Fri, Aug 13  
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Leavenworth Library
Free

TGIF at the Library with Naseem Rakha (Presentation)

Sat, Aug 14  
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

Naseem Rakha signs her book, The Crying Tree (Book-signing)

"Beautifully written, expertly crafted, forcefully rendered. The Crying Tree is a story of redemption, but at its core it is a love story as well, and that is the most powerful story of all," says Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain.

The "crying tree" is a willow, and one grows near the grave of a fifteen-year-old boy, Shep, shot and killed in his family home. After the murder, Shep's mother, Irene, lives week by week for the killer's execution. Those weeks turn into months and then years. Struggling with severe depression, alcoholism, and despair, Irene takes the extraordinary and clandestine step of writing to her son's killer in prison. Then Irene receives the notice that she had craved for so long - the execution will occur within the month. This announcement shakes the very core of the family. Irene, it turns out, isn't the only one with a shocking secret.

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Sun, Aug 15  
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Barn Beach Reserve
Free

"Less is More" Discussion Circle with author Cecile Andrews (Discussion)

Sun, Aug 15  
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

Cecile Andrews signs her new book, Less Is More: Embracing Simplicity for a Healthy Planet, a Caring Economy and Lasting Happiness (Book-signing)

Less Is More: Embracing Simplicity for a Healthy Planet, a Caring Economy and Lasting Happiness by Cecile Andrews

Are you as happy as you'd like to be? Do you live in a happy, carefree country? Is global happiness improving? Or is an obsession with wealth de-stabilizing our economy, depleting our planet, and undermining our joy?

Throughout history, a current of wisdom keeps repeating that we could make a different choice: that less can be more. Less is More is a compelling collection of essays by journalists, businesspeople, ministers, and activists who have thought deeply about simplicity. They bring us a new vision of Less: less stuff, less work, less stress, less debt. A life with Less becomes a life of More: more time, more satisfaction, more balance, and more security.

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Buy a SIGNED copy of Less Is More: Embracing Simplicity for a Healthy Planet, a Caring Economy and Lasting Happiness - $16.95

Fri, Aug 20  
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Barn Beach Reserve
Free

Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood (Presentation)

Sat, Aug 21  
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

John Soennichsen signs his new book, Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood (Book-signing)

Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood by John Soennichsen

Called "one of the best scientific whodunits of recent years" by Book News, Bretz's Flood tells an exciting story of an epic mystery of the western landscape, and how one maverick geologist, using old-fashioned methods of measurement, observation, and scientific deduction, figured out what everyone else had failed to see, and persevered against the odds to change the course of geologic history.

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Fri, Sep 10  
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Leavenworth Library
Free

Writer's Workshop: Blasting the Market! Presented by Susan Wingate (Writers' Workshop)

Sat, Sep 11  
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

Susan Wingate Signs Her New Release: Easy as Pie at Bobby's Diner (Book-signing)

BLASTING THE MARKET: A How-To for Bolstering Publication Credits

For writers with a desire to get published, BLASTING THE MARKET gives workshop attendees the tools to pursue their dreams. An internet-interactive, practical, business-oriented, hands-on workshop. Topics include getting your work to the right people in the publishing industry, targeting your market, managing your submissions, and building a strong platform. Participants should bring paper, writing tools, and if possible, a laptop computer.

Susan's latest release, Easy as Pie at Bobby's Diner, is the second in her "Bobby's Diner" series. Running a diner isn't always a piece of cake. Especially when an old "friend" starts flirting with your new beau. Georgette lost her first husband to another woman, and isn't going to stand for it this time. But then the flirtatious friend goes missing. And hints start to surface that the man they're quarreling over has a dangerous past. It's going to take courage, community, and the help of friends for Georgette to survive the dangers ahead and discover new strength and belonging.

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Buy a SIGNED copy of Easy as Pie at Bobby's Diner - $12.95

Fri, Sep 17  
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Barn Beach Reserve
Free

On Topic This Forest Fire Season with Four-Eleven! Planes, Pulaskis and Forest Fires (Presentation)

Sat, Sep 18  
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

Rich Faletto Signs His Memoir: Four-Eleven! Planes, Pulaskis and Forest Fires (Book-signing)

On Topic This Forest Fire Season with Four-Eleven! Planes, Pulaskis and Forest Fires

The call comes over the radio: "Four-Eleven!" and fire-fighters go on instant alert. Rich Faletto writes of his experiences as a Chelan fire-fighter, along with other stories of our Lake Chelan country, in his engaging, informative memoir, Four-Eleven! Planes, Pulaskis and Forest Fires: a memoir of trail maintenance, firefighting and flying on the Chelan Ranger District, Wenatchee National Forest. Called "a well-written, fascinating read" by the Wenatchee World, this adventure-packed history is dedicated to all men and women who have lost their lives on western fire lines.

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Buy a SIGNED copy of Four-Eleven! Planes, Pulaskis and Forest Fires: a memoir of trail maintenance, firefighting and flying on the Chelan Ranger District, Wenatchee National Forest - $19.95

Sat, Sep 18  
11:00 - 1:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

Gregory Nokes Signs Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon (Book-signing)

Gregory Nokes Signs Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon

Hells Canyon, Oregon — the deepest canyon in North America — beheld the 1887 massacre of over thirty Chinese miners. No charges were brought until nearly a year later, when one of the killers confessed. A quick trial brought no convictions or punishment, and then key documents went missing for one hundred years. Massacred for Gold traces a journalist's journey to expose details of the massacre and to understand how one of the worst of the many crimes against Chinese laborers in the American West was for so long lost to history.

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Buy a SIGNED copy of Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon - $18.95

Fri, Sep 24  
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Leavenworth Library
Free

Jon Turk's The Raven's Gift: A Scientist, a Shaman, and Their Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wilderness (Presentation)

Sat, Sep 25  
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

Multi-author Book Buzz (Book Buzz)

The Raven's Gift: A Scientist, a Shaman, and Their Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wilderness

In The Raven's Gift, noted scientist and kayak adventurer Jon Turk undertakes a journey of spiritual healing. Turk has kayaked around Cape Horn and paddled across the Pacific Ocean, retracing the voyages of ancient peoples. But the strangest trip he ever took was his journey as a man of science into the realm of the spiritual. Framed by high adventure across the vast and forbidding Siberian landscape, The Raven's Gift creates a vision of natural and spiritual realms interwoven by one man's awakening.

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Buy a SIGNED copy of The Raven's Gift: A Scientist, a Shaman, and Their Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wilderness - $27.99

Sat, Sep 25  
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Bookstore
Free

Three Author Book Buzz! A Spiritual Awakening in the Siberian Wilderness; Helping Kids Choose Healthy Foods; and a Fresh, New, Wise-Cracking, Teen-Lit Voice. (Book Buzz)

ABFAS July Top 10 Best-Sellers...

Back To School: Journals, Planners, and Comp Books - Oh my!

Peruse the delightful variety of eco-friendly, writer-friendly, and wallet-friendly supplies in our journal nook! Large, medium or pocket-petite — lined, gridded or blank — ornate, simple, bold, harmonious, recycled, affordable — you'll discover the perfect journal to suit any palette.

Pick up your August 2010 to August 2011 STUDENT PLANNER — a highly popular system designed to help students stay organized through the rush and tumble of academic life. On recycled paper. Order here, just $10.99!
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Choose TENEUES! With sewn bindings, lined pages and modern cover designs, TeNeues Composition Books are great for academic assignments, notes or daily journal entries - only $8.95!
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Functional, versatile, MOLESKINE never goes out of style! Good enough for Hemmingway, and good enough for me.
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Inspirational Recipes From Acclaimed Local Chef Leo Haas

Local caterer and culinary artist Leo Haas debuts his CD-ROM cookbook Seasoned In Leavenworth, Washington: Inspirational Recipes from the Northwest, Austria, and Beyond. Drawing on years of experience and training, Austrian-born Haas presents over 170 recipes with easy, step-by-step instructions and beautiful color pictures. Haas helps you prepare memorable meals for family and friends, create works of art with fresh herbs and edible flowers, and discover perfect wine pairings. From Farmer's Market straight to your kitchen - cook fresh, local, homegrown, and delectable with Seasoned in Leavenworth.

Haas' awards and recognition during his eight years as owner and operator of Leavenworth's European and Specialty Fine Dining Restaurant Osterreich include Leavenworth's Restaurant of the Year, Northwest Best Places: Best Places to Kiss, and being featured in AAA Travel Publication, The Spokesman Review - Spokane, Northwest Travel Magazine, Rolling Pin International Hotel and Tourism Magazine, and Sunset Magazine. Haas is also a wine pairings expert, and has created wine-pairing menus for Chateau Ste Michelle and Hyatt Vineyards.

Use Seasoned in Leavenworth to tailor your menu to any occasion and to the week's freshest produce. With superb cuisine and dazzling presentations, make any meal or celebration successful and memorable with Seasoned in Leavenworth.

About the Author

Born near Salzburg, Austria, Leo studied Culinary Arts in Austria and worked with Sheraton Hotels International for twelve years. Leo's passion for food led him to Norway, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and then to Guam where he met his American wife Terri, and with her opened a fine-dining Mediterranean Restaurant. The couple re-located to Washington State, worked for several Seattle restaurants, and in 1996 came to Leavenworth to open Restaurant Osterreich. Leo is an active member of the American Culinary Federation and of the oldest Chef's Guild in the World: The Confrerie de la Chaine de Rotisseurs. Leo and Terri currently own and operate Cascade Catering, whose goal is to provide impeccable service and unlimited flexibility to each and every customer, along with superb cuisine and dazzling presentation.

Buy Seasoned In Leavenworth, Washington: Inspirational Recipes from the Northwest, Austria, and Beyond by Chef Leo Haas - $19.95

Looking Back with Byron Newell

The deep local roots of Byron Newell, life-long resident of Plain, Washington, give him a unique perspective on our valley. Historian Newell has spent years collecting a large number of old photographs, along with the stories they tell. Now he shares these with us in his book: Looking Back: A Visual History of Early Plain.

Byron's book unfolds a unique and fascinating time in the history of our valley, presenting source material beginning with Native Americans and early pioneers and progressing up to Plain's pastoral 1950's. In his acknowledgements, Byron reminds us: "The beauty of old photographs is that they don't lie, they don't forget and they have a story to tell… Photographs have the power of igniting forgotten memories and supplementing the ones already known."

"These pictures are a look back to a time that few people remember," Byron writes. "This book was meant to speak for people who are no longer here and to share stories they cannot."

About the Author

Byron Newell has lived in Plain all his life. He is in the logging business, likes to write, and enjoys history.

Buy Looking Back: A Visual History of Early Plain, by Byron Newell - $25.00

What's New? What's Hot Off The Press? What's Just Been Released in 2010?

    Fiction  |  Non-fiction  |  Young Adult  |  Early Grades & Picture Books  |

Fiction

Pray for Silence (Kate Burkholder Series #2) by Linda Castillo  $24.99

New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo delivers an electrifying thriller in which Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must confront a dark evil to solve the mysterious murders of an entire Amish family.

The Plank family seemed the model of the Plain Life—until on a cold October night, the entire family of seven was found slaughtered on their farm. Police Chief Kate Burkholder and her small force have few clues, no motive, and no suspect. Formerly Amish herself, Kate is no stranger to the secrets the Amish keep from the English—and each other—but this crime is horribly out of the ordinary.

When state agent John Tomasetti arrives on the scene, he and Kate soon realize the disturbing details of this case will test their emotional limits. As Kate's outrage grows so does her resolve to find the killer and bring him to justice—even if it means putting herself in the line of fire.

Topping her own bestselling debut, Linda Castillo once again immerses us in the world of the Amish with a chilling story that is both a fast-paced thriller and intriguing psychological puzzle.

Buy Pray for Silence (Kate Burkholder Series #2) by Linda Castillo - $24.99

Fiction

Chef
By Jaspreet Singh  $14.00

Kirpal Singh is riding the slow train to Kashmir. With India passing by his window, he reflects on his destination, which is also his past: a military camp to which he has not returned for fourteen years.

When Kirpal, called Kip, arrived for the first time at General Kumar's camp, nestled in the shadow of the Siachen Glacier, he was shy and not yet twenty. At twenty thousand feet, the Siachen glacier makes a forbidding battlefield. In this place of contradictions, erratic violence, and extreme temperatures, Kip learns to prepare local dishes and delicacies from around the globe. Even as months pass, Kip, a Sikh, feels secure in his allegiance to India, firmly on the right side of this interminable conflict. Then, one muggy day, a Pakistani "terrorist" with long, flowing hair is swept up on the banks of the river, and everything changes.

Mesmeric, mournful, and intensely lyrical, Chef is a brave and compassionate debut about hope, love, and memory set against the devastatingly beautiful, war-scarred backdrop of occupied Kashmir.

Buy Chef by Jaspreet Singh - $14.00

Fiction

The Strange Case of the Composer and His Judge by Patricia Duncker   $15.00

The bodies are discovered on New Year's Day, sixteen dead in the freshly fallen snow. The adults lie stiff in a semicircle; the children, in pajamas and overcoats, are curled at their feet.

Local authorities know just who to call: Judge Dominique Carpentier, also known as the "sect hunter." She is the recognized expert, brilliant and relentlessly rational. In the vacated chalet, the investigators uncover an encoded book of celestial maps that points them to the inhospitable doorstep of a composer, Friedrich Grosz. As the skeptical sect hunter earns the Composer's trust, she finds herself drawn into a world of complex family ties and ancient cosmic beliefs, unable, — and increasingly unwilling — to escape.

Interrogating faith, immortality, and passion, The Strange Case of the Composer and His Judge is a metaphysical mystery of extraordinary power.

Buy The Strange Case of the Composer and His Judge by Patricia Duncker - $15.00

Non-fiction

Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
By Bill McKibben  $24.00

The bestselling author of Deep Economy shows that we're living on a fundamentally altered planet — and opens our eyes to the kind of change we'll need in order to make our civilization endure.

Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Such warnings went mostly unheeded. Now, he insists, we need to acknowledge that massive change is not only unavoidable but already under way. Our old familiar globe is suddenly melting, drying, acidifying, flooding, and burning in ways that no human has ever seen. We've created, in very short order, a new planet, still recognizable but fundamentally different. We may as well call it Eaarth.

A changing world costs large sums to defend—think of the money that went to repair New Orleans, or the trillions it will take to transform our energy systems. But the endless economic growth that could underwrite such largesse depends on the stable planet we've managed to damage and degrade. We can't rely on old habits any longer. Our hope depends, McKibben argues, on scaling back—on building the kind of societies and economies that can concentrate on essentials and create the type of community (in the neighborhood, but also on the Internet) that will allow us to weather trouble on an unprecedented scale. Change—fundamental change—is our best hope on a planet suddenly and violently out of balance.

"Read it, please. Straight through to the end. Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important." — Barbara Kingsolver

"Unlike many writers on environmental cataclysm, McKibben is actually a writer, and a very good one ... occasional lightheartedness carries the reader through the book's thesis and antithesis sections ... explaining how we might endure life on Eaarth." — The New York Times

"With clarity, eloquence, deep knowledge, and even deeper compassion for both planet and people, Bill McKibben guides us to the brink of a new, uncharted era. This monumental book, probably his greatest, may restore your faith in the future, with us in it." — Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us

Going on a trip? Consider listening to Eaarth instead of top 40. Available in audio!

Buy Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben - $24.00

Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet Audio CD By Bill McKibben - $34.99

Non-fiction

I'm Down by Mishna Wolff   $13.99

"You will not be able to stop reading I'm Down once you have read the first page," — The Indie Next List

"As she tells you at the outset of I'm Down, Mishna Wolff is all white—nothing remarkable, except that her way cool father, 'Wolfy,' thinks he's black (he's not). What follows is a funny-melancholy coming of age memoir [in which] Mishna searches for identity in her broken home, her snobby, mostly white prep school, and—most restrictive of all—her longing heart." — O Magazine

Mishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black. "He strutted around telling jokes like Redd Fox, and giving advice like Jesse Jackson. You couldn't tell my father he was white. Believe me, I tried," writes Wolff. And so from early childhood on, her father began his crusade to make his white daughter down. Unfortunately, Mishna couldn't dance, she couldn't sing, she couldn't double Dutch and she couldn't play basketball; she was shy, uncool, and painfully white. And yet when she was suddenly sent to a rich white school, she found she was too "black" to fit in with her white classmates.

I'm Down is a hip, hysterical and at the same time beautiful memoir that will have you howling with laughter, recommending it to friends, and questioning what it means to be black and white in America.

"I'm Down certainly has serious thoughts on its mind (Wolff actually grew up quite poor and hungry), but the tone manages to be light and triumphant because of the hilarious child-goggles Wolff wears while spinning her tales. Rating: A" — Entertainment Weekly

"I laughed out loud from the first page on . . . A keenly perceptive, hilarious exploration of identity." — Time Magazine

"An authentically funny, truly transcendent work. . . Wolff's focus, and the sweet soul of this terrific book, was on being accepted by her streetwise, wiseass dad, whom she knew loved her—and whom she loved—unequivocally." — Elle Magazine

"Laugh-out-loud funny... The book is excellent entertainment ...It begs to be loaned to your friends." — The Seattle Times

"Laced with outrageous anecdotes, Wolff makes keen observations about prevalent racial stereotypes in American culture . . . [and] brings a fresh perspective to race relations." — The Daily Beast (Recommended Read)

"If you're going to spin a tale about your impoverished, racially conflicted childhood, you might as well be funny about it . . . [And] I'm Down is full of funny incidents . . . But Wolff's affection for her family and friends—and for the prickly, clueless honky girl she once was—makes I'm Down more than just a joke." — Salon.com

Buy I'm Down by Mishna Wolff - $13.99

Non-fiction

Zeitoun By Dave Eggers  $15.95

A New York Times Notable Book, an O, The Oprah Magazine Terrific Read of the Year, a Huffington Post Best Book of the Year, a New Yorker Favorite Book of the Year, a Chicago Tribune Favorite Nonfiction Book of the Year, a Kansas City Star Best Book of the Year, a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Decade!

The true story of one family, caught in a hurricane of policy disasters.

Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm Zeitoun travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and helping elderly neighbors. Then, on September 6th, police officers armed with M-16s arrest Zeitoun in his home. Told with eloquence and compassion, Zeitoun is a riveting account of one family's unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water.

Dave Eggers is the author of six previous books, including You Shall Know Our Velocity, winner of the Independent Book Award, and What Is the What, a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of France's Prix Medici.

Buy Zeitoun by Dave Eggers - $15.95

Young Adult

Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev   $8.99
Recommended for ages 12 & up

"Magical stagecraft, unmanageable fairies, and a humorous cast of classical characters form the backdrop for this imaginative coming-of-age," says Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games.

Welcome to the Theatre Illuminata, where the characters of every play ever written can be found behind the curtain. The actors are bound to the Theatre by The Book—an ancient and magical tome of scripts. Bertie is not one of the actors, but they are her family. And she is about to lose them all because The Book has been threatened, and along with it the Theatre. It's the only home Bertie has ever known, and she has to find a way to save it. But first, there's the small problem of two handsome men, both vying for her attention. The course of true love never did run smooth...

Dramatic, romantic, and witty, with an irresistible and irreverent cast of characters, Lisa Mantchev's debut novel is sure to enchant the audience.

"Pits a plucky orphan ...and her fairy attendants against the wiles of Ariel and a stuffy stage manager." — New York Times Book Review

"With an iron-willed girl hero whose magic is with words, and a universe that is also the ultimate theater, Eyes Like Stars is the most unusual fantasy I've read this year! I recommend it to anyone who loves drama, strong girls, and rowdy faery folk!" — Tamora Pierce

"Electric . . . delicious . . . fascinating . . . vivid . . . smart and sassy . . . bawdy and hilarious . . . Brava! Encore!" — Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

"Wildly imagined adventure . . . filled with delicious banter and familiar characters ... bravely flamboyant and wholly original" — Booklist

Buy Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev - $8.99

Young Adult

Dark Life By Kat Falls  $16.99
Recommended for grades 4-7

Set in an apocalyptic future, DARK LIFE is the harrowing tale of underwater pioneers who have carved out a life for themselves in the harsh deep-sea environment, farming the seafloor.

The oceans rose up, swallowing the lowlands. Now, humans live packed into stack cities. The only ones with any space of their own are those who live on the ocean floor: the Dark Life.

Ty has spent his whole life living deep undersea, helping his family farm the ocean floor. When outlaws attack his homestead, Ty finds himself in a fight to save the only home he has ever known. Joined by Gemma, a girl from the Topside who has come subsea to look for her brother, Ty ventures into the frontier's rough underworld and gets closer to the truth. He discovers some dark secrets to Dark Life . . . secrets that threaten to destroy everything.

In her debut novel, Kat Falls has created a breathtaking world where the deep can be dangerous, the darkness can be deadly, and sometimes it takes extraordinary power to survive.

"The worldbuilding of countless eco-thrillers serves here as the setting for a classic Western. A Western, that is, with plankton instead of cows, harpoons instead of six-shooters ... submarines instead of covered wagons...[and] inflatable houses shaped like jellyfish ...plot twists keep the tension high. A thrilling conversion of the classics to one of our newer frontiers." — Kirkus Reviews

Buy Dark Life by Kat Falls - $16.99

Young Adult

Charlie Bone and the Red Knight (Children of the Red King Series Book 8)
by Jenny Nimmo  $12.99
Recommended for ages 9-12

Charlie Bone and the Red Knight is the eighth and final installment in the New York Times best-selling Children of the Red King series. One-of-a-kind characters, edge-of-your-seat suspense, and hair-rising action make this adventure impossible to put down.

Charlie and his friends take on the most powerful and dangerous magic in Book Eight of this extraordinary series. As wicked forces come to a head at Bloor's Academy, Charlie and his friends must use all their magic and all their might to fight the evil and save Charlie's parents.

In his greatest adventure yet, Charlie must discover the fate of his family, the evil intentions of the Bloors, what has become of Septimus Bloor's will, and, most important, the destiny of the Red King's heirs. But are the Children of the Red King strong enough to defeat the darkness to find the answers?

Join Charlie and his friends as they race to unlock the mystery of the Red King in this final chapter. . . .

Buy Charlie Bone and the Red Knight (Children of the Red King Series Book 8) by Jenny Nimmo - $12.99

Early Grades and Picture Books

Animal House By Candace Ryan  $16.99
illustrated by Nathan Hale
Recommended for ages 4-8

Can you find ALL the creatures in the animal house?

A wildly clever picture book that's loads of . . . pun!

Jeremy's teacher Mrs. Nuddles thinks he belongs in a zoo—and she isn't far from the truth. Jeremy lives in an animal house, where refrigergators roam free, floormingoes don't mind being stepped on, and manatee—vees broadcast the news.

When Mrs. Nuddles visits Jeremy's house herself, she witnesses the amazing animal house firsthand: the snailbox full of mail, the armapillow happy to let her rest her head, and—unfortunately for Mrs. Nuddles—the vulchair, who might be a bit hungry today!

Young readers will delight in the silly wordplay and bright, detailed illustrations of this wild story.

Buy Animal House by Candace Ryan - $16.99