From the Stacks: Back to School We have books on just about any topic you can imagine on the Page Ahead shelves, and this month, in keeping with the back-to-school season, we’d like to feature All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold, illustrated by [Seattle illustrator] Suzanne Kaufman. This colorful picture book details a school community …
One little taco truck learns to share in marvelous new inclusive way that makes room for everyone. A book that acknowledges the challenges of change and the friendships that come with finding your community and where you belong. A bright book bursting with color and flavors with a much bigger message! –Jesica DeHart, Neill Public …
After nearly 40 years selling books Uptown, Jo Antonioli is still going strong by Susan Dunlop for the Montana Standard; originally posted 1/5/19 With nearly four decades spent as the owner and operator of Books & Books, the independent Butte bookstore she started in 1980, there are multiple possible sources of 87-year-old Jo Antonioli’s longevity. …
This piece was originally published on the Island Books blog. Growing up, I loved getting lost in books: It didn’t matter to me if the book was adventurous, dramatic, suspenseful, or fantastical; as long as it transported me somewhere else, I was happy. I’d be so immersed in my book that I’d barely hear my …
“Dear America, is this what you really want? Do you even know what is happening in your name?” Most of us don’t know what is happening in our name. This gorgeously written memoir is an important baby step towards Americans learning about our current deeply broken immigration system and the effects it has on our …
Seattle7Writers, the nonprofit collective of Pacific Northwest authors, partners with independent bookstores this summer to introduce readers to favorite authors and raise money for literacy nonprofits. In July, Island Books hosted the Seattle7Writers cookout to benefit Team Read, a nonprofit organization that pairs struggling young readers with trained teen reading coaches for one-on-one tutoring after school and …
As bookstores and communities around the country take part in the Where’s Waldo? local business campaign, bookseller Hanna Fischer of Rediscovered Books in Boise, ID, took it to a whole new level. Folks from the store took part in the Boise Green Bike Celebrity Race at the Twilight Criterion on Saturday, July 14, and bookseller …
A huge thanks to all the readers who came out on Saturday to support our fundraiser. On behalf of our customers, we are sending $7,488.00 to @RAICESTEXAS ! If you want to contribute directly, you can do so here : https://t.co/DddGnETNvM pic.twitter.com/wf8Az8ivZg — Third Place Books (@ThirdPlaceBooks) June 27, 2018 Third Place Books in Lake …
After a crazy fall, we decided not to host a Christmas Day friends-who-stayed-in-town dinner for the first time in several years. In thinking how we could do something with our time and freedom other than lay among the wads of wrapping paper, eat, watch football (me), my wife Megan came up with a brilliant idea. …
Thanksgiving should be a time of gratitude and coming together, and your friendly neighborhood Island Books staff is getting into the spirit. As we planned our pie recipes and anticipated one of our favorite holidays of the year, we felt moved to infuse some extra community love into the atmosphere. There were two recent pieces of …
