“A quirky little novel that is both thoughtful and gleeful, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan is simultaneously a mystery and an ode to bookstores and ‘old’ knowledge (versus ‘Google’ knowledge), mostly set in a hole-in-the-wall independent bookstore in San Francisco. Can tangible books and new media exist happily side by side? With a plot ‘as …
“Another very sweet new series comes from northwest native (she grew up in my hometown of Walla Walla) Deborah Underwood (who now lives in the Bay Area) and is illustrated by Renata Liwska: The Quiet Book, The Loud Book, and now The Christmas Quiet Book, celebrating the quiet sounds of the holiday season. The series is …
“This charming and moving picture book is William Joyce at the top of his form. A tribute to a man who loved books and lived his life devoted to them. Joyce’s marvelous illustrations carry the story along magically. This is the perfect book to show the wonder of reading to a little one and to …
