It’s been a good week in the land of Oz. Lots of kids coming in for summer reading (the non-required kind!), mother’s day gifts, birthdays, you name it! There are so many good books out right now that it seems like everyday a new book comes in that I am jumping up and down about, running around the store with to make sure that EVERYONE knows how amazing it is. How about Mark Teague’s new book Firehouse, about a city of dogs and the firefighters that help save the day, or Neil Gaiman’s new children’s picture book, illustrated by Charles Vess, entitled Instructions. I am in love with these two picture books!
There are also some great YA and teen books out this week . If you are a Sister’s Grimm fan, then you are in luck, because the next installment of that series is out, Inside Story (#8). Also, fans of Frindle will be excited to know that Andrew Clements has a new book out called Keepers of the School #1 We the Children.
And for those teens, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of the adult books The Shadow of the Wind and Angel’s Game, has a new teen book out called The Prince of Mist and we have signed copies! Maggie just finished it and she says that it is scary! I cannot wait to get my hands on it! Gimme a Call by Sarah Mlynowski is finally out, the book that has been causing a lot of twitter buzz. Sarah wrote a really cool article about this novel for The Huffington Post that is work checking out.
I love my white shoes,
I love my white shoes,
We also read/sang one of my favorite children’s books at Storytime this week, Pete the Cat by Eric Litwin. Pete the Cat has white shoes that he is very proud of. But what happens when he steps in a large pile of strawberries? They turn RED! If you were not here on Saturday, then come in and I will thoroughly embarrass myself by singing this song for you! I love it!
Don’t forget, Margaret McMullan will be here on Tuesday, May 18th to sign her new book, Sources of Light, set in Jackson in the ’60’s!
Until next time,
Emily
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