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858 Foothill Blvd.
La Cañada Flintridge CA 91011
(818) 790-0717
flintridgebooks.com
Hours:
MONDAY-FRIDAY
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
SATURDAY
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
SUNDAY
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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JOIN US ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 AT 4 PM FOR A BANNED BOOKS WEEK PANEL!
Flintridge Bookstore hosts a Banned Books Week Panel, led by moderator Jenni Jewett, with school librarians Natalie Daily and Katherine Eisenstein, and college professor Ashley Grace. From their unique perspectives, panelists explore this polarizing issue and discuss, among other topics, why books continue to be banned, the impact of censorship, and their own personal or professional experiences regarding banned or challenged titles.
Banning books give us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight. - Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (a banned book)
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. The national event highlights the value of open access to information and brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, authors and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.
Read the complete press release about our event...
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Banned Books explores why some of the world's most important literary classics and seminal non-fiction titles have been deemed too controversial for the public to read - whether for challenging racial or sexual norms, satirizing public figures, or simply being deemed unfit for young readers. From the banning of All Quiet on the Western Front and the repeated suppression of On the Origin of the Species, to 1984, Fahrenheit 45, Catcher in the Rye and Huckleberry Finn, this volume examines the astonishing role that some banned books have played in changing history. | |
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Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivity on the front lines of our vicious culture wars.
“Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she’s not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to diverse stories.”―Oprah Winfrey, in a speech at the 2023 National Book Awards
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The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles lists of challenged books from across the country. The most banned book of all time is George Orwell’s 1984, declared “pro-communist and containing explicit sexual matter.” Here are a few of the top 10 most challenged or banned books of 2023: | |
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A New York Times Bestseller!
Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, Today Show, and MSNBC feature stories
In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores their childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia.
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The powerful, poignant, bestselling National Book Award finalist gives voice to a young girl robbed of her childhood yet determined to find the strength to triumph.
Written in spare and evocative vignettes by the co-author of I Am Malala (Young Readers Edition), this powerful novel renders a world that is as unimaginable as it is real, and a girl who not only survives but triumphs.
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When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival.
Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love in this #1 New York Times bestselling novel.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A PARADE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME • From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner—a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and gender with characteristic subtly and grace. | |
This #1 New York Times bestselling coming-of-age story with millions of copies in print takes a sometimes heartbreaking, often hysterical, and always honest look at high school in all its glory. | |
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WHAT'S OUR STORY? Children's Book Authors Tell Their Tales
the new interview web series hosted by authors
Sue Ganz-Schmitt and Andrea J. Loney
at Flintridge Bookstore
Episode 1 is now up on our Youtube channel
Find Episode 1 with Benson Shum here...
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An adorable picture book about a tiny monster with a big heart trying to follow in his family's footsteps.
(ages 4-8)
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First-day-of-school jitters take on a whole new meaning at howlergarten, where future werewolves prepare for their big transformation!
(ages 4-6)
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Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with this sweet story of food and family!
(ages 5-7)
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Stay tuned for more WHAT'S OUR STORY? interviews.
Upcoming:
Donn Swaby, "It'll be Irie"
Joe Cepeda, "Sumo Libre" and more
Marla Frazee, "In Every Life" and more (co-host Lisa Desimini)
Jennie Palmer, "Milo's Christmas Parade" (co-host Lisa Desimini)
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This beautifully photographed image of the Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany is the perfect panoramic gift for any traveler. A 1,000 piece puzzle by Eurographics with a completed size of 39" x 13" shows a gorgeous view of the 19th-century castle. | |
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Squirrel is busy running his tailoring business, but now that the leaves have fallen and the birds have flown south, it's time for him to close the shop. But just as Squirrel goes to collect materials for his winter home, neighbors arrive, needing his special talents and attention. What happens if Squirrel doesn't take time for himself and what he needs to do? Who will be there to help him? This story offers a gentle reminder that while taking care of others is important, one still needs to make time for oneself.
(K-3rd grade)
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2023 WINNER Pub West Award • Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Before Chef Joris Bijdendijk cooked together three Michelin stars and Samuel Levie became a prolific sausage maker, soup was a regular guest in many memories. Good Soup pays tribute to the phenomenon that is soup in 52 recipes from all over the world.
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Celebrate being thankful with Peppa, George, Daddy Pig and Mummy Pig in this Little Golden Book!
Peppa Pig celebrates all the things that they are thankful for.
(ages 2-5)
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BEHIND THE BOOKS
A new weekly series about what's happening at Flintridge Bookstore hosted by manager/book buyer
Rob Gibbs and children's book buyer Rosie Ewoldsen.
Watch it here:
Behind the Books...
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Interested in using our printing/self-publishing services on our Espresso Book Machine (EBM)?
Click here to check out our services...
Here are titles printed on our EBM by authors David Niles Chase and Shari Emami:
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We now offer self-serve coffee! | |
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858 FOOTHILL BLVD. La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
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