Summer reading programs are awesome, because reading is already awesome, and getting prizes for doing something that is already awesome is ...

Big (medium-sized?) news around here: we've added an Ask A Bookseller button to our website. It looks like the green square above. Now, ...

Does anyone else ever get songs stuck in their head while shelving because of the titles/authors/covers/subjects of the books? I was just sh...

This is old news but important anyway, so we apologize for getting it up here late. On June 4 the Wall Street Journal ran an article by Megh...

This post started out as a guide to gifts for fifth and eighth grade graduates, two graduations I know lots of people think are kind of over...

Around graduation time (and believe it or not, the season is almost upon us) we stock up on Dr. Seuss's classic Oh, the Places You'l...

I just spent a lengthy vacation in Honolulu, which is, by many orders of magnitude, the largest city in Hawaii. I assumed that it would have...

So, maybe you've heard of this Demetri Martin fellow ? If you have not, go find out using the internet (or phone a friend). I'll w...

I have always loved to read outside. It probably has something to do with Anne of Green Gables, or whatever other freckled and bespectacled ...

That title is a quote from a favorite picture book of mine, Shaun Tan's The Red Tree . It's being reprinted soon (coming in April, ...

It's Black History Month, and in the Kids Department, the display looks beautiful. Local blogger Kitri and the Animals recently blogged...

Continuing my mini-quest to document spectacular picture books with African American protagonists... The Boy Who Didn't Believe in Sp...

Dear Reader, Do you like this book? If so, you are probably a NERDFIGHTER! Don't be alarmed — this is a good thing! Go to youtube.com/...

Against the Odds by Marjolijn Hof Sometimes from the outside small children appear all precious and tender and in need of protection from...

Um, have I mentioned how much the Kids Department loves themed displays? Well, the above photo is the sign for the display we've got up ...

It's February, which means it's time for displays of books covered in hearts, lace, foil, and every shade of pink and red (and somet...