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february 2014
Dear Friends,

This week is a busy one!  Climb over those snow piles and join us at the bookstore, the Library or at MKA!
Special musical guests for our Storytime!  Music for the whole family.


MPL BlackHistory Month Celebration 
Rita Williams-Garcia 
Saturday, Feb 22, 2pm 
at Montclair Public Library, 50 So Fullerton 
Coretta Scott King Award winner talks about writing for teens of color.  MADLOM Drummers perform also.  RSVP 973 744-5090 x2236

Graphic Novel for Sophisticated Teens 
Kevin Pyle
Wed, Feb 26, 7pm 
The facts, figures, and a whole lot more-in eye-grabbing graphics-to debunk these myths and give kids the power to prove there's nothing wrong with having fun . . . or with being young.

Graphic Novel for Greek Myth Fans 
George O'Connor 
Friday, Feb 28, 4pm
We are thrilled to have George return with his 6th volume of the Olypmians series.  The kids love him!  Who knows more about Greek mythology?  And draws spectacular art?  George O'Connor!  


Saturday Morning Storytime
Sujean Rim
Saturday, March 1, 10:30am
Birdie's first haircut!  What style should she pick?  Can she be a fashionista and still run around the playground?


Special Events for the Grownups

Alison Stewart
Sunday, February 23, 2pm
What makes a public school successful, why is Dunbar so vital to Black History and today's educational landscape, and how does this history reflect on the problems of public education today? 

Andrew Solomon
Wednesday, February 26, 7pm
at MKA Middle School Auditorium, 201 Valley Rd, Montclair
A compassionate and revolutionary book about the most important job: parenting.  Through the stories of several family, Solomon shows us how parents deal with differences. 
Free and Open to the Public.  

Come and join the fun at the bookstore!  Nicole, Carolyn, Liane, Marisela, Margot, Jeanne and Marina
Picture Perfect

        
by Jennifer Adams, Illus Ron Stucki 
Meet the plucky toddler Edgar the Raven He's quo;s mischievous, disobedient, and contrary. Dinnertime, cleanup-time, and bedtime are all met with one word: NEVERMORE
(ages 3-6)  

  Bluebird
by Lindsey Yankey
A simple and charming story about a little bluebird who is afraid to fly without her friend, the wind.  She goes off on an adventure to find her friend, and in the end finds confidence as well!
(ages 3-7)

by Debbie Levy, Ill. Vanessa Brantley-Newton
The story of a song.  It only takes a few words to create change. It only takes a few people to believe that change is possible

(ages 4-7)   


Early Chapter Books  
Andri Snear Magnason
Brimir and Hulda are best friends who live on a small island on a beautiful blue planet where there are only children and no adults. Their planet is wild and at times dangerous, but everything is free, everyone is their friend, and each day is more exciting than the last.   Ages 6-9

Middle Readers Rule! 

   

by Holly Schindler
Augie lives with her grandfather, a trash hauler.  The town's beautification program threatens their home.  But beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  A wonderful story about a spunky girl, the power of community and the value of hard work. 
(ages 8 & up)  
eBook Edition  

by Chris Rylander 

From Chris Rylander, author of The Fourth Stall, comes an incredibly funny and clever mash-up of middle-grade school story and spy adventure.  7th Grader Carson discovers that there's a secret government agency operating in his small, quiet North Dakota hometown.   
 (ages 9 & up)  
eBook Edition  

A luminous retelling of the Snow Queen, this is the story of unlikely heroine Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard who doesn't believe in anything that can't be proven by science.
(ages 9 & up)
 eBook Edition
For the Family

Jennifer Senior
How do children reshape our lives?  Senior give us anunforgettable series of family portraits as they wrestle with some of parenthood's deepest vexations--and luxuriate in some of its finest rewards.  A book that gives us perspective.

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YA Picks

 

   
by Melissa Kantor
Melissa Kantor masterfully captures the joy of friendship, the agony of loss, and the unique experience of being a teenager in this poignant new novel about a girl grappling with her best friend's life-threatening illness.
   eBook Edition

(ages 12 & up)  

 

 Divided We Fall

by Trent Reedy     

Danny Wright never thought he'd be the man to bring down the United States of America.  He enlists in the National Guard to serve and protect, but a crowd-control mission goes wrong.
  eBook Edition 
 (ages 14 & up)

Landry Park 

by  Bethany Hagen 

Sixteen-year-old Madeline Landry is practically Gentry royalty.  But when she learns about the devastating impact the Gentry lifestyle-her lifestyle-is having on those less fortunate, her whole world is turned upside down.
  eBook Edition

 (ages 12 & up)  

Just the Facts


 Shackleton's Journey
by William Grill
Young, up-and-coming illustrator William Grill weaves a detailed visual narrative of  Shackleton's journey to Antarctica.  This book takes the academic and historical information behind the expedition and reinterprets it for a young audience.

 

PrePub Alerts
20% if you purchase before February 28! 

by Carole Weston
What is Ava & Pip backwards. Ava & Pip! Through diary form, meet two very different sisters, and see how words can be clever and creative but also very powerful. Fantastic middle grade read. Ages 9-12. Read the book and then meet the author on March 29th!

A new Tom Angleberger Origami Yoda Book is coming on March 4!  Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue!  Order your copy now.  See the Video: How to Fold Princess Labelmaker
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kid stuff
February 2014
Discount applies to the following titles only: 
Edgar Gets Ready for Bed, Bluebird, We Shall Overcome, The Story of the Blue Planet, The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky, Codename Zero, Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy, Maybe One Day, Divided We Fall, Landry Pool, Shackleton's Journey and All Joy, No Fun. 

 

Members: All other titles in-store and online receive  
our customary 10% discount
Offer Expires: February 28, 2014