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Mar

30

2021

Love and Appreciation for Beverly Cleary, 1916- 2021

Green Bean Books of Portland expressed what a lot of us are feeling after the passing of beloved Oregon author Beverly Cleary: It is with both sadness and immense gratitude that we reflect on the incredible life of children’s author, Beverly Cleary. So beloved by so many, she brought us a treasure trove of children’s …

Feb

23

2021

Portland’s Green Bean Books Suggests Black History Books for Every Month

“Just because February is coming to an end doesn’t mean you should stop reading and learning about Black History! We’ve got books to inspire, educate, and challenge.” –Green Bean Books, Portland, OR Children’s specialty bookstore Green Bean Books shared a list of children’s books about Black history for year ’round love in the February issue …

Oct

23

2020

My Baby Loves Halloween

Stores Offer Safe Halloween Celebrations

Spokane’s Wishing Tree Books is hosting a literary character pumpkin contest on social media. Wishing Tree invites you to carve or decorate a pumpkin as your favorite character or author this Halloween for our first ever literary pumpkin contest! How it works: There are two categories: Carved and Decorated. Once you have your literary pumpkin …

May

15

2020

Celebrate 2020 PNBA Award-winning
Dylan Meconis and “Queen of the Sea” with Green Bean Books

How the world has changed since January, when the 2020 Pacific Northwest Book Award winners were announced and authors, bookstores, and publishers were making happy plans for celebratory events. Green Bean Books jumped at the chance to host the award presentation event for Dylan Meconis and Queen of the Sea. The original idea was to …

Jul

9

2019

Happy 10th Birthday, Green Bean Books!

Tuesday, July 9, 2019, Green Bean Books in Portland celebrates its tenth birthday! Congratulations, Grean Bean Books. This charming bookshop in a darling red house in the Alberta Arts District in Portland (just a quick walk from Salt & Straw ice cream, if you like to double up your treats) focuses on kids’ books and …

Jul

1

2019

2

remarks

My Name Isn't Oof at Spark Books

Spotted in the Wild: “My Name Isn’t Oof” from WA in PA

While attending the national conference for children’s booksellers from independent bookstores, the American Booksellers Association’s Children’s Institute, in Pittsburgh, PA, I found a PNW friend face-out on the shelves of Spark Books in Aspinwall, PA. My Name Isn’t Oof! is a strong presence in the store’s Resilience subsection of Life Lessons. The book’s author, Michael …

Mar

19

2019

Multnomah County Library Volunteer Spotlight:
Bookseller Earl Dizon

Earl Dizon is a beloved bookseller at Green Bean Books in Portland. He serves on the PNBA Awards Committee and spreads the love of books off-hours as a volunteer at his local library, too. Multnomah County Library recently featured him in their Volunteer Spotlight.  “I want to get kids excited to read.” by Sarah Binns Good …

Jan

22

2019

Laura Veirs portrait for her 2018 album "The Lookout". Photo by Jason Quigley.

A New Respect for the Picture Book: An Essay by 2019 PNBA Award Winner
Laura Veirs

I’d been reading picture books to my kids for years before writing my own. I’d always taken pleasure in them but never really considered what a deep art form the genre is. It took creating Libba to figure that out.First, let’s take the words. Like in a song or poem, I wanted to get them just right. …

Jul

12

2017

The Class

The Class by Bonish Ashburn,
illustrated by Kimberly Gee

Celebrate all the ways children get ready for the first day of kindergarten in The Class written by Boni Ashburn and illustrated by Kimberly Gee. It’s a cute and chaotic romp of a rhyming book which follows twenty different kids as they prepare for their first day of school! –Green Bean Books, Portland, OR School is …

Mar

24

2015

A Children’s Place Grand Re-Opening

A Children’s Place Bookstore (ACPB) just celebrated its 40th birthday last June, commemorated its grand re-opening last weekend, and today is still Portland’s oldest and most beloved independent children’s bookstore. I visited owner Pam Erlandson and her team during the grand re-opening festivities on Saturday, March 14 and here’s what I learned. Why the Move As …

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