Spellbound

CHILDREN’S INTEREST
1. Beezus and Ramona Beverly Cleary, Tracy Dockray (Illus.), Harper, $5.99
2. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99
3. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $13.99
4. Lego Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary Simon Beecroft, DK Publishing
5. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.95
6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney (Illus.), Little Brown, $8.99
7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $12.99
8. When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb, $15.99
9. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to Change the World… One Child at a Time Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Puffin, $8.99
10. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Tom Angleberger, Amulet, $12.95
11. Star Wars: The Clone Wars Character Encyclopedia DK Publishing, $16.99
12. Scat Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $8.99
13. A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L’Engle, Square Fish, $6.99
14. Big Nate: In a Class by Himself Lincoln Peirce, Harper, $12.99
15. Savvy Ingrid Law, Puffin, $7.99

Children’s Illustrated
1. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99
2. How Rocket Learned to Read Tad Hills, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99
3. Star Wars: A Scanimation Book Rufus Butler Seder, Workman, $14.95
4. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper , $17.95
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99
6. City Dog, Country Frog Mo Willems, Jon J Muth (Illus.), Hyperion, $17.99
7. Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.99
8. Ladybug Girl at the Beach David Soman, Jacky Davis, Dial, $16.99
9. Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99
10. Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink Victoria Kann, Harper, $3.99
11. Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99
12. Fancy Nancy: Ooh La La! It’s Beauty Day Jane O’Connor, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper
13. Pinkalicious: School Rules! Victoria Kann, Harper, $3.99
14. The Night Before Kindergarten Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap , $3.99
15. Perfect Piggies! Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95

ROYAL is our book club for adult Readers of Young Adult Literature. No need to join ahead of time or RSVP; anyone over 18 who has read the book is welcome to come and discuss it! Book club selections are always 20% off until the day of the meeting. Generally we meet the first Sunday of the month at 4pm, with exceptions for holiday weekends.

Please note that we’re meeting on the 2nd Sunday in September, due to Labor Day weekend!

By a unanimous vote, we decided to read the next two books in the Hunger Games trilogy for our September and October meetings. Catching Fire is not yet in paperback, but as a ROYAL Book Club selection it is 20% off.

The third and final book of the trilogy, Mockingjay, will be released on August 24th and will also be 20% off (to everyone, not just book club members). Feel free to call (828-2228) or email if you’d like to reserve a copy.

It’s that time of year–the Mountain State Fair is coming! Join us for stories about going to the fair, plus free activities. Perfect for pre-readers and early readers. At the story time, get a game card with sights to find at the Mountain State Fair (which runs Sept 10-19).

Bring your completed cards back to Spellbound when the fair is over (by Saturday, September 25th) and we’ll draw two completed game cards. The kids who completed them get signed copies of Fabulous Fair Alphabet by Debra Frasier! Suggested for ages 3 to 7 years. Free to enter.

Alphabet letters of all sorts of shapes and sizes and styles–from blinking neon ones, to unusual old-style graphic ones to rustic hand-painted ones have been photographed and collaged together into an exuberant, eye-popping, letter-and-word-finding tour of the glories of the state fair. Bursting with with bright, bold illustrations of favorite fair elements like dill pickles and Ferris wheels and midway games, here is an alphabet-exploring adventure like no other!

The Jungle Grapevine
by Alex Beard
Suggested for ages 4 to 8
$16.95

Artist Alex Beard talks about his new picture book, The Jungle Grapevine. In the book, Beard brings to life an African savanna filled with humor and misunderstandings.

When Bird mixes up something Turtle says, he accidentally starts a rumor about the watering hole drying up. One misunderstanding leads to another, with animals making their own hilarious assumptions. No one is hearing anything right, and soon the animals are in an uproar from one end of the jungle to the other. Elephant is trumpeting, Croc is snapping, and the Flamingos are fleeing! Beard’s story will have every child wondering if peace can ever be restored in the animal kingdom.

Named one of the Best Books for Children 2009 by the Association of Booksellers for Children, The Jungle Grapevine is available now. $16.95. Suggested for ages 4 to 8.

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater is a must-read for fans of Twilight. Named one of the Best Books for Children 2009 by the Association of Booksellers for Children, Shiver is available now for $17.99. Suggested for ages 13 and up.

Read our review on the Book Witches blog.