As I sit in the wood-paneled study atop my ivory tower, hemmed in on all sides by esoteric works of fiction, I begin to wonder how I came to this place. On one wall are slim volumes that refract and reflect each other like a Borgesian hall of mirrors, and on another are fat epics …
“I gave this to my niece and nephew when they came to visit recently; it is a wonderful twist on the traditional counting book. It starts at winter, with no flowers, and then continues through the seasons, ending at 10 with the last flowers of the fall. The illustrations by Haley Vair are outstanding. Two …
Here at Island Books, we host a monthly story time that’s usually targeted towards kids three and up. It’s magic to watch the faces of pajama-clad kiddos light up as local storytellers and musicians take over our children’s section. These are the kinds of events that lodge themselves into children’s memories, and a good reason …
There are booksellers who fall into bookselling when their other plans don’t work out or when they happen to see a Help Wanted sign in a store one day—and booksellers who choose it, who know from early on that they want to make a career out of putting books into the hands of other people. …
