our Top Shelf picks a while back, in the store Wed 8/27 with his latest sci-fi novel, LOCK IN. WORN STORIES by Emily Spivack "Everyone has a memoir in miniature in at least one piece … Continue reading New Releases – 8/26/14
HARDCOVER FICTIONWe Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas Chad Harbach, bestselling author of THE ART OF FIELDING, calls this epic novel about an Irish family in Queens, "...a powerfully moving book, and the figure of Eileen Leary--mother, wife, daughter, lover, nurse, caretaker, whiskey drinker, upwardly mobile dreamer, retrenched protector of values--is a real addition to … Continue reading New Releases – 8/19/14
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