Lemuria Bookstore Blog

Our kids book clubs have been pretty sporadic this summer, but starting in August, we returned to our once a month scheduling. A couple of months ago, our middle school girls book club read Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Gracie, one of the girls in the book club, read the book for the [...]

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I first fell in love with Kevin Wilson’s writing in 2009. This quirky Harper paperback original caught my eye with its beautiful cover and then captivated me with its stories of lost and searching characters. A good short story collection is as congruous as a great album–each song is a gem in and of itself, [...]

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You may not know it, but lurking in the neighborhoods of Jackson, MS are….kids who are amazing readers! That’s right! I have had the privilege to meet with some of these kids and not only do they read and comprehend beyond the normal range, but they also know how to talk about why they liked [...]

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You know those childhood vacations, the ones where in hindsight, everything seems perfect and wonderful? The epitome of all good in the world? For Alice, the main character in Kevin Henkes’ new book Junonia, those vacations with her family are the highlight of her year. Everything is exactly as she left it the year before [...]

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For those of y’all who missed the news, John Grisham has begun a young adult series entitled Theodore Boone. The first book, Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer, was released last June and the second book in the series, Theodore Boone, The Abduction, comes out today! As we do with all of Mr. Grisham’s books, we have [...]

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If you have ever been back to the children’s area of Lemuria, lovingly known as Oz, you probably have heard us rave about Kate DiCamillo, if not by name, then by her book titles. Because of Winn-Dixie, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Tale of Despereaux, the Mercy Watson series, these books are just [...]

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Kate, Michael, and Emma P. have lived in an orphanage for as long as they can remember. They don’t even know what their last initial, P., stands for. These siblings stick together through every orphanage, and every failed adoption attempt. In fact, they work very hard not to get adopted. They believe that their parents [...]

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As kid’s manager, I get to meet amazing young people who are as smart as tacks. Two of those amazing people are Lauren Allen and Tracy Rappai. Not only are they good readers (they are both in my 6th/7th grade book club!) but also have published their own book of poems (penned by Lauren) and [...]

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Matched by Ally Condie is just one of those books that you want to give to everyone you know. This dystopian novel has really struck a cord with me and with Maggie and even my 6th/7th book club. We can’t get enough! Part Hunger Games, part Fahrenheit 451, and completely amazing! It is set in [...]

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“In an old house in Paris, that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines… the smallest one was Madeline.” What do you think of when you think of the children’s book character Madeline? Is it how you had to have it read to you every night before bed, or how [...]

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