Bring your Teddy Bear to Story time Wednesday, Sept 28th @ 10:30am
 
We will celebrate 50 years of "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?" at our next story time.
The ladies of the AAUW will share bear stories, crafts, and a teddy bear picnic at our story time this month.
It should be great fun for your pre-school keiki.

Thanks again to our sponsor Stefanie of Blue Journey Farm who you will find at the Keauhou Farmer's Market every Saturday.

Call us to save a space and bring your teddy bear!
324-0350 or [email protected]
Our latest arrivals: 2017 Calendars and Day-planners
Post-Inventory Sale:
We've loaded up a table with lots of things that must go! Hardcover books, purses, visors, keiki items, and more; all at half-price.
    
Words & Wine Preview
Tues, October 4 @ 6pm
Ready for the Party
  • Debut novelist Mike Malaghan has turned his passion for history into the sweeping epic Picture Bride.
  • Jane Lasswell Hoff is a professional forensic anthropologist; she has written Bones of Paradise, a Big Island mystery.
  • Marie Alonzo Snyder is the founder and artistic director of Zouk HI. She has written The Art and Sensuality of Brazilian Zouk is the first book on Zouk published in the USA.
Our book groups are relaxed and entertaining book discussions.
Bring a light pupu or beverage, pick your genre, and join us any time.
What our book groups are reading:
"Just the Facts", our non-fiction group:
A Fighting Chance
A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren
An unlikely political star tells the inspiring story of the two-decade journey that taught her how Washington really works and really doesn't.

Join us to discuss this best-selling political memoir on Tuesday, September 27 at 6:00pm. 
"Second Tuesday", our fiction group:
Some Luck
Some Lulck by Jane Smiley
1920, Denby, Iowa: Rosanna and Walter Langdon have just welcomed their firstborn son, Frank, into their family farm. He will be the oldest of five. Each chapter in this extraordinary novel covers a single year, encompassing the sweep of history as the Langdons abide by time-honored values and pass them on to their children. With the country on the cusp of enormous social and economic change through the early 1950s, we watch as the personal and the historical merge seamlessly: one moment electricity is just beginning to power the farm, and the next a son is volunteering to fight the Nazis.
Join us to discuss this book by a Pulitzer prize winner on Tuesday, October 11 at 6:30pm. 
Our Travel and Adventure group:
Passion for Paris 
Passion for Paris: Romanticism and Romance in the City of Light   by David Downie
"A top-notch walking tour of Paris. . . . The author's encyclopedic knowledge of the city and its artists grants him a mystical gift of access: doors left ajar and carriage gates left open foster his search for the city's magical story. Anyone who loves Paris will adore this joyful book. Readers visiting the city are advised to take it with them to discover countless new experiences." -Kirkus Reviews
Join us to discuss this travel narrative on Tuesday, October 18 at 6:30pm. 
In " Remainders of the Day" from the New York Times, the author tells what it feels like to know libraries are tossing your books.

From The Guardian, we have the " Top 10 dodgy lawyers in literature".

Is it possible fashion designers are inspired by book covers? " 16 Books That Perfectly Match New York Fashion Week Looks" from BuzzFeed.

And last," Winnie the Pooh Turns 90, and Gets a New Penguin Friend Added to the Canon" from Flavorwire.

Mahalo and a hui hou,

Joy and Brenda (Owners)
Noble and Chloe (Cats)
Hours: Monday- Friday 10am to 6pm; Saturday: 10am to 5pm; Sunday: 11am to 5pm

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