Snow Goose Bookstore in Stanwood, WA opened this week in a new space, just down the block from its former location. The Snow Goose is now operating at 8716 271st Street, across from the police station, where Let’s Frame It was. In the move, Snow Goose is expanding its business model to now include custom …
Parents, how are you holding up during summer vacation? Local bookstores and libraries are good boredom-busters for people of any age. Here’s a peek at some things independent bookstores in the Pacific Northwest have planned to help everyone enjoy the time away from school routine. GRASS ROOTS BOOKS & MUSIC (Corvallis, WA): For kids ages 5-12: a summer …
Communities all over the country are using Where’s Waldo to promote local businesses. Waldo-seekers pick up a passport, then go from shop to shop finding Waldo cut-outs (and a bonus of his dog, Woof in some places!) throughout the month of July. Most venues will hold a big Waldo party at the end of the …
“The wonder of the natural world really comes to life in Things That Are, a new collection of essays from award-winning writer Amy Leach. Moving from lilies to jellyfish, pandas to honeybees, Leach’s lyrical explorations of the wild offer the reader little respites from the techno-paced modern world. Sometimes she invites us to engage in …
“Readers of all ages will love this collection of poems celebrating the many faces of the natural world through the course of a year. Divided into sections marking the seasons, Outside Your Window captures the sights and sounds of the out-of-doors, from the dripping of icicles in the beginnings of spring to the joys of …
“Madeline has always been the responsible one of the family, so when her parents disappear, she decides that she will have to be the one to find them. Especially since there’s a ransom note written in code, signed by someone named The Enemy and left behind by a carload of (Maddy is quite sure) foxes. …
“Emily Maxwell, widowed and nearing 80, is reasonably well-off and still in good health, yet her world has shrunk to a radius of less than 100 miles. She spends her time cleaning before the cleaning woman arrives, attending ever-more-frequent funerals, and working the crossword every morning with her tea and melba toast, except for Tuesdays, …
“From one of our all-time favorite novelists comes a wonderful memoir/travelog championing the independent bookstores of America. How could we NOT love this book! Just before turning 65, Mosher was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and after surviving the treatment, he faced his own mortality in the best possible way—with a road-trip. In his 20-year-old Chevy …
“Put the kettle on, lock all the doors and settle in for a fabulous read with the newest adventure of the indomitable Maisie Dobbs! It’s 1932 and Maisie takes a job with the British Secret Service, going undercover to investigate ties between a small Cambridge college and the rising Nazi Party. When the head of …
“Robert Michael Pyle is our favorite Northwest naturalist. His new book, Mariposa Road:The First Butterfly Big Year (Houghton Mifflin, Sept., 2010) describes his year-long adventure seeking to spot as many American butterflies as possible. He’ll talk and read at The Snow Goose Thursday, October 21 at 7 pm.”—Kristine Kaufman, Snow Goose Bookstore, Stanwood, WA
