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Oct

10

2022

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day!

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Auntie’s Bookstore (@auntiesbooks) —Auntie’s Bookstore in Spokane made an Instagram reel of some favorite books by indigenous authors. Among the titles: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich White Magic by Elissa Washuta Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s by Tiffany Midge Red Paint by …

Jul

13

2022

Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty

I loved this set of a dozen stories brought to life in Morgan Talty’s words. Each story is demonstrative of life as a Penobscot, in a Native community in Maine. One of my favorites is about a boy who opens a Pandora’s box kind of jar and lets out a curse that ruins his family. …

Jun

24

2021

Firekeeper's Daughter (cover image is a stylized moth or butterfly illustrations containing faces and feathers and flames)

Bestseller Spotlight: Indigenous Voices

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. We celebrate Native American and indigenous stories on this week’s list. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Yellow Bird by Sierra Crane Murdoch An …

Oct

16

2020

Read Up, Kids: Middle Grade Chapter Book Recommendations from Portland’s Annie Bloom’s Books

From the recommendations of bookseller and kids’ author Rosanne Parry, here are three middle grade novels perfect for 9- to 14-year-olds: The Artifact Hunters by Janet Fox is like Harry Potter set in a magical school in Scotland. But, unlike Harry Potter, the characters travel through time in an attempt to solve real historical problems and keep the dangers of the …

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