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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth will be released Nov 9th - reserve your copy now!
Enter our drawing for a wicked cool extremely limited edition
Wimpy Kid water bottle and a Wimpy Kid poster.
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Plus, the first 10 customers to purchase their Wimpy Kid Book get a Wimpy Kid silly band!
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 November
at a Glance:
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11/3 - Open Mic Night
11/4 - Writing Group
11/10 - Knit Night (Crocheters, too!)
11/16 - Art Reception with Karen Dawson & Jane Sandberg
11/18 - Writing Group
11/27 - Diane Imrie, author of Cooking Close to Home: Demo & Samples!
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Holiday Pick by Local Author Anna Dewdney!
If there's one thing Llama Llama doesn't like, it's waiting. He and Mama Llama rush around, shopping for presents, baking cookies, decorating the tree, but will Christmas ever come? It takes more than a hug from Mama to remind him that the true gift is to have each other.
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eeBoo
We have a slew of new games in from eeBoo! These are great for under the Christmas tree, or just for a cold winter evening indoors. Our fave? The "Tell Me a Story" deck pictured above; these fancifully illustrated cards help children (and adults!) create their own stories.
EeBoo creates 100% original toys and commissions artwork from well-loved children's book illustrators.
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Rich Frog
We've also just gotten in a selection of plush toys from Rich Frog, a Burlington, Vermont-based company! We love the adjustable alien slippers above (for ages 4-5) so much we wish they'd make them for adults! For kids of all ages, check out the K'nits, like the storybook-worthy fella below.
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Time To Declare
Ready to declare your support for your local,
independent bookstore? Ask us about the Phoenix Fan Club next time
you're at the register!
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Thank you for choosing local and indie!
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Sat: 10am-8pm
Sun: 11am-6pm
at the Essex
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21 Essex Way #407
Essex, VT 05452
802.872.7111
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Dear Friends,
The leaves may be falling off the trees and blowing away, but it's time for the rest of us to gather indoors for warmth, shelter and, later in the month, for a family feast. It's also time to start thinking about what we're grateful for, and here at Phoenix Books we're grateful for you: that you continue to support your community by choosing to shop local and independent. Thank you.
In this issue, you'll find titles for all ages to curl up with, some toys and games for our youngest customers, and an herbal to help you keep your whole family healthy and nourished through the winter.
Please join us for our November events, like the art reception on the 16th and the cooking demo (with samples!) on the 27th. As always, we hope you'll come on by to browse, let us help you find your next great read, and perhaps enjoy a rich, steaming latte or hot chocolate in our cafe. See you among the shelves!
Sincerely,
Mike, Renee, Beth, Colleen, Deb, Heather, Judith, Katie, Kristen, Nora,
Rachel M., Rachel O., and Tod
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ADVENT CALENDARS
Counting Down the Days...
We're eagerly anticipating the holiday season, and we'll bet all your little ones are too. We've stocked up on Advent calendars to help them count down the days. Here are a few of our favorites:
This Santa's toy shop calendar from Vermont Christmas Company contains a piece of gourmet milk chocolate and a verse from 'Twas the Night Before Christmas in each window!
Eric Carle's Dream Snow Pop-Up Advent Calendar includes a pop-up Christmas tree! This calendar is based on the story Dream Snow, by Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. You can open a window eachday to reveal a new decoration to add to the pop-up tree!
 And for sheer aesthetic appeal, you can't beat the selection of old-fashioned illustrations from WJ Fantasy or this bold, colorful Birds' Christmas from eeBoo.
These are only a few designs out of many; stop by to pick out your own favorite Advent calendar!
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STORYBOOKS
Raising Passionate Readers
 Guinea Pigs Add Up,
by Margery Cuyler,
illus. by Tracey Campbell Pearson
In bouncy, appealing rhyme, young readers are introduced to a classroom with a hairy problem--guinea pigs that keep adding and adding! Finally, each student gets to take a guinea pig home, until they are left with zero. That is, until Mr. Gilbert brings in a rabbit with a growing belly . . . ! (Hardcover)
 The Red Hen,
by Rebecca & Ed Emberley
Filled with jaunty humor and eye-popping images, this Little Red Hen is sure to have young readers (and their parents) clucking with delight. "Shapes and colors collide playfully in hyperbolic collages--the animals' crazed, mismatched eyes alone should elicit giggles....A cake recipe caps off this capricious rendition..." says Publishers Weekly (Hardcover)
 Ernest: The Moose Who Doesn't Fit,
by Catherine Rayner
Ernest is a rather large moose with a rather large problem. He is so big he can't fit inside his book! Luckily, Ernest is also a very determined moose, and he and his little chipmunk friend aren't going to give up easily. With some tape, odd bits of paper, and plenty of enthusiasm, the pair constructs an enormous gatefold page by themselves, and everything fits together in the end. (Hardcover)
 A Bedtime for Bear,
by Bonny Becker
Bear must have absolute quiet when he goes to bed. He likes to set out his glass of water, adjust his nightcap, fluff his favorite pillow, and then drift peacefully to sleep. But the effervescent Mouse, small and gray and bright-eyed, finds it terribly hard to be as quiet as a . . . well, you know. (Hardcover)
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PICKS FOR BEGINNING & MIDDLE READERS
Tree Houses and Train Journeys
 Bink & Gollie, by Kate DiCamillo
Meet Bink and Gollie, two precocious little girls - one tiny, one tall, and both utterly irrepressible. Setting out from their super-deluxe tree house and powered by plenty of peanut butter (for Bink) and pancakes (for Gollie), they share three comical adventures involving painfully bright socks, an impromptu trek to the Andes, and a most unlikely marvelous companion. (Hardcover)
 On the Blue Comet, by Rosemary Wells
One day in a house at the end of Lucifer Street, eleven-year-old Oscar Ogilvie's life is changed forever. The Crash of 1929 has rippled across the country, and Oscar's dad must sell their home and head west in search of work. Forced to move in with his humorless aunt, Carmen and his teasing cousin, Willa Sue, Oscar is lonely and miserable--until he meets a mysterious drifter and witnesses a crime so stunning it catapults Oscar on an incredible train journey from coast to coast, from one decade to another. (Hardcover)
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FICTION & MYSTERY
To Curl Up with on Cold Days
 Lost and Forgotten Languages, by Ruiyan Xu
Li Jing, a successful, happily married businessman, is dining at a grand hotel in Shanghai when a gas explosion shatters the building. A shard of glass neatly pierces Li Jing's forehead--obliterating his ability to speak Chinese. The only words that emerge from his mouth are faltering phrases of the English he spoke as a child growing up in Virginia. His family turns to an American neurologist, Rosalyn Neal, who is as lost as Li Jing in this bewitching, bewildering city.(Hardcover)
 Death Notice, by Todd Riter
Perry Hollow, Pennsylvania, has never had a murder. At least not as long as Kat Campbell has been police chief. And the first is brutal. George Winnick, a farmer in his sixties, is found in a homemade coffin on the side of the highway with his lips sewn shut and his veins and arteries drained of blood and filled with embalming fluid. Chilling as that is, it becomes even more so when Kat finds that the Perry Hollow Gazette obituary writer, Henry Goll, received a death notice for Winnick before he was killed. (Hardcover)
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NONFICTION
Harnessing Nature, Exploring Excess
The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World 
in the 21st Century, by Dr. Dickson Despommier
When Columbia professor Dickson Despommier set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crises, he didn't just think big - he thought up. Despommier's stroke of genius, the vertical farm, has excited scientists, architects, and politicians around the globe. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Despommier explains how the vertical farm will have an incredible impact on changing the face of this planet for future generations. (Hardcover)
Living Large, by Sarah Z. Wexler
 Wexler's firsthand reports on going for a breast enlargement consultation, trying to lift the world's largest ball of twine, getting lost in the country's largest hotel, and talking shop with members of the Hummer Club of America are complemented by interviews with researchers, economists, business owners, critics, and consumers. Living Large offers a fascinating, thought-provoking look at a nation that's been supersizing for centuries but is only now coming to terms with its appetite for more. (Hardcover)
The Power of the Sea, by Bruce Parker
 The awesome power of the earth's oceans has been in the headlines in recent years, from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami to the devastation of New Orleans caused by the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina, to the huge rogue waves that have struck oil tankers and cruise ships. Bruce Parker, former Chief Scientist for the National Ocean Service, tells these stories as he explores the history of our struggle to understand the physics of the sea so we can predict when it will unleash its power against us. His wide-sweeping narrative interweaves exciting stories of unpredicted natural disasters with fascinating stories of scientific discovery. (Hardcover)
Kingdom Under Glass, by Jay Kirk
 The Gilded Age was drawing to a close, and with it came the realization that men may have hunted certain species into oblivion. Renowned taxidermist Carl Akeley joined the hunters rushing to Africa, where he risked death time and again as he stalked animals for his dioramas and hobnobbed with outsized personalities of the era such as Theodore Roosevelt and P. T. Barnum. In a tale of art, science, courage, and romance, Jay Kirk illuminates a fateful turning point when Americans had to decide whether to save nature, to destroy it, or to just stare at it under glass. (Hardcover)
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| Rosemary Gladstar is the founder of the California School of Herbal Studies and of United Plant Savers, and is the co-founder of Traditional Medicinals Tea Co. She organizes the International Herb Symposium. Rosemary lives & works from her home, Sage Mountain Herbal Retreat Center, a 500 acre botanical preserve in central VT. |
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STAFF PICK OF THE MONTH
Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health,
by Rosemary Gladstar (Paperback, recommended by Kristen.)
 Get set for winter with an array of recipes to boost immunity, calm coughs, sooth dry skin, and generally keep yourself healthy. The bulk of this accessible, fun, well-balanced book is dedicated to specific herbal remedies for everyone in the family -- children, men, women, and elders. There are tons of yummy herbal dishes and treats, as well as a chapter full of easy and indulgent herbal cosmetic treatments.
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