Glenn Currie, Ball of String Monday, November 25th, 2019, 6 p.m. New Hampshire favorite Glenn Currie visits Gibson's to present his newest work of poetry, Ball of String!
William Judd, The Time in Between: A Novel Tuesday, November 19th, 2019, 6 p.m. William Judd visits Gibson's to share his novel of adolescence in the 1960's, The Time in Between, where our hero Fred Nash leaves a repressive home and strikes out on his own to find a true path for himself in a decade of significant cultural change.
Outward Bound Lessons To Live A Life of Leadership Thursday, November 7th, 2019, 6 p.m. Mark Michaux Brown applies the principles of Outward Bound towards personal team building and leadership, in Outward Bound Lessons To Live A Life of Leadership. Outward Bound Lessons to Live a Life of Leadership: To Serve, to Strive, and Not to Yield (Paperback) By Mark Michaux Brown, Richard Leider (Foreword by) $18.95 ISBN: 9781523098309 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Berrett-Koehler Publishers - October 15th, 2019 Add to Wish List This is the first book to describe in detail the principles of Outward Bound, told through the stories of former instructors and graduates who show how to apply them to create healthier, more effective teams, organizations, and communities.
Discover new local authors! Tuesday, November 12th, 2019, 6 p.m. Visit Gibson's Bookstore to hear from a group of local authors, drawn from a wide range of genres. This evening we've got jazz mystery, science fiction, and post-apocalyptic tales! Last Call at the Esposito (Elder Darrow Mystery #4) (Paperback) By Richard J. Cass $16.99 ISBN: 9781948338882 Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days Published: Encircle Publications, LLC - June 12th, 2019 Add to Wish List The Olympic Games are coming to Boston Or are they? When a burial detail to the paupers' grave on Boston's Rinker Island comes up with one extra coffin, Dan Burton is called in to take the case. The murdered man is one Constantine Boustaloudis, a neighborhood activist against the effort of rich and powerful interests to bring the Olympic Games to Boston. The Augmented Man (Paperback) By Joseph Carrabis $20.95 ISBN: 9781684333172 Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days Published: Black Rose Writing - July 25th, 2019 Add to Wish List What do you do with a deadly weapon when it's no longer needed? Trail of Misery (Paperback) By N. a. Broadley $11.99 ISBN: 9781732621220 Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days Published: Angry Eagle Publishing - July 2nd, 2019 Add to Wish List A deadly virus has left Beth alone and afraid.She must leave her home with almost no supplies when she is attacked by a neighbor. Now forced to set out on the Appalachian Trail with only her backpack, two guns and a turkey carving knife. Dystopia: The Dark Days (Paperback) By Dj Cooper $11.99 ISBN: 9781732621213 Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days Published: Angry Eagle Publishing - September 7th, 2018 Add to Wish List Dez lay shot - The fate of the farm precarious. A shocking betrayal tears at the very foundation of the group. The arrival of their friends from the north brought not only joy but death. An outlaw gang threatens their home and their lives. She's back, with vengeance and hate, Morgan will stop at nothing to destroy what they'd built.
Ahab's Rolling Sea, with Richard King Thursday, November 14th, 2019, 6 p.m. Richard J King sails in to Gibson's to present Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of "Moby-Dick", a book sure to delight the naturalists among us. Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of "Moby-Dick" (Hardcover) By Richard J. King $30.00 ISBN: 9780226514963 Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now Published: University of Chicago Press - November 11th, 2019 Add to Wish List Although Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing—or even a novel of the sea. Lobster (Animal) (Paperback) By Richard J. King $19.95 ISBN: 9781861897954 Availability: Special Order Published: Reaktion Books - May 15th, 2011 Add to Wish List Other than that it tastes delicious with butter, what do you know about the knobbily-armoured, scarlet creature staring back at you from your fancy dinner plate? From ocean to stock pot, there are two sides to every animal story. For instance, since there are species of lobsters without claws, how exactly do you define a lobster? Winter Magic Party Saturday, November 9th, 2019, 2pm Hearts of Ice (Paperback) By Adi Rule $7.99 ISBN: 9781338332742 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Scholastic Press - September 3rd, 2019 Add to Wish List A dazzling adventure full of magic, snow . . . and sisters!Evangeline has been lonely her whole life. Her mother rarely lets her play outside . . . especially not when it's snowing. It's almost as if she wants to hide her daughter from the world. Flutter: The Story of Four Sisters and an Incredible Journey (Paperback) By Erin E. Moulton $6.99 ISBN: 9780142421338 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Puffin Books - May 10th, 2012 Add to Wish List A beautiful debut novel for fans of The Penderwicks Tomie dePaola! Sunday, November 17th, 2019, 2 p.m. Tomie dePaola never misses a year at Gibson's Bookstore, and we're thrilled to bring this award-winning children's author and illustrator back for 2019! Pancakes for Breakfast (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola $7.99 ISBN: 9781328710604 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: HMH Books for Young Readers - January 9th, 2018 Add to Wish List Missing ingredients and mischievous pets create one humorous complication after another for a little old lady determined to make pancakes for breakfast in this larger-sized, color-enhanced edition of Tomie dePaola's wordless picture book classic. Pancakes for Breakfast is a Common Core exemplar text for Grades K–1. Strega Nona (A Strega Nona Book) (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) $8.99 ISBN: 9780671666064 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - September 3rd, 1979 Add to Wish List When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works in this classic Caldecott Honor book from Tomie dePaola.Strega Nona—"Grandma Witch"—is the source for potions, cures, magic, and comfort in her Calabrian town. Her magical everfull pasta pot is especially intriguing to hungry Big Anthony. Strega Nona, Her Story (Hardcover) By Tomie dePaola $17.99 ISBN: 9780399228186 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers - September 9th, 1996 Add to Wish List This is the beloved Strega Nona's own story, every detail just as she remembers it, from her childhood with Grandma Concetta, who trained young Nona and her best friend Amelia, to her early days in the little house on the hill and the happy moments when she met Big Anthony and Bambolona. 26 Fairmount Avenue (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) $6.99 ISBN: 9780698118645 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Puffin Books - March 6th, 2002 Add to Wish List A Newbery Honor Book Quiet (Hardcover) By Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) $17.99 ISBN: 9781481477543 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - October 9th, 2018 Add to Wish List In this gorgeous and contemplative New York Times bestselling picture book, legendary author-illustrator Tomie dePaola reminds us that mindfulness—being quiet, still, and present with one another—is a very special thing.Everything is in such a hurry, busy as busy can be. The birds are flying so fast, the dragonfly is zooming over the water—even the trees The Art Lesson (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola $7.99 ISBN: 9780698115729 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Puffin Books - December 21st, 2001 Add to Wish List Tommy knows he wants to be an artist when he grows up. He can't wait to get to school and have real art lessons. When Tommy gets to school and finds out that the art lessons are full of "rules", he is surprised and dismayed. Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) $6.99 ISBN: 9780698118362 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Puffin Books - April 3rd, 2000 Add to Wish List Tommy is four years old, and he loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and his great-grandmother, Nana Upstairs. But one day Tommy's mother tells him Nana Upstairs won't be there anymore, and Tommy must struggle with saying good-bye to someone he loves. Poets Oliver de la Paz and Jeffrey Thomson Wednesday, November 13th, 2019, 6 p.m. Half/Life: New & Selected Poems (Paperback) By Jeffrey Thomson $21.95 ISBN: 9781948579049 Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days Published: Alice James Books - October 22nd, 2019 Add to Wish List Poems radiate a love for life, the world, and the temporal nature of existence. Roots of memory and nostalgia become the architecture of the mind as Thomson explores the past to better grasp the future. Featured books in the collection focus on desire, language, and landscape; while others explore loss in the context of myth, sexuality, violence, politics, and community. The Boy in the Labyrinth: Poems (Paperback) By Oliver de la Paz $19.95 ISBN: 9781629221724 Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days Published: University of Akron Press - July 30th, 2019 Add to Wish List In a long sequence of prose poems, questionnaires, and standardized tests, The Boy in the Labyrinth interrogates the language of autism and the language barriers between parents, their children, and the fractured medium of science and school. Structured as a Greek play, the book opens with a parents' earnest quest for answers, understanding, and doubt. Storytime with illustrator Mark Hoffmann Saturday, October 12th, 2019, 11 am Poop (Hardcover) By Poppy Champignon, Mark Hoffman (Illustrator) $14.95 ISBN: 9781944903749 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Cameron - August 20th, 2019 Add to Wish List Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel: And Other Poems of Birds in Flight (Hardcover) By Susan Vande Griek, Mark Hoffmann (Illustrator) $16.99 ISBN: 9781771389952 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Kids Can Press - September 3rd, 2019 Add to Wish List This lyrical celebration of birds explores the fascinating ways these creatures move through the air. For each of twelve birds from around the world, a captivating poem describes the animal's distinctive movement and the special word associated with that movement, from geese who skein and puffins who wheel, to crows who mob and starlings who murmurate. Fruit Bowl (Hardcover) By Mark Hoffmann $17.99 ISBN: 9781524719913 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - June 12th, 2018 Add to Wish List Who belongs in the fruit bowl? Apples, check. Blueberries, check. Tomato, che-- Wait, what?! Tomato wants to join the other fruits, but does he belong? The perfect mix of botany and a bunch of bananas!All the fruit are in the bowl. There's Apple and Orange. Strawberry and Peach. Plum and Pear. And, of course, Tomato. A tribute to Donald Hall Join us on Thursday, Sept. 5, as a dozen poets come to Gibson's to celebrate the life of Donald Hall through original poetry. Details here. Pages1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last »
Winter Magic Party Saturday, November 9th, 2019, 2pm Hearts of Ice (Paperback) By Adi Rule $7.99 ISBN: 9781338332742 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Scholastic Press - September 3rd, 2019 Add to Wish List A dazzling adventure full of magic, snow . . . and sisters!Evangeline has been lonely her whole life. Her mother rarely lets her play outside . . . especially not when it's snowing. It's almost as if she wants to hide her daughter from the world. Flutter: The Story of Four Sisters and an Incredible Journey (Paperback) By Erin E. Moulton $6.99 ISBN: 9780142421338 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Puffin Books - May 10th, 2012 Add to Wish List A beautiful debut novel for fans of The Penderwicks Tomie dePaola! Sunday, November 17th, 2019, 2 p.m. Tomie dePaola never misses a year at Gibson's Bookstore, and we're thrilled to bring this award-winning children's author and illustrator back for 2019! Pancakes for Breakfast (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola $7.99 ISBN: 9781328710604 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: HMH Books for Young Readers - January 9th, 2018 Add to Wish List Missing ingredients and mischievous pets create one humorous complication after another for a little old lady determined to make pancakes for breakfast in this larger-sized, color-enhanced edition of Tomie dePaola's wordless picture book classic. Pancakes for Breakfast is a Common Core exemplar text for Grades K–1. Strega Nona (A Strega Nona Book) (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) $8.99 ISBN: 9780671666064 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - September 3rd, 1979 Add to Wish List When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works in this classic Caldecott Honor book from Tomie dePaola.Strega Nona—"Grandma Witch"—is the source for potions, cures, magic, and comfort in her Calabrian town. Her magical everfull pasta pot is especially intriguing to hungry Big Anthony. Strega Nona, Her Story (Hardcover) By Tomie dePaola $17.99 ISBN: 9780399228186 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers - September 9th, 1996 Add to Wish List This is the beloved Strega Nona's own story, every detail just as she remembers it, from her childhood with Grandma Concetta, who trained young Nona and her best friend Amelia, to her early days in the little house on the hill and the happy moments when she met Big Anthony and Bambolona. 26 Fairmount Avenue (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) $6.99 ISBN: 9780698118645 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Puffin Books - March 6th, 2002 Add to Wish List A Newbery Honor Book Quiet (Hardcover) By Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) $17.99 ISBN: 9781481477543 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - October 9th, 2018 Add to Wish List In this gorgeous and contemplative New York Times bestselling picture book, legendary author-illustrator Tomie dePaola reminds us that mindfulness—being quiet, still, and present with one another—is a very special thing.Everything is in such a hurry, busy as busy can be. The birds are flying so fast, the dragonfly is zooming over the water—even the trees The Art Lesson (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola $7.99 ISBN: 9780698115729 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Puffin Books - December 21st, 2001 Add to Wish List Tommy knows he wants to be an artist when he grows up. He can't wait to get to school and have real art lessons. When Tommy gets to school and finds out that the art lessons are full of "rules", he is surprised and dismayed. Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) $6.99 ISBN: 9780698118362 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Puffin Books - April 3rd, 2000 Add to Wish List Tommy is four years old, and he loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and his great-grandmother, Nana Upstairs. But one day Tommy's mother tells him Nana Upstairs won't be there anymore, and Tommy must struggle with saying good-bye to someone he loves. Poets Oliver de la Paz and Jeffrey Thomson Wednesday, November 13th, 2019, 6 p.m. Half/Life: New & Selected Poems (Paperback) By Jeffrey Thomson $21.95 ISBN: 9781948579049 Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days Published: Alice James Books - October 22nd, 2019 Add to Wish List Poems radiate a love for life, the world, and the temporal nature of existence. Roots of memory and nostalgia become the architecture of the mind as Thomson explores the past to better grasp the future. Featured books in the collection focus on desire, language, and landscape; while others explore loss in the context of myth, sexuality, violence, politics, and community. The Boy in the Labyrinth: Poems (Paperback) By Oliver de la Paz $19.95 ISBN: 9781629221724 Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days Published: University of Akron Press - July 30th, 2019 Add to Wish List In a long sequence of prose poems, questionnaires, and standardized tests, The Boy in the Labyrinth interrogates the language of autism and the language barriers between parents, their children, and the fractured medium of science and school. Structured as a Greek play, the book opens with a parents' earnest quest for answers, understanding, and doubt. Storytime with illustrator Mark Hoffmann Saturday, October 12th, 2019, 11 am Poop (Hardcover) By Poppy Champignon, Mark Hoffman (Illustrator) $14.95 ISBN: 9781944903749 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Cameron - August 20th, 2019 Add to Wish List Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel: And Other Poems of Birds in Flight (Hardcover) By Susan Vande Griek, Mark Hoffmann (Illustrator) $16.99 ISBN: 9781771389952 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Kids Can Press - September 3rd, 2019 Add to Wish List This lyrical celebration of birds explores the fascinating ways these creatures move through the air. For each of twelve birds from around the world, a captivating poem describes the animal's distinctive movement and the special word associated with that movement, from geese who skein and puffins who wheel, to crows who mob and starlings who murmurate. Fruit Bowl (Hardcover) By Mark Hoffmann $17.99 ISBN: 9781524719913 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - June 12th, 2018 Add to Wish List Who belongs in the fruit bowl? Apples, check. Blueberries, check. Tomato, che-- Wait, what?! Tomato wants to join the other fruits, but does he belong? The perfect mix of botany and a bunch of bananas!All the fruit are in the bowl. There's Apple and Orange. Strawberry and Peach. Plum and Pear. And, of course, Tomato. A tribute to Donald Hall Join us on Thursday, Sept. 5, as a dozen poets come to Gibson's to celebrate the life of Donald Hall through original poetry. Details here. Pages1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last »
Tomie dePaola! Sunday, November 17th, 2019, 2 p.m. Tomie dePaola never misses a year at Gibson's Bookstore, and we're thrilled to bring this award-winning children's author and illustrator back for 2019! Pancakes for Breakfast (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola $7.99 ISBN: 9781328710604 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: HMH Books for Young Readers - January 9th, 2018 Add to Wish List Missing ingredients and mischievous pets create one humorous complication after another for a little old lady determined to make pancakes for breakfast in this larger-sized, color-enhanced edition of Tomie dePaola's wordless picture book classic. Pancakes for Breakfast is a Common Core exemplar text for Grades K–1. Strega Nona (A Strega Nona Book) (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) $8.99 ISBN: 9780671666064 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - September 3rd, 1979 Add to Wish List When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works in this classic Caldecott Honor book from Tomie dePaola.Strega Nona—"Grandma Witch"—is the source for potions, cures, magic, and comfort in her Calabrian town. Her magical everfull pasta pot is especially intriguing to hungry Big Anthony. Strega Nona, Her Story (Hardcover) By Tomie dePaola $17.99 ISBN: 9780399228186 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers - September 9th, 1996 Add to Wish List This is the beloved Strega Nona's own story, every detail just as she remembers it, from her childhood with Grandma Concetta, who trained young Nona and her best friend Amelia, to her early days in the little house on the hill and the happy moments when she met Big Anthony and Bambolona. 26 Fairmount Avenue (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) $6.99 ISBN: 9780698118645 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Puffin Books - March 6th, 2002 Add to Wish List A Newbery Honor Book Quiet (Hardcover) By Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) $17.99 ISBN: 9781481477543 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - October 9th, 2018 Add to Wish List In this gorgeous and contemplative New York Times bestselling picture book, legendary author-illustrator Tomie dePaola reminds us that mindfulness—being quiet, still, and present with one another—is a very special thing.Everything is in such a hurry, busy as busy can be. The birds are flying so fast, the dragonfly is zooming over the water—even the trees The Art Lesson (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola $7.99 ISBN: 9780698115729 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Puffin Books - December 21st, 2001 Add to Wish List Tommy knows he wants to be an artist when he grows up. He can't wait to get to school and have real art lessons. When Tommy gets to school and finds out that the art lessons are full of "rules", he is surprised and dismayed. Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs (Paperback) By Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) $6.99 ISBN: 9780698118362 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Puffin Books - April 3rd, 2000 Add to Wish List Tommy is four years old, and he loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and his great-grandmother, Nana Upstairs. But one day Tommy's mother tells him Nana Upstairs won't be there anymore, and Tommy must struggle with saying good-bye to someone he loves. Poets Oliver de la Paz and Jeffrey Thomson Wednesday, November 13th, 2019, 6 p.m. Half/Life: New & Selected Poems (Paperback) By Jeffrey Thomson $21.95 ISBN: 9781948579049 Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days Published: Alice James Books - October 22nd, 2019 Add to Wish List Poems radiate a love for life, the world, and the temporal nature of existence. Roots of memory and nostalgia become the architecture of the mind as Thomson explores the past to better grasp the future. Featured books in the collection focus on desire, language, and landscape; while others explore loss in the context of myth, sexuality, violence, politics, and community. The Boy in the Labyrinth: Poems (Paperback) By Oliver de la Paz $19.95 ISBN: 9781629221724 Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days Published: University of Akron Press - July 30th, 2019 Add to Wish List In a long sequence of prose poems, questionnaires, and standardized tests, The Boy in the Labyrinth interrogates the language of autism and the language barriers between parents, their children, and the fractured medium of science and school. Structured as a Greek play, the book opens with a parents' earnest quest for answers, understanding, and doubt. Storytime with illustrator Mark Hoffmann Saturday, October 12th, 2019, 11 am Poop (Hardcover) By Poppy Champignon, Mark Hoffman (Illustrator) $14.95 ISBN: 9781944903749 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Cameron - August 20th, 2019 Add to Wish List Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel: And Other Poems of Birds in Flight (Hardcover) By Susan Vande Griek, Mark Hoffmann (Illustrator) $16.99 ISBN: 9781771389952 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Kids Can Press - September 3rd, 2019 Add to Wish List This lyrical celebration of birds explores the fascinating ways these creatures move through the air. For each of twelve birds from around the world, a captivating poem describes the animal's distinctive movement and the special word associated with that movement, from geese who skein and puffins who wheel, to crows who mob and starlings who murmurate. Fruit Bowl (Hardcover) By Mark Hoffmann $17.99 ISBN: 9781524719913 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - June 12th, 2018 Add to Wish List Who belongs in the fruit bowl? Apples, check. Blueberries, check. Tomato, che-- Wait, what?! Tomato wants to join the other fruits, but does he belong? The perfect mix of botany and a bunch of bananas!All the fruit are in the bowl. There's Apple and Orange. Strawberry and Peach. Plum and Pear. And, of course, Tomato. A tribute to Donald Hall Join us on Thursday, Sept. 5, as a dozen poets come to Gibson's to celebrate the life of Donald Hall through original poetry. Details here. Pages1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next › last »
Poets Oliver de la Paz and Jeffrey Thomson Wednesday, November 13th, 2019, 6 p.m. Half/Life: New & Selected Poems (Paperback) By Jeffrey Thomson $21.95 ISBN: 9781948579049 Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days Published: Alice James Books - October 22nd, 2019 Add to Wish List Poems radiate a love for life, the world, and the temporal nature of existence. Roots of memory and nostalgia become the architecture of the mind as Thomson explores the past to better grasp the future. Featured books in the collection focus on desire, language, and landscape; while others explore loss in the context of myth, sexuality, violence, politics, and community. The Boy in the Labyrinth: Poems (Paperback) By Oliver de la Paz $19.95 ISBN: 9781629221724 Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days Published: University of Akron Press - July 30th, 2019 Add to Wish List In a long sequence of prose poems, questionnaires, and standardized tests, The Boy in the Labyrinth interrogates the language of autism and the language barriers between parents, their children, and the fractured medium of science and school. Structured as a Greek play, the book opens with a parents' earnest quest for answers, understanding, and doubt.
Storytime with illustrator Mark Hoffmann Saturday, October 12th, 2019, 11 am Poop (Hardcover) By Poppy Champignon, Mark Hoffman (Illustrator) $14.95 ISBN: 9781944903749 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Cameron - August 20th, 2019 Add to Wish List Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel: And Other Poems of Birds in Flight (Hardcover) By Susan Vande Griek, Mark Hoffmann (Illustrator) $16.99 ISBN: 9781771389952 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Kids Can Press - September 3rd, 2019 Add to Wish List This lyrical celebration of birds explores the fascinating ways these creatures move through the air. For each of twelve birds from around the world, a captivating poem describes the animal's distinctive movement and the special word associated with that movement, from geese who skein and puffins who wheel, to crows who mob and starlings who murmurate. Fruit Bowl (Hardcover) By Mark Hoffmann $17.99 ISBN: 9781524719913 Availability: On Our Shelves Now Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - June 12th, 2018 Add to Wish List Who belongs in the fruit bowl? Apples, check. Blueberries, check. Tomato, che-- Wait, what?! Tomato wants to join the other fruits, but does he belong? The perfect mix of botany and a bunch of bananas!All the fruit are in the bowl. There's Apple and Orange. Strawberry and Peach. Plum and Pear. And, of course, Tomato.
A tribute to Donald Hall Join us on Thursday, Sept. 5, as a dozen poets come to Gibson's to celebrate the life of Donald Hall through original poetry. Details here.
