Posted in Publishers Weekly Children’s Bookshelf newsletter May 7, 2019 by Emma Nichols, bookseller at Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA When I first started in bookselling, parents often balked at my comics recommendations. They wanted their kids to read “real books.” Five years later, a lot has changed: I’m still recommending comics and kids …
Kids and adults can find summer reading programs throughout the region. Goals range from increasing reading time to reading more diversely. Below is just a sample. Tacoma Library, Seattle Public Library/ Seattle Arts and Lectures, and Whatcom County: Book Bingo (SPL has a different bingo card for teens). Seattle’s cards in past years have included “recommended …
This is such a beautiful story that had me hooked from page 1. Lucie comes to standing knee deep in the waters of San Francisco with no idea who she is or how she got there. When her picture is put out to the media, her fiance in Seattle sees the photo and races to …
This weekend, to honor Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, Phinney Books in Seattle be hosting volunteers from their friends at Literacy Source at the store from 12 to 2 on Saturday and 2 to 4 on Sunday. They’ll be spreading the word on the good work Literacy Source does, and the store will have a …
Seattle7Writers and Elliott Bay Book Company present seventeen prominent Seattle authors at a Bookish Brunch Sunday June 5 from 11 AM- 1 PM at the Mount Baker Community Clubhouse. Award-winning writer Deb Caletti will discuss her newly released book, Essential Maps for the Lost. Authors Garth Stein and Jennie Shortridge will emcee. The Bookish Brunch will …
From Phinney Books, the local bookstore for Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood: Saturday, on April 16 at 3 pm, we’ll be welcoming emissaries from our neighbors to the north at the Bureau of Fearless Ideas, the award-winning writing center: kid and grownups will read from their contributions to the new Encyclopedia Greenwoodia, a timeless celebration of our …
This is a note thanks to a complete stranger, a parent who recently did something unexpected and wonderful right in front of me. She’s probably forgotten the incident but I’ll remember it for a long time, and I hope lots of other moms and dads around the country are on the same page with her …
My daughter’s last year of co-op preschool just came to end, but we parents weren’t let off the hook without attending one final evening meeting. We do this regularly in late spring, gathering to talk school business, elect board members for the coming year, and listen to an expert give us advice about child-rearing. This …
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 …
