Pick up your entry form, find each author and get a stamp. What an opportunity to visit with:

• Bruce Foxworthy, author of Making Do and Hanging On: Growing Up in Apple Country Through the Great Depression, who writes about growing up here in "Apple Country" during the Great Depression,
• Rene Ogan, author of Pacific Northwest Trail Guide, explorer, author and self-publisher of a trail guide to several western states,
• Mark Neher, author of Target Practice: My Life in the Bullseye, a father re-visiting his often painful youth to discover healing, forgiveness, and humor,
• Charlene Ryan, author of Memoirs of a Mystic, who traveled to Australia with only $150 and her wits, stayed a year, and returned to write what she'd learned about this journey we call life.

When you're done visiting, drop your entry form in a fish bowl at the register - and you may be the winner of another fabulous prize!

Click here to learn more...

Buy a Signed Copy of Making Do and Hanging On: Growing Up in Apple Country Through the Great Depression - $19.95
Buy a Signed Copy of Pacific Northwest Trail Guide - $38.95
Buy a Signed Copy of Target Practice: My Life in the Bullseye - $14.95
Buy a Signed Copy of Memoirs of a Mystic - $17.95

ABFAS Top 10 March Best-Sellers...

Book Lover's Getaway!

Need a quick, inexpensive getaway? Look no further than downtown Leavenworth! We have convenient parking located right off Highway 2 with shopping and dining just a few steps away. Our individually-decorated rooms—each room decorated in a special literary theme and chock full of books—are sure to inspire magic on your book lover's getaway. Plus, Inn guests receive 10% off all purchases at A Book For All Seasons. Mention the Book Lover's Getaway Special and you may save $25 or more on your accommodations.

Mid-week Special Sunday through Thursday $74 to $99 (regularly $99 - $140.)

We're also offering a Last Minute Weekend Special. Call us after 5:00PM Thursday and if we have rooms available for the weekend, you can get the same great mid-week rate $74 - $99.

Call (509) 548-1451 or email info@abookforallseasons.com and take advantage of this special offer good through March 2009!

Help Us Support Our Community Saturday, March 14

When times get tough, community brings us through. At ABFAS, our seventeenth anniversary party's theme is: Support Our Community. We're giving back to our community by: Giving out FREE Reusable tote bags while supplies last - with purchases over $10. Offering free, fun, literary entertainment Featuring new, local authors Donating 10% of the day's sales to our local Community Cupboard and Osborn Elementary's March Reading Contest! Join us for the Book Buzz, 1:00PM - 3:00PM. Enjoy tasty refreshments 11:00AM - 4:00PM. Make that purchase you'd been contemplating any time on Saturday, March 14 - and know you've helped put food on someone's table. And the next time someone says, "paper or plastic?" just smile and pull out your beautiful new red tote from Indiebound, and let it speak for you: "Peace. Love. Books." Click here to learn more...

A Book For All Seasons Helps Students
STRETCH THEIR READING GOALS
in Osborn Elementary's 5th Annual March Reading Contest

Sue Schmoker wants to see every Osborn Elementary student with a book in hand this month, and she's continuing to build community support to make it happen.

The March reading program Osborn launched 5 years ago continues to grow! Der Sportsmann and Leavenworth Masons are donating two brand-new bicycles for a grand prize drawing. Friends of the Library is donating book gift certificates. And A Book For All Seasons is donating books, contributing gift certificates, and splitting 10% of sales from our March 14 Anniversary Party between Osborn's Reading Contest and the Community Cupboard.
Click here to learn more about our Anniversary party.

In March, every Osborn 3rd, 4th, and 5th grader is encouraged to set and track progress towards a reading goal. Students achieving their goal will be eligible to receive donated books, book gift certificates, and other prizes. Last year, 73% of Osborn students achieved their extra-reading goal!

How can you help? By phoning or coming in to A Book For All Seasons in March to make a donation in any amount or purchase a book for the Osborn reading contest. Is there a favorite book you remember from childhood? Your book or gift certificate may end up in the hand of a child with few or no books of his or her own.

Congratulations to the kids and staff of Osborn!
A Book For All Seasons is proud to partner with the community in supporting you as you
S-T-R-E-T-C-H YOUR READING GOALS this March.

One of the great treasures in the Upper Valley is A Book For All Seasons. Every time I visit is a journey of discovery, which is a testament to the care with which the store purchases a wide variety of interesting books. I have yet to spend time in the store and not find something I wanted to read. I also appreciate the personal service, the attention to detail and knowledge of the staff, not to mention the proximity to good coffee!

I make a conscious effort to spend money locally, particularly with independent businesses like A Book For All Seasons because I know the money I spend recycles many times throughout the community. Local companies are committed to the success of the community in a very profound way and the owners give of their time and money to support important local causes.

Best regards,
Rufus Woods

Our featured Forum Author for March is New York Times best-selling author Jill Barnett!

Jill Barnett has written thirteen novels and six short stories. There are nearly 7 million of her books in print. Her work has been published in 17 languages, audio, national and international book clubs, and large print editions, and has earned her a place on such national bestseller lists as the New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Barnes and Noble and Waldenbooks - who presented Jill with the National Waldenbook Award.

Learn about Jill's upcoming Writers' Workshop here in Leavenworth

Visit Jill's official website at jillbarnett.com
Or, have a real conversation with Jill at ABFAS forum!

On ABFAS forum, Jill Barnett has reviewed one of her favorite books, Kristin Hannah's True Colors. Would you like to know why this is one of Jill's favorite books? Would you like to respond to Jill's review, sharing your own thoughts? Do you have a question for Jill about the writer's life or how to get that first big break? That's what the ABFAS forum is all about - Connecting Readers to Authors!
Read Jill's review on the ABFAS Forum.

Buy True Colors by Kristin Hannah - $ 25.95

Buy The Days of Summer by Jill Barnett - $7.99

Rufus Woods Review

Book Pick From Rufus Woods, Editor and Publisher
of the Wenatchee World

The Politics of Hope: Reviving the Dream of Democracy by Donna Zajonc

I found The Politics of Hope to be a fascinating book. The author is a former legislator from Oregon who ran unsuccessfully for Secretary of State and then managed a campaign for a gubernatorial candidate.

Donna describes four stages of political development:

1. Anarchy
2. Traditionalism (divisive, winner-take-all, the ends justify the means approach)
3. Resignation (where reasonable people are so disgusted with the process that they focus on local issues that they can have an impact on), and finally
4. Conscious leader, which describes individuals who are connected to their values and who see the world as interconnected and interdependent.

It's an inspiration for those of us who desire to make a difference in life.

— Rufus

The Politics of Hope by Donna Zajonc - $16.95

What's your favorite book? Send a short review to info@abookforallseasons.com. OR, share YOUR book pick on ABFAS Forum!

Jackie's March book pick: young adult and children's versions of Three Cups of Tea.

Do the children you love ever wonder: can one person really make a difference in this world?
Share the story of the Three Cups of Tea with the young people in your life.

As near-dead climber Greg Mortenson was nursed back to life in a Pakistani village, Greg observed the village's children sitting outdoors, scratching their lessons in the dirt with sticks. The village could not afford the $1-a-day salary to hire a teacher. When he left the village, Greg promised that he would return to build them a school. In pursuit of his goal, Greg has survived an armed kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, repeated death threats, and wrenching separations from his wife and children. Yet his success speaks for itself. He has founded the Central Asia Institute, and built over 78 schools in remote Central Asia that educate over 24,000 children each year.

Three Cups Of Tea has now been released in a young adult version. The story is told in a manner engaging to young people. Many beautiful photographs, a glossary, maps, and a time line enhance the learning experience.

This compelling story has also been released in a picture book version, Listen to the Wind. The award-winning illustrator, Susan L. Roth, used a collage technique to create illustrations that are textured, vibrant, eco-friendly, and pay homage to the traditional art of the region.

"Three Cups of Tea is one of the most remarkable adventure stories of our time. Greg Mortenson's dangerous and difficult quest to build schools in the wildest parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan is not only a thrilling read, it's proof that one ordinary person, with the right combination of character and determination, really can change the world." — Tom Brokaw

Buy Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition - $8.99
Buy Listen to the Wind - $16.99