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The Best of the Burlington Writers Workshop 2014 Reading
Thursday, 5/1
at 7pm
Phoenix Books Burlington
Join the editors of The Best of the Burlington Writers Workshop 2014 for a reading of poetry and prose from this new anthology.
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Educators' Appreciation WEEKEND! 
5/1-5/4 at BOTH Phoenix Books locations
We're offering a 20% discount to teachers and librarians on books for personal use! This discount will apply all day at both Phoenix locations and through the end of the weekend. (Some exceptions apply.)
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Gravity Book Launch with Jason Chin 
Saturday, 5/3
at 2pm
Phoenix Books Burlington
Join us for the book launch event for Gravity! Jason Chin - who both authored and illustrated this book - will present an interactive drawing demo, live and in person!
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New Dimensions of Being
with Nora Caron 
Friday, 5/9 at 7pm
Phoenix Books Burlington
Spiritual adventure novelist Nora Caron will visit us from Montreal to discuss and sign copies of her newest book, New Dimensions of Being.
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TOTAL TAKEOVER!
An Exclusive
Timmy Failure
Event 
Saturday, 5/17
at 2pm
Phoenix Books Essex
Phoenix Books is excited to present Total Takeover, an exclusive event with Total the Polar Bear of Timmy Failure fame! Photo ops, activities, crafts, and prizes!
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Year of No Sugar with Eve Schaub 
Thursday, 5/22 at 7pm
Phoenix Books Burlington
Join Eve O. Schaub for an eye-opening, honest and often hilarious account of learning to live without sugar and, along the way, discovering what it's doing to our bodies.
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Now on RETN...
The Authors
 Thursdays at 8pm RETN Channel 16
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Saturday Story Time!
Saturdays at 11am
Phoenix Books Burlington  Listen to and enjoy stories with your little ones! Read more.
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Dear Friends,
April's weather kept us guessing, but still, isn't spring glorious? We may be waiting until Memorial Day to plant our gardens, but now is a perfect time to plan. Stop in to check out our gardening books-and our cooking and herbalism sections as well, if you'd like some new ideas on how to relish summer's bounty! During the month of May, Phoenix Books Burlington will welcome the Burlington Writers Workshop, children's author/illustrator Jason Chin, spiritual adventure novelist Nora Caron, and Eve Schaub, the woman whose family went a year with no sugar. In Essex, we're very excited to host the Timmy Failure "Total Takeover" Party, an exclusive and official Children's Book Week event. Of course, we're also looking forward to Mother's Day on Sunday, May 11th. If you're looking for a gift, please come on by. Our booksellers are ready and happy to recommend books for moms who love mystery novels, hiking, kittens, microbrews, laughing out loud, foraging, or whatever happens to fit the bill. Read on for event details, as well as a sampling of our favorite new titles for all ages. Sincerely,
Mike, Renee, Adam, Beth, Christy, Colleen, Dan, Donna,
Evelyn, Heather, Kari, Kathy, Kelly, Kristen, Nick, Phil,
Rachel F., Sean, Tod, and Wendy
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 PHOENIX PROFILES: KATHY For this month's installment of "Phoenix Profiles," we're featuring Kathy, a bookseller at Phoenix Books Essex.
Kathy is a substitute preschool teacher at the Sara Holbrook community center, and leads creative projects every week in their afterschool program with children K through fifth grade. Hobbies include jewelry making, baking and pastry making, which includes the constant pursuit of healthy fantastic tasting vegan and gluten-free goodies. She also loves working with fabric, and hand carves her own wooden stamps to use in the making of her own batik fabric designs.
Check out Kathy's staff picks!
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NON-FICTION
Hellstrip Gardening, by Evelyn HaddenKristen's Staff Pick!This is a brilliant resource for anyone interested in making something gorgeous out of that nondescript strip between sidewalk and road. Hadden covers all the challenges and opportunities curbside gardens offer, includes a directory of recommended plants, and 'visits' several curbside gardens around the country for inspiration. (Paperback, Gardening)
Northeast Foraging, by Leda Meredith
Kristen's Staff Pick!
From amaranth to yarrow and ginkgo to goldenrod, this book is an ideal guide for folks who'd like to go beyond supermarkets and even farmer's markets to find delicious, nourishing wild foods. It starts with an inspiring introduction and a very helpful section in which plants are grouped by season and habitat. Then, Meredith describes each edible plant in detail, including how to identify, when and where to gather, how to gather, how to eat, how to preserve, and future harvests. (Paperback, Gardening)
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FICTION & POETRY
I Am the Begger of the World, translated by Eliza Griswold, photography by Seamus Murphy
The poems in this collection are an ancient oral and anonymous form created by and for mostly illiterate people: the more than 20 million Pashtun women who span the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. These poems express a collective rage, a lament, a filthy joke, a love of homeland, an aching longing, a call to arms, all of which belie any facile image of a Pashtun woman as nothing but a mute ghost beneath a blue burka. (Hardcover, Poetry)
 The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin
"In this sweet, uplifting homage to bookstores, Zevin perfectly captures the joy of connecting people and books . . . Filled with interesting characters, a deep knowledge of bookselling, wonderful critiques of classic titles, and very funny depictions of book clubs and author events, this will prove irresistible to book lovers everywhere." - Booklist (Hardcover, Fiction)  A Paris Apartment, by Michelle GableRachel's Staff Pick!Inspired by the real-life discovery of an abandoned Parisian apartment that had been shut tight for 70 years, this is the story of April Vogt in the present day and Marthe de Florian of the Belle Epoque. Alternating between the two eras, Gable expertly weaves a tale of romance, complex relationships and secrets both past and present that will keep you reading into the wee hours. An excellent read by a new author to keep an eye on! (Hardcover, Fiction)
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Breakfast Served Anytime, by Sarah Combs
Beth's Staff Pick!
A celebration of the seemingly ordinary moments--a mysterious letter, a car ride, a butterfly on the wrist--that can change the course of an entire life. A summer at Geek Camp with other gifted teens exposes Gloria to a world much larger than she had dreamed of in her native Louisville. Beautifully written, this is a novel meant to be savored, like the "night before the museum" feeling that Gloria lives for. (Hardcover, Ages 12 and up.)
If You Find Me, by Emily Murdoch
A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen year-old Carey can remember. The trees keep guard over her threadbare existence, with the one bright spot being Carey's younger sister, Jenessa. All they have is each other, as their mother comes and goes. Until that one fateful day their mother has disappeared for good, and two strangers arrive. Suddenly, the girls are taken from the woods and thrust into a bright and perplexing new world. (Hardcover, Ages 12-18)
Popular, by Maya van Wagenen
Stuck near the bottom of the social ladder, Maya Van Wagenen decided to begin a unique social experiment: spend the school year following a 1950s popularity guide, written by former teen model Betty Cornell. Told with humor and grace, Maya's journey offers readers of all ages a thoroughly contemporary example of kindness and self-confidence. (Hardcover, Ages 12 and up)
The Here and Now, by Ann Brashares
Prenna James immigrated to New York when she was twelve. Except Prenna didn't come from a different country. She came from a different time--a future where a mosquito-borne illness has mutated into a pandemic, killing millions and leaving the world in ruins. Prenna and the others who escaped to the present day must follow a strict set of rules: never reveal where they're from, never interfere with history, and never, ever be intimate with anyone outside their community. Prenna does as she's told...until she falls for Ethan Jarves. (Hardcover, Ages 12 and up)
 The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf, by Ambelin
Kwaymullina - Beth's Staff Pick!
Persecuted for their incredible gifts by a government intent on maintaining the Balance in the wake of an environmental catastrophe, Ashala Wolf and her Tribe of fellow Illegals survive on the outskirts of society. Captured and facing a powerful machine that can read thoughts, Ashala must draw upon her innate powers to keep her chosen family's secrets safe. (Hardcover, Ages 12 and up)
In Treatment, by Suzanne Young
Can Sloane and James survive the lies and secrets surrounding them, or will The Program claim them in the end? Find out in this sequel to The Program, which Publishers Weekly called "chilling and suspenseful." Sloane and James are on the run after barely surviving the suicide epidemic and The Program. But they're not out of danger. Huge pieces of their memories are still missing, and although Sloane and James have found their way back to each other, The Program isn't ready to let them go. (Hardcover, Ages 14 and up)
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Eddie Red, Undercover, by Marcia Wells
Vermont Author
Sixth grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red," has a photographic memory and talent for drawing anything he sees. When the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes their secret weapon to solve the case, drawing Eddie deeper into New York's famous Museum Mile and closer to a dangerous criminal group known as The Picasso Gang. (Hardcover, Ages 9-12.)
Fluff Dragon, by Platte F. Clark
After defeating a killer unicorn and saving a universe in the first book in the Bad Unicorn trilogy, Max discovers that the Codex of Infinite Knowability has stopped working. He can't use it to get home until he reboots it. The problem is that in order to reboot the book, he's going to have to carry it into the heart of Rezormoor Dreadbringer's Wizard's Tower. Max will just have to find a way to sneak into the tower, avoid the guards, escape, and figure out exactly where inside the tower the Codex was created. No problem...right?! (Hardcover, Ages 8-12.)
School troublemaker Vance Jessup thinks Teddy Fitzroy's home at FunJungle, a state-of-the-art zoo and theme park, is the perfect place for a cruel prank. Vance bullies Teddy into his scheme, but the plan goes terribly awry. Teddy sneaks into the koala exhibit to hide out until the chaos dies down. But when the koala goes missing, Teddy is the only person caught on camera entering and exiting the exhibit. Teddy didn't commit the crime--but if he can't find the real culprit, he'll be sent to juvie as a convicted koala-napper. (Hardcover, Ages 8-12.)
The Boundless, by Kenneth Oppel
The Boundless, the greatest train ever built, is on its maiden voyage across the country, and first-class passenger Will Everett is about to embark on the adventure of his life! When Will ends up in possession of the key to a train car containing priceless treasures, he becomes the target of sinister figures from his past. In order to survive, Will must join a traveling circus, enlisting the aid of Mr. Dorian, the ringmaster and leader of the troupe, and Maren, a girl his age who is an expert escape artist. (Hardcover, Ages 8-12.)
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RAISING PASSIONATE READERS
Going Places, by Peter and Paul Reynolds
Staff Pick! Great for grads!
It's time for this year's Going Places contest! Finally. Time to build a go-cart, race it--and win. Each kid grabs an identical kit, and scrambles to build. Everyone but Maya. She sure doesn't seem to be in a hurry...and that sure doesn't look like anybody else's go-cart! But who said it had to be a go-cart? And who said there's only one way to cross the finish line? (Hardcover, Picture Book.)
Gravity, by Jason Chin - Local Author!
Join us for the book launch on May 3rd!What keeps objects from floating out of your hand? What if your feet drifted away from the ground? What stops everything from floating into space? Gravity.
As in his previous books, Redwoods, Coral Reefs, and Island, Jason Chin has taken a complex subject and made it brilliantly accessible to young readers in this unusual, innovative, and very beautiful book. (Hardcover, Science & Nature.)
Have You Seen My Dragon, by Steve Light
Staff Pick!
In the heart of the city, among the taxis and towers, a small boy travels uptown and down, searching for his friend. Readers will certainly spot the glorious beast, plus an array of big-city icons they can count. Is the dragon taking the crosstown bus, or breathing his fiery breath below a busy street? (Hardcover, Picture Book.)
 Jim Curious: A Voyage to the Heart of the Sea, by Matthias Piccard - Staff Pick!
 Lulu's Mysterious Mission, by Judith Viorst and Kevin Cornell
Lulu has put her tantrum-throwing days behind her. That is, until her parents announce that they are going on vacation--WITHOUT LULU. AND they are leaving her with the formidable Ms. Sonia Sofia Solinsky, who smiles at you with the kind of smile that an alligator might give you before eating you for dinner. The second her parents leave, Lulu tries out several elaborate schemes to bring them straight back. (Hardcover, Beginning Reader.)
 The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, by Dan Santat
This hilarious and heartfelt picture book by New York Times Dan Santat follows the journey of one child's imaginary friend. This magical story begins on an island far away where an imaginary friend is born. He patiently waits his turn to be chosen by a real child, but when he is overlooked time and again, he sets off on an incredible journey to the bustling city, where he finally meets his perfect match. (Hardcover, Picture Book.)
The Almost Fearless Hamilton Squidlegger, by Timothy Basil Ering - Staff Pick!
Hamilton Squidlegger is fearless! Well, almost. During the day he can best all the frackensnappers, skelecragons, and bracklesneeds in the swamp, but at night he quakes in terror. Will his father be able to help Hamilton remain fearless in his own mud all night? Timothy Basil Ering brings his signature energetic touch to this sweet story of father and son. (Hardcover, Picture Book.)
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