World Book Night is April 23! World Book Night U.S. is a celebration of books and reading held on April 23, when 25,000 passionate volunteers across America go out into their communities and give a total of half a million books to those who don't regularly read.
We have scheduled a party on April 15th from 3-5 pm for customers picking up 20 books per person for distribution that have been donated by publishers and authors and pre-selected by 15 CBS customers.
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Here April 15th
Loreen Niewenhuis will pick up her World Book Night Books, and speak at a Glen Lake Community Library Program at 7 pm at the Empire Town Hall.
A 1000-Mile Great Lakes Walk:
One Woman's Trek Along the Shorelines of All Five Great Lakes
chronicles Niewenhuis's latest adventure. The book takes the reader on a ground-level walk through the beauty, the history, and the tender ecology of Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, Superior, and Ontario. Like her earlier book of a long trek around Lake Michigan, this new grand hike on the shores of five magnificent bodies of freshwater explores the natural and human history of the Great Lakes . . . and raises important questions about preserving our wild places and protecting fragile ecosystems on which we all depend.
(Crickhollow Books 2013. pap $16.95)
Loreen will be happy to sign books for those not able to be here. Click to order. |
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Caillou New Title
Caillou is a popular PBS TV show so pre-schoolers recognize this adorable little boy.
Caillou: My Body
is a board book that
introduces the body and some of the major systems. Written from his point of view, Caillou learns that when he runs his heart beats faster and when he eats and drinks he has to go to the bathroom.
(Chouette Publishing, 2012. Board, $9.99)
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Is it a hat? A bed? A table?
One day a rabbit saw something wonderful while hopping in the forest. "What is it?" he asked. A very clever boy knows exactly what it is!
(Scholastic, 201o. hdc $16.99)
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Local Book Clubs
Glen Arbor Book Group
Apr. 19 10:00
The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje (Location to be determined.)
May 17 10:00
Three Weeks in December by Audrey Schulman
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Lakeshore Readers' Book Group at Glen Lake Community Library in Empire
Apr. 24 10:15
Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
May 29 10:15
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
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Can't sleep at night?
Just heard about a good book on NPR?
The reading pile by your chair is getting low?
Order from our website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, letting us know what you would like us to send and we will personally attend to it pronto.
cottagebooks.com
Our website is hosted by Indiebound, whose mission is to help people across the United
States find and shop at independently-owned bookstores. All of their recommended fliers are available on our website, but should you prefer the written copy, we will give you one when next in or mail it to you.
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We continue to await the arrival of spring. As we greet you this month, patches of snow remain in the woods and the lakes remain frozen. We are hopeful a thaw is on the way.
A new request for book donations: Ella Skocki from Glen Lake School has delivered a decorated box to receive donations of children's books, new or used, for distribution to the Baldwin Center. Glen Lake students will read to the children when they deliver the books.
It is wonderful to have Kathleen Stocking visit again upon her return from the Peace Corps in Romania, and that she continues to write. We are very pleased to announce she has written an essay for the upcoming book, Art of the Sleeping Bear Dunes. Other favorite book enthusiasts are beginning to return to the area, as well.
We are reminded of our mission: to curate the best "real" books available to match the literary interests of our bibliophile customers and to share in the passion for reading. To this end, Barbara has been busy ordering the latest and greatest to have on hand.
Barbara Siepker, Jill Webb and Josephine Arrowood
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Book of the Month
On a small island off the coast of Australia, Tom tends the Light while trying to put four years on the Western front behind him. To this desolate place he brings his young, adored wife Isabel who appreciates the beauty of the land and the Light and accepts the peaceful isolation. However, after two miscarriages and a stillbirth, Isabel is consumed with grief. While tending the newest grave she hears the distant cries of an infant. Tom discovers a boat has washed up in the cove carrying a dead man and a very much alive baby. The decisions they make in the next hours have consequences far beyond their rocky home. You'll enjoy The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman for its compelling characters, lovely descriptive language and fascinating turn of events. (Scribner, 2013. pap $16) ~ Jill Webb
Join our Book of the Month Club and automatically receive our monthly paperback selections at 15% off, plus $2.50 shipping, which will be charged to your credit card. When ordering additional books with this selection, you will also receive 15% off. Should you wish to substitute, let us know within a few days of receiving this email. Sign up yourself, your loved ones or a friend to receive a book each month.
At any time you may choose to make a pre-payment of $165 for a one year subscription (12 books).
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Children's Choice Book Awards 
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons (Harper Collins, 2012. hdc $16.99) is just one of the books nominated for the Children's Choice Book Awards, a program created to provide young readers with an opportunity to voice their opinions about the books being written for them.
Have your children voice their choice now through May 9 at:
We have Pete the Cat dolls and books in stock.
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March is Autism
Awareness Month
Insider Benzie/Leelanau (March 24, 2013) included an article by Kristine Morris on autism and the mention of a local doctor who has written a book describing a treatment protocol and lifestyle changes that show promise in the prevention and treatment of autism.
Austism: Prevention, Care and Management by Dr. Marvin D. Anderson of Cedar addresses and explains this complicated medical condition relating to the immune system and associated symptoms in clear concise language. He is a proponent of removing environmental toxins from the body and bolstering the immune system. He also explains why interacting with small animals (such as goats and rabbits) helps bolster the immune system. (G.U.D. Publishers, 2012. pap $19.95)
 One good reason to read
Love Anthony is to experience the impact autism has on family life. The story takes place on Cape Cod where two women, whose lives have fallen apart, meet. One, a mother of an autistic son who has died at age 5, and the other who turns to writing as her marriage fails. The writer becomes obsessed with capturing the inner experience of an autistic child, giving projected meaning to the repetitive movements associated with autism. It is a beautiful volume, filled with compassion, written by Lisa Genova (Still Alice and Left Neglected).
(Simon & Schuster,2013.pap$16) ~Barbara Siepker
Twin is a memoir by Allen Shawn of his life as a fraternal twin. It is the story of his twin sister Mary's growing up with autism and his family's attempt to understand and cope with it. Autism in the 1950s, when the twins were babies, was barely a recognized condition. The twin's father, William, was the editor-in-chief of the New Yorker magazine and a public persona. The Shawns did not want their older son, Wallace, and Mary's twin, Allen, to be distracted in their growing up by Mary's bizarre behavior. So Mary was sent to an institution at eight years old. The toll her departure took on Allen lasted a lifetime. Feared by parents, autism is today getting a lot of social and medical attention and much more is understood about its various levels of severity. Shawn has written very openly and tenderly about his and Mary's very different lives in hopes that he may help other families. (Viking, 2012. pap $15) ~Betsy Wagner
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National Poetry Month
This collection is our best selling poetry book . A must-have for all lovers of good poems, this anthology includes the work of classic poets, such as Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Robert Frost, as well as other contemporary greats. Penguin, 2003. pap $20)
Earth, My Likeness
is a collection of poetry by Walt Whitman that focuses on nature and contains much of his best and most vital work. Accompanied by beautiful watercolor illustrations.
(North Atlantic Books. 2010. pap$18.95)
Sorry Was in the Woods is a collection of poems by Michelle Tarnaksy that sees both the forest and the trees. It explores the timeless pleasure of the woods while addressing the ecological dangers of modern day. (Omnidawn Publishing, 2013. papa $17,95)
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