It’s that time again. If there are boys on your Christmas list, and you’re bored of the same old Lego sets, check out these great gifts for boys ages 6 -10. Includes sports games, spy gear, learning games, classic toys, electronics, and more.
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Bookstore ninja: Jane Lynch makes her own Happy Accidents
We’ve all been there. After our book comes out, we do reconnaissance missions to bookstores all over town to find out where the book is placed, and how many copies the store has in stock. Upon finding a single, sad copy of our book hidden somewhere near the bathrooms, we stealthily move it to the front of the store, where we place it prominently in front of the books that people are actually buying in huge quantities. But Jane Lynch does Bookstore Ninja better than the rest of us. She is just so darn awesome. See for yourself! You...
Now in Stores: Dream of the Blue Room
My first novel, Dream of the Blue Room (2003, MacAdam/Cage), was re-released by Random House this week in a new paperback edition. I can’t tell you how excited I am to have this book back in stores again. The first time, the distribution was limited, and for the first couple of years it was available only in the more expensive hardcover edition. After several months out of print, it is now available through your favorite independent bookstores, Barnes and Noble (look for it on the Reading Group Favorites 3 for 2 table, the Paperback New Releases table, and the...
The Wild Things Are a Lot Like Us
My husband and I took our son, who will soon turn five, to see WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE last weekend. I figured that my son needed an antidote to his most recent movie experience– Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs–which was so inane and loud and transparently moralistic as to be inappropriate for viewers of any age. While Wild Things had the potential to be scary, I also knew that, between Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers, it would at least be interesting. Afterward, we had the following conversation: Me: What did you think of the movie? Oscar: Good...
Great gifts for preschoolers
Time to start thinking about what will go under the Christmas tree. I’ve already ordered these: The Little Prince pop-up book, and Hi-Ho Cherry-O. The Little Prince is one of my favorite all-time stories; I already read it to my four-year-old, and he loved it. I think the pop-up edition will be even more magical. And I have great memories of playing Hi-Ho Cherry-O as a child–picking those little plastic cherries off the tree. (Click on the link below to see a charming video of the pop-up book.)
The international bestseller about one woman’s search for a missing child…
"Mesmerizing." ~Library Journal, starred review.
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