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realistic fiction

May

10

2019

Emma Nichols

The Graphic Novel Is a Perfect Teachable Format: Using Graphic Novels to Help Readers

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 …

Apr

8

2019

Jaycee of Watermark Book Company

Meet the Bookseller: Jaycee of Watermark Book Company

[This segment of Watermark Book Company’s newsletter] introduce[s the store’s] team members so you can get to know us all a little better! This time, we would like to share a little bit about Jaycee! Tell us a bit about yourself: “I am a student at WWU majoring in dance and minoring in music. I …

Jul

26

2018

All We Can Do Is Wait

All We Can Do Is Wait by Richard Lawson

You won’t be able to put this multiple narrative novel down once you begin. When five teens meet at the hospital after a bridge collapse, their lives are never the same. Wow. –Teasha Kirkwood, Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA Find more WOW for readers of all ages at Elliott Bay Book Company and other …

Nov

7

2017

1

remark

Straight Outta Soldotna: Debut Novelist Meagan Macvie

When I met Meagan Macvie, during the first minutes of our three-year MFA program, she was buried in a book, occasionally peeking up through her glasses to observe us all getting to know each other. An introverted bookworm, I thought, and I was right about the bookworm part. Just check out her answer below when …

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