Lemuria Bookstore Blog

It’s hard to do both of those things, move and read. I am halfway through about five books right now because I will start one and then lose it in my room, only to start another one and subsequently lose it as well. So right now I am sticking with picture books, one of my [...]

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These three books are about Christian the lion (a true story), they may seem to be the same, yet they are different. Christian, the Hugging Lion by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, Illustrations by Amy June Bates Children’s Picture Book, Ages 3-6 The true story and the gentle lifelike illustrations make this picture book suitable [...]

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We at Lemuria love Wimpy Kids who write diaries. A lot of us were wimpy kids (and still are!), so we are thrilled to be a stop on the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Ice Cream Bus Tour. Sunday, August 22nd from 1:00 to 3:30, a huge purple bus will be parked in our Dot [...]

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Starting in July, Story times in Oz will be revamped! We are going to start planning them just like any other event, except instead of an author, there will just be me the reader, and instead of signed books, there will be awesome activities. I don’t want to spoil the surprise too much, but here [...]

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I’d say I’m pretty much a Junie B. Jones expert (the B. stands for Beatrice, but she doesn’t like Beatrice – just B.) For the last few weeks I’ve averaged a Junie B. Jones book a day. Sometimes before I go to work in the morning I have to read the previous night’s book over [...]

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I am so happy to finally be telling y’all about this…Junie B.’s Stupid Smelly Bus Tour is coming to town and we are hosting it! We are so lucky to bring you this event along with Random House. It starts at 1:00 on Monday June 14th at Madison Station Elementary, and it’s going to be [...]

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It’s been a good week in the land of Oz. Lots of kids coming in for summer reading (the non-required kind!), mother’s day gifts, birthdays, you name it! There are so many good books out right now that it seems like everyday a new book comes in that I am jumping up and down about, [...]

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i’ve been reading all of roald dahl’s childrens book here lately and have thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of them.  it’s weird how when read as an adult some childrens books are very twisted.  dahl has a knack for the twisted and is very good at disguising it for the younger crowd.  at the [...]

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Phew! I think I finally caught my breath after last week’s crazy weekend and the beginning of last week. We got to meet: Sharon Draper when she came to sign Out of My Mind (she was so nice by the way and it just made me love her books even more), Stacey Jay with Undead [...]

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When you love an author, such as the middle grade author Kate DiCamillo, you read all there is and then often have no idea where to go after that. For those of you who have no idea who I am talking about, Kate DiCamillo is the author of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The [...]

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