Greetings!
We were discussing recently just how much we miss having you in the store- it feels very strange every day. The relationship between a reader and their book choices is one of the aspects of this business I love the most.

That being said, we have made the choice to take our time opening the store to browsing and will not open the doors on the 20th. Steve and I are working toward a touch-free store to start this process. Do any of you remember Service Merchandise? Kinda like that. Once we fix up the place in the next two weeks we will send photos so you can see what we have planned.

Meanwhile, we are doing curbside pick-ups, special orders, mail orders and LOTS of phone consultations about books! Oh, and call us about our puzzles...:-)

Thank you for your support of independent bookselling,
Alice Byrd Hutchinson
WEDNESDAY NIGHT 5/13
Show & Shop Wed. at 7pm
Join us for a Show & Shop sponsored by the Bethel Economic Office!
Shops in Bethel will highlight some of their favorite products on a registration-only zoom call. Each vendor will have a slot of time to share what they have that is new, update their hours, and share if they have curbside pickup or delivery.
Grab your favorite beverage and hear what we have in our stores!

You can register using the link to the right and you will be sent the link to join the fun. Looking forward to seeing you!!
Businesses:
The Toy Room
Byrd's Books
Send A Smile Cards
Escape Salon & Spa
Patricia's Presents
Gemini Dream
BOOKMARK CONTEST
Every year during the month of May we have a summer bookmark contest. Kids and adults design a bookmark of a book they love. We have guest judges choose a winner and runner-up in each of five categories/age groups - then we print 100 each of the winning bookmarks. We are getting a huge response (way to go Huckleberry School). The contest ends May 31st.

Some New Books, and Some You May Have Missed
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New Books in the Store for Kids
Come along on a journey through the oceans of the world in this beautiful book with illustrations made entirely from hand-pressed plants.
ages 6-9
Louie and Ralphie discover that camping is not easy — especially since Scoutmaster Grandpa Ratso doesn’t think they should ask for help — in the latest adventure in the Infamous Ratsos series.
ages 8-12
Transcending its time and period, this moving and lyrical story, beautifully illustrated, explores the fear and hope of children in time of war.
ages 9-12
By the author of Skellig
Tilly and her best friend Oskar are bookwanderers: a remarkable group of people who, using the magical power of books, can travel  inside  any story they choose.  !
ages 8-12
Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee camp, as told by a Somali refugee to the Newbery Honor-winning creator of  Roller Girl.
ages 9-12
Some of Our Favorites for kids in stock
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Board Book
Board Book
with tabs
Picture book for ages 7-12
Ages 4-8
ALL ages
(7-14, but we really LOVE this book!)
A prequel to the Hunger Games
A prequel - the world of Panem sixty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games , starting on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games
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