Go ahead and get this unusual graphic novel for the kids. But first, you have to read it for yourself. This deceptively intelligent tale of two beetle friends and their bug buddies will have you laughing on one page, then thinking deep, philosophical thoughts the next. The lessons learned will delight you and warm your …
By Paul Constant Special to The Seattle Times Neighborhood Reads If you want to learn about a Seattle neighborhood, browse the shelves of its independent bookstores. Local bookstores succeed when they place the interests and aspirations of their neighbors over the fads and excesses of national bestseller lists. And every time we buy books from …
From the Stacks: Back to School We have books on just about any topic you can imagine on the Page Ahead shelves, and this month, in keeping with the back-to-school season, we’d like to feature All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold, illustrated by [Seattle illustrator] Suzanne Kaufman. This colorful picture book details a school community …
The first Seattle Children’s Book Festival will be held Saturday, September 28, 2019 from 11:00- 3:00 at Greenwood Elementary (144 NW 80th St) in Seattle. The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by The Innovation Press, Madison Books, Phinney Books, Seattle Public Schools, Seattle Milk Fund, the Seattle Office of …
We know you’re never at a loss for what to read next, but just in case you want some summer reading inspiration, look at the wonderful titles by Washington authors and illustrators selected by bookseller and librarian judges. The 2019 Washington State Book Awards (WSBA) are for outstanding books published by Washington authors in 2018, …
Sanae Ishida celebrates her third children’s picture book with a special promotion starting this Saturday at seven Seattle independent bookstores: Elliot Bay Book Company Kinokuniya Books Lake Forest Park Third Place Books Liberty Bay Books Phinney Books Queen Anne Book Company University Book Store Sanae is dropping off an amazing hand-made kame (turtle) submarine like …
A mysterious new doorway in their grandmother’s room and some equally mysterious paw prints lead Joon and Noona into a land of mischievous and snack-loving animals, and into the world of the traditional Korean folk tales Seattle’s Julie Kim heard as a child. Her retellings (and her exquisitely beautiful illustrations) combine the magic and mischief …
This is the month for monsters, and you’ll find few more appealing ones than the father and child in this rhyming tale. The rhythms and the rhymes are note-perfect for reading aloud, and the monstrous details—the “mummified bass” and “toe-biting stones” the daddy loves not quite as much as he loves his little stinkling—strike just …
Those of us who loved the quirkily indomitable spirit of Ishida’s first picture book, Little Kunoichi the Ninja Girl, will be glad to see Little Kunoichi return in a supporting role in the story of her best pal’s search for an animal pal, Chibi Samurai Wants a Pet. Filled with asides both goofy and educational …
The finalists for the 2017 Washington State Book Awards were announced on August 7. 2017 WSBA FINALISTS: BOOKS FOR ADULTS CATEGORIES Fiction The Solace of Monsters by Laurie Blauner, of Seattle (Leapfrog Press) Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang, of Bellevue (Vintage Books; reissued 2016; original publication date 2002) Barkskins by Annie …
