from OregonLive.com by Amy Wang Here in Oregon, we have plenty of independent bookstores to celebrate. In our nod to Independent Bookstore Day this year, we’re highlighting bookstores in the Portland suburbs. We visited bookstores in Clackamas, Multnomah, Washington and Yamhill counties that are currently open to the public, though in some cases with limited …
Trees: They provide shelter, sustenance, and sanctuary for vast numbers of creatures. They create the very air we breathe. And they are under threat. For generations, the Greenwood family lives with, destroys, fights for, and monetizes these gentle giants until their very existence is absorbed into the class system designed and upheld by the one …
Poetry is all around us and April is National Poetry Month! Here are some favorite new poetry books for children from Green Bean Books in Portland, OR: *Everything Comes Next by Naomi Shihab Nye *A Songbird Dreams of Singing: Poems about Sleeping Animals by Kate Hosford with illustrations by Jennifer M. Potter *Construction People by …
Green Bean Books of Portland expressed what a lot of us are feeling after the passing of beloved Oregon author Beverly Cleary: It is with both sadness and immense gratitude that we reflect on the incredible life of children’s author, Beverly Cleary. So beloved by so many, she brought us a treasure trove of children’s …
A tale from the Trojan War from the female perspective– an insight that Homer only touched on. Great read!! I really enjoyed this book. –Hilary, Beach Books, Seaside, OR Beach Books Instagram follower lesamisdelabc concurs: I’m loving this book!! Calliope and Penelope’s chapters give me life with how Done™ they are and I’m loving learning …
In The View from Cascade Head, Bruce Byers tells the fascinating story of Cascade Head in Oregon, and the people who have worked to protect it. Drawing from his lifelong relationship with the Oregon Coast and recent experience living and working at Cascade Head, Byers weaves together personal observations, ecological science, and the history and …
“Just because February is coming to an end doesn’t mean you should stop reading and learning about Black History! We’ve got books to inspire, educate, and challenge.” –Green Bean Books, Portland, OR Children’s specialty bookstore Green Bean Books shared a list of children’s books about Black history for year ’round love in the February issue …
Celebrate Black History Month with books from Third Eye Books’ Black Freedom Collection. The Black-owned store’s website has 42 pages of recommended books on this theme. Third Eye Books is based in Portland but had to close their brick and mortar storefront during the pandemic. They are still seeking donations for their relocation fund, but …
My brother and I made our dad’s headstone ourselves. We bought a bag of Quikrete from Home Depot. We built a form, poured the cement, and carefully pressed metal letters in as the slab cured. We kept the words simple; Loyd’s name, relevant dates, and a fragment of his favorite poem. If you love something, …
As I scrambled this year to relearn old gardening skills to plant a serious pandemic garden, it was so easy to follow the month by month guide for a wide variety of vegetables; it had all of the vegetables I was interested in growing and a lot of cultivation information– everything from seed orders through …
