Indie Spotlight: Best Books for Middle-Graders? Ask Your Independent Bookseller
On recent New York Times Best Seller Lists, a time-travel adventure novel by celebrity talk show host and political commentator Rush Limbaugh ranks #1 in the Middle-Grade category, edging out a widely...
View ArticleMake a Splash in the Real Mermaids Giveaway!
Teenage girls have to deal with a lot of tough firsts. First zit. First crush. First… mermaid’s tail? In the fourth installment of Hélène Boudreau’s breezy, fun and “unputdownable” Real Mermaids...
View ArticleIndie Spotlight: Children’s Book World, West Los Angeles
Tucked into a West Los Angeles neighborhood is Children’s Book World www.childrensbookworld.com), a treasure of a childrens’ bookstore. Today we’re talking with “assistant manager and book wizard”...
View ArticleIndie Spotlight: Bear Pond Books, Montpelier VT
Sue Cowing for Mixed-up Files: If only every state had a lively book shop on the main street of it’s capital city! Today it’s a pleasure to be chatting with Jane Knight of Bear Pond Books...
View ArticleHana Hou! Middle Grade Fiction About Hawaii
Fine and colorful picture books about Hawaii abound, as do adult books, both fiction and nonfiction, and there are a fair number of YA novels. But what if a middle grader wants to curl up with a good...
View ArticleIndie Spotlight: Quail Ridge Books & Music, Raleigh NC
Quail Ridge Books & Music of Raleigh, North Carolina, now in its 30th year, has received, among other awards, the Publishers’ Weekly Bookseller of the Year Award and the Pannell Award for...
View ArticleIndie Spotlight: Edmonds Bookshop, Edmonds, WA
This month’s Indie Spotlight is Edmonds Bookshop, located in the heart of the city of Edmonds, Washington, on the beautiful Puget Sound just North of Seattle. As their website says, they’ve been...
View ArticleReading for Pleasure, Not Purpose
At a recent book festival, I noticed a tween girl eying my table. Finally she walked over, picked up one of my books, and began reading. When her mom approached, the girl waved the book over her head...
View ArticleIndie Spotlight: Some Bookstore Myths and Magic, 2014
| Thinking back on the bookstores we’ve interviewed here on Mixed-up Files in 2014, I realize more than ever that independent bookstores are a children’s-book lover’s priceless treasure, and that the...
View ArticleIndie Spotlight: BookEnds, Kailua, Hawaii
Today we’re talking with Pat Banning, owner and manager of BookEnds , the only independent general interest bookstore on Honolulu’s island of Oahu. Kailua, a short trip through a mountain tunnel from...
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