HELLO Beautiful People! Do you remember… Little Miss Chatterbox? …. Little Miss Giggles? What about, Little Miss Scatterbrain, Little Miss Trouble, Mr. Messy? What about Mr. Messy? Do you remember Mr. Small? WE LOVED,…
Category: The 12 Days of Books
The 12 Days of Books: Day 5, Book 5
Hello Beautiful People, Day FIVE is here! My how time flies when you’re having fun. We love Christmas & art & theatre & music & dancing….so….BOOK FIVE is: Angelina’s Christmas Written by Katharine Holabird & Illustrated by Helen Craig The synopsis from the site: When Angelina Ballerina sees old Mr. Bell all alone at Christmastime,…
The 12 Days of Books: Day 4, Book 4
Hello Beautiful People, We’re ALREADY on DAY FOUR, can you believe it? Our fourth book in this magical series is….{insert drumroll here}… The Jolly CHRISTMAS Postman, by Allan Ahlberg & Janet Ahlberg! Can you feel our excitement? From the fantastic tales of The Jolly Postman, (an interactive children’s book that young ones will treasure for…
The 12 Days of Books: Day 3, Book 3
Hello Friends, It’s Day 3 of The 12 Days of Books! Our third gem is none other than The Gift of The Magi, by O. Henry. One dollar and eight-seven cents is all the money Della has in the world to buy her beloved husband, Jim, a Christmas present. The only thing that she can…
The 12 Days of Books: Day 2, Book 2
Hello Beautiful People, Our second book is the timeless classic – The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg. If you haven’t read this beautiful tale, well, now’s the time to start! Late one Christmas Eve, after the town has gone to sleep, a young boy boards the mysterious train that waits for him outside his…
The 12 Days of Books: Day 1, Book 1
Hello Beautiful People! Happy December!!! In lieu of our Bookshelf Pick list, (the one that comes out on the first of every month), we are launching The 12 Days of Books campaign! We started this lovely tradition last year, and it was so well received that we thought, why not do it again? This year, we’re…
The 12 Days of Goodness
Hello Lovelies, A note from our founder – My students always surprise me. Always. My principal wants me to write to Bravo! or Showtime and pitch a pilot series for our school…THAT’S how crazy life can get. But… Sometimes life throws you a surprise or two. Today, I was surprised in the most…
The Bookstore Pledge: The Cooperstown Book Nook and Augur’s Books of Cooperstown, NY
Hello Beautiful People, This past weekend we had the pleasure of visiting The Cooperstown Book Nook and Davidson’s Jewelry & Augur’s Books in Cooperstown, NY. For those of you who don’t know, Cooperstown is where The Baseball Hall of Fame is located. It’s a BEAUTIFUL, quaint, sleepy little town nestled in the mountains of upstate New York….
The 411 on The 12 Days of Books
Hello You Beautiful People, It’s almost that time of year again… …ALMOST. What are we talking about? Well, Christmastime of course! But, more importantly….The 12 Days of Books. The 411 on The 12 Days of Books: Well, it’s our little Christmas Countdown + Literacy Initiative + celebrationofourfavoritetimeofyearandwanttoshareitwiththewhole world Series. We did it last year, and…