August Has Still So Much to Offer

Greetings!

Wait, is August really almost over? I hope the summer has given you a much needed break and that you are safe and well.

We wrapped up our Where's Waldo 2020 with a fun zoom party. Thank you to all who participated and thanks to the merchants who donated prizes!

Thank you for your support of independent bookselling,

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SCHOOL SUMMER READING

Giving Tree

We have a Giving Tree in the store that is in partnership with Social Services. Each leaf represents and actual child (gender and age).

The way it works: you purchase a children's book, we place the leaf on it and deliver the box of books to the Social Service Department who sees the books get in to the right hands in time for school.

A worthy cause- books & kids!

New Books

click on the cover to learn more ~ audiobook link below

An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U.S. congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950s to the present—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Soul of America

digital audiobook

This is a story about people on the brink of change. They’re family, but they think they’re strangers. So: Where does family begin? And what do people who think they’ve got nothing in common have in common?

digital audiobook

Riveting, elegant, often humorous, illustrated by Smith’s signature Polaroids,

Year of the Monkey

is a moving and original work, a touchstone for our turbulent times.

digital audiobook

In Vesper Flights Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays, along with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. From the author

of H is For Hawk

digital audiobook

"Gripping...Filled with surprising twists, empathetic prose, and revealing historical details, Kline’s resonant, powerful story will please any historical fiction fan."

— Publishers Weekly

digital audiobook

From the best-selling author of Skinny Dip and Razor Girl, a hilarious new novel of social and political intrigue, set against the glittering backdrop of Florida's gold coast.

digital audiobook

Bookstore Update

The store continues to operate in a hybrid mode- we allow a few folks in at a time with masks, we admit folks to the children's section one family grouping at a time and we continue with curbside pick-up and touch free check-out, sanitizing as we go. We take online orders and can mail anywhere in the US.

Orders are taking a bit longer to arrive at the store- thank you in advance for your patience. It is frustrating for us too.

Independent Bookstore Day

Independent Bookstore Day INFO

Independent Bookstore Day is Saturday!!

On Saturday August 29th we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day 2020. As always, we will have special merchandise available only on THAT DAY forward and it is only while supplies last. Very special author events throughout the day are listed on our website.

Story Time with Raghib!

Our state representative Raghib Allie-Brennan will continue his popular Story Time via Facebook LIVE at the bookstore in celebration of Independent Bookstore Day!! On Saturday at 11 he will read The Little Engine That Could!

One Quick Question:

Is there a children's book series you think we should carry in the store?

Yes- I will make a suggestion by replying to this email.

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Byrd's Books T-Shirts

Steve and I would like to thank each of you who bought our t-shirts when we ran the campaign. It helped us out at a time we needed the boost. We love them and hope you do too.

If you drop by for Independent Bookstore Day, please be sure to wear it!