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Katherine Applegate

Oct

30

2025

Bestseller Spotlight: Face it

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. These covers are lookin’ at you, kid. Are there any other face covers from our bestseller list …

Sep

18

2025

Bestseller Spotlight: Wordplay

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Each of these titles plays with language. Some rhyme; some are alliterative; some are repetitive but with …

Apr

24

2025

Bestseller Spotlight: One-Word Wonders

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Here are some bestsellers with one-word titles. Some have subtitles, but most of these stand alone. James …

May

23

2024

Bestseller Spotlight: Count on These Titles

On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller List is published. Every week, we love to see what books have been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. One, two, three, four– you can count on titles from this week’s bestseller …

Aug

17

2023

Thursday Themes: Two-syllable Titles

On Wednesdays, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Bestseller list is published. Every week, we love to see what has been most popular in independent bookstores around our region. As we peruse the list, we ponder patterns. Then we present this weekly feature: Thursday Themes. In the past, we’ve covered two-word titles, but this week, we’re counting the beats …

Jun

22

2023

Bestseller Spotlight: Here’s Looking at You

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Not all these covers have a subject looking directly at the reader, but they are a 180 …

May

11

2023

Bestseller Spotlight: Counting Titles

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. Each regional bestseller list has 15 titles on it, but we noticed that you can count to …

Feb

19

2019

Gavlin Family reading

Galvin Family Reading: A Guest Blog Post
from a Customer of Island Books

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 …

Dec

11

2014

Ivan: The Remarkable True Story
of the Shopping Mall Gorilla
by Katherine Applegate, illus. by G. Brian Karas

“In 2013 Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan won the Newbery Medal for most distinguished contribution to children’s literature. Ivan, the gorilla, now comes to life in picture book form. Ivan was brought to the United States from the Congo as a baby. For three years he lived in a home like a human child. Then he …

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