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Summer Reading 2010

sumemrreading2 Happy Summer Reading from your friends at Village Books!! Once again we offer this guide to all the books you'll want to be reading this summer - from the beach to the mountains, or even in your own backyard. Whether its fiction, non-fiction, or mystery you love, we have the latest from your favorite authors, plus a few new ones you won't want to miss. All the reviews are by Katie, unless otherwise noted, so read on and enjoy. You can visit our website, www.palivillagebooks.com, before you leave town, or from wherever you travel this summer, and click on “order a book” when you want to make an online purchase! And don't forget to check out our Summer Reading table and binder to find all of your child’s summer reading books. Have a safe, happy and healthy summer and THANK YOU for supporting Village Books, your neighborhood bookstore, for thirteen (on July 4!) amazing and wonderful years!!

Building a Library?

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Need help building or expanding your home library? Want to give a starter library as a wedding or graduation gift that is SURE to be incredibly unique, special, welcome and practical? Village Books is happy to consult with you to meet your individual needs in selecting and/or organizing your books. Do it NOW before e-books take over and the cloth and paper book, as we know it and love it, becomes obsolete!

New Books for a New Year and a New Decade

new A wealth of exciting and interesting new books have been published in these first few months of 2010. Read on to find out more about the latest in hardcover and paperback fiction. Then give us a call, or stop in and pick up, your new books for the new year!

Prize Winners in Children's Literature

On Monday, January 18 the American Library Association announced the winners of the two most prestigious prizes in children's literature. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead won the Newbery Medal for best children's book and Jerry Pinkney's The Lion and the Mouse won the Caldecott Prize for best picture book. When You Reach Me was inspired by Madeleine L'Engle's timeless classic and previous Newbery winner, A Wrinkle in Time. It is a time-traveling story about a sixth-grader named Miranda, set in New York City in the 1970s. The Lion and the Mouse is a wordless retelling of the classic Aesop fable about a mouse who helps a lion, proving that an underdog can be as mighty as a king.

lionandmouse whenyoureachme On Monday, January 18 the American Library Association announced the winners of the two most prestigious prizes in children's literature. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead won the Newbery Medal for best children's book and Jerry Pinkney's The Lion and the Mouse won the Caldecott Prize for best picture book. When You Reach Me was inspired by Madeleine L'Engle's timeless classic and previous Newbery winner, A Wrinkle in Time. It is a time-traveling story about a sixth-grader named Miranda, set in New York City in the 1970s. The Lion and the Mouse is a wordless retelling of the classic Aesop fable about a mouse who helps a lion, proving that an underdog can be as mighty as a king.

Why I Love Village Books

Maile Meloy

My stepmother had been driving across the country, listening to NPR, and she heard about a book she wanted to read. She couldn’t remember what state she’d been in, or what show she’d been listening to. She couldn’t remember the title of t...

Sunday, 09 May 2010