Nina Laden’s words of wonder paired with Melissa Castrillon’s lush jewel-toned illustrations pay tribute to and honor the bounty of the natural world. There is a almost a reverent musical dancing movement of this book that engages all of the senses. Feel your breathing calm and your whole body relax into the beauty of each …
Fiction Winner: The Cold Millions by Jess Walter (HarperCollins) Fiction Finalists: The Second Star by Alma Alexander (Crossroad Press) Living Color: Angie Rubio Stories by Donna Miscolta (Jaded Ibis Press) Vera Violet by Melissa Anne Peterson (Counterpoint Press) The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite (Avon Impulse) Biography and Memoir Winner: The Magical Language of Others by E.J. …
From the Fern Ridge Library Foundation April 28, 2021: The Fern Ridge Library Foundation is pleased to announce the successful fundraising project for the GoTrike mobile tricycle. This summer, the Fern Ridge Library staff will be cycling to community events and bringing library services where people gather. Watch for it Saturday, May 1 at the opening of the Veneta Farmers …
Seattle Public Library and Seattle Arts and Lectures put together another fun summer reading challenge this year– Book Bingo for adults and teens! Again this year, one of the squares is “recommended by a librarian or independent bookseller.” Many Seattle area stores have even printed out copies of the bingo cards for customers who want …
The Library of Congress National Book Festival is an annual literary event that brings together best-selling authors and thousands of book fans for author talks, panel discussions, book signings and other activities. Over its long history, the National Book Festival has become one of the pre-eminent literary events in the United States. Attendees can interact …
Have you seen the “Best Books of 2017” feature on the Multnomah County Library website? It lets you choose a genre and then find top books of the last year. When you click on the covers, you get a write-up about why the book is recommended. Have fun exploring librarians’ recommendations.
Seattle Public Library’s downtown Central Branch celebrates its 10th anniversary this May. Everyone’s invited to get in on the fun! Seattle7Writers will light up the night of Indies First Storytime day with Authors Gone Wild. Authors Gone Wild: A Celebration of Bookish Proportions 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17 Seattle Central Library Living …
For months, the attractive young man who now stood across the library circulation desk from me had made cautious conversational forays toward me, and I had responded in kind. We were both shy people, and our attempts were hampered further because I was working, checking out his books to him. He wasn’t a stranger. I’d …
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 …
This Tuesday, April 23, is World Book Night. World Book Night is an annual celebration dedicated to spreading the love of reading, person to person. Each year on April 23, tens of thousands of people in the US go out into their communities and give a total of half a million free World Book Night …
