October 2023 Midmonth Newsletter | | |
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Dear friends,
We hope you are all enjoying this beautiful (and often rainy) fall. We were so happy to see so many smiling faces, familiar faces and new faces too, at SandwichFest on October 7th. Thank you so much for stopping by and saying hi!
Earlier this month, our owner Vicky Titcomb and our manager Rae Titcomb attended the New England Independent Bookseller Conference in Providence, RI. It was the 50th anniversary of the conference (wow!) They were so excited to see so many friends and fellow booksellers, meet some authors, as well as soak up all the wonderful bookseller knowledge.
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This photo is of Rae and Vicky at the conference when they met Meghan Riordan Jarvis, author of a brand new memoir End of the Hour: A Therapist's Memoir (on sale November 14th).
Jarvis is originally from the Cape and said that her children call our bookstore "Papa's bookstore" because their grandfather always took them here!
We love this story! And we send many congratulations to Meghan for the publication of her new book!
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As spooky season approaches, we have a few events featuring books to get you in the mood:
- Our October Branch Out Book Club pick is the creepy horror book What Moves the Dead which is a re-telling of Edgar Allen Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher." Come join us for our discussion on Monday Oct 23rd at 6:30pm, we don't bite!
We know it feels a bit early to start thinking about the holiday season, but we are gearing up at the shop for all your holiday needs! Right now, we have advent calendars and Christmas cards galore, if you'd like to get a head start.
Heads up! Starting the first week of November, we will send out our Holiday Gift Guide Newsletters! During the holiday season, we send out Holiday Gift Guides with different themes. For example: Children's Books, Teen Books & Gifts, Toy Gift Guide, Titcomb's Favorites, & more! These carefully curated guides will make your holiday shopping easy and fun!
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Thank you for reading!
-Titcomb's Staff
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Author Talk with
Oscar-Nominated Film Director/Writer
John Sayles
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Join us as we welcome Oscar-nominated film director/writer John Sayles (Lone Star, Matewan, The Secret of Roan Inish) to speak with us about his most recent book Jamie MacGillivray: The Renegade's Journey on Tuesday October 24th at 6:30pm at Titcomb's Bookshop.
"It gets under the skin of this extraordinary time in a way that few historical novels do. Sayles writes superbly about the confusion of warfare and deals equally well with the horrors of the plantations...This is a first-rate historical novel told with wit, verve and a subtle understanding of the mechanics of the genre."
- The New York Times Book Review
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Murder They Wrote
Virtual Mystery Author Panel
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Murder Mystery lovers will not want to miss this upcoming event!
Bring some questions you'd like to ask about the genre!
Join us for a special virtual event - Murder They Wrote: Mystery Author Panel - with authors Tom Mead, Gary Braver, and Maddie Day (aka. Edith Maxwell) moderated by Joanna Schaffhausen, on Thursday October 26th at 7:00pm EST on Zoom.
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Location Change
for Nancy Kerrigan Event!
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Titcomb's Bookshop, Sandwich Public Library, and Riverview School are honored to welcome two-time Olympic Medalist and U.S. Ladies' Figure Skating Champion Nancy Kerrigan to speak about her new children's picture book Stronger Than She Thinks (on sale November 7th) on Saturday November 18th from 1-3pm at Riverview School.
Featuring scenes from her childhood as she learns how to work hard, to believe in herself, and to land her first axel jump, Kerrigan has written an empowering story to inspire children and their caregivers. This book is a perfect holiday gift and the story is a great read aloud for children ages 4-8.
When we first announced our event with Nancy Kerrigan, it sold out within a few days! So we are excited to announce this change in venue to the Riverview School so that more folks can join us for her author talk and book signing!
Please sign up ASAP to reserve your seat!
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Pre-Orders we are excited about! | |
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Welcome Home, Stranger
On Sale Dec 5th
From the PEN-Faulkner Award-winning author of The Great Man comes a novel about grief, love, growing older, and the complications of family that is the story of a fifty-something woman who goes home—reluctantly—to Maine after the death of her mother.
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Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
Signed Copies Available
On Sale Oct 31st
Vicky Recommends:
"I loved reading about Henry Winkler's Hollywood experiences from The Fonz to Barry, but what makes this memoir truly shine is his humanity and insight. Henry is dyslexic and he shares his stories of a very painful childhood and unloving parents, his loving marriage, proud parenthood, as well as his lifelong struggle to overcome feelings of inferiority and anxiety. Told with great warmth, insight honesty and humor, this is wonderful read!"
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The Woman in Me
On Sale Oct 24th
The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears’s groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.
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New Fiction
Adult hardcover fiction is always 20% off at Titcomb's!
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The House of Doors
Vicky Recommends:
"The House of Doors is a fascinating and exquisitely written novel of love, hypocrisy, racism, murder and betrayal set in Penang, Malaya in the early 1900s. We meet bestselling author Somerset Maugham and Ethel Proudlock whose sensational trial for the murder of the man who raped her became the inspiration for one of Maugham's most famous short stories. The Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat Sen makes an appearance as well. This is a fabulous read!"
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The Unmaking of June Farrow
Meghan Recommends:
"This is the perfect recommendation for those who love Alice Hoffman and The Time Traveler's Wife. A time travelling mystery that will tug on your heartstrings, I was moved to tears and hugged the book after finishing. Set in Western North Carolina across time, this story follows June as she learns about herself, uncovers the mystery of her family, and discovers what lengths she'll go for the people she loves."
From the New York Times bestselling author of Spells for Forgetting.
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Family Meal
Signed Copies Available
From the bestselling, award-winning author of Memorial and Lot, an irresistible, intimate novel about two young men, once best friends, whose lives collide again after a loss.
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Blackouts
A book about storytelling—its legacies, dangers, delights, and potential for change—and a bold exploration of form, art, and love, Justin Torres’s Blackouts uses fiction to see through the inventions of history and narrative. A marvel of creative imagination.
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The Leftover Woman
An evocative family drama and a riveting mystery about the ferocious pull of motherhood for two very different women—from the New York Times bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation.
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Let the Dead Bury the Dead
An urgent, immersive alternate history set in an imperial Russia on the brink of disaster, following a surprising cast of characters seeking a better future as Saint Petersburg struggles in the wake of Napoleon’s failed invasion. This exuberant historical page-turner, intercut with fractured retellings of traditional Eastern European folk stories, reminds us that the concerns of the past aren't quite as far behind us as we like to believe.
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What We Kept to Ourselves
Both a riveting page-turner and moving family story, What We Kept to Ourselves masterfully explores the consequences of secrets between parents and children, husbands and wives. It is the story of one unforgettable family’s search for home when all seems lost, and a powerful meditation on identity, migration, and what it means to dream in America.
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Signed Copies Available
The first short story collection by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author and master of the form since her number one New York Times best seller Unaccustomed Earth
Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical—is the protagonist, not the setting, of these nine stories.
"A delectable, sun-washed treat . . . the stories have the beating heart of the city itself, a place of magnificent decay and vibrant, varied life."
—Vogue
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The Goodbye Cat
In the much-anticipated follow-up to the bestselling and beloved The Travelling Cat Chronicles, seven cats weave their way through their owners’ lives, climbing, comforting, nestling, and sometimes just tripping everyone up in this uplifting collection of tales by international bestselling author Hiro Arikawa.
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The Premonition
Yayoi, a 19-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something important from her childhood. Her premonition grows stronger day by day and, as if led by it, she decides to move in with her mysterious aunt, Yukino.
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Rae is reading and loving!
Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of forbidden love, dangerous magic, and dark secrets that could change the world forever in the start of a riveting epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles.
“Clare plunges us into a thrilling world built with precision and brimming with enchantment. Her spellbinding cast of outlaws, healers, royals, and rogues will have you questioning your allegiances with every delicious turn of the plot. This is fantasy at its finest.”
—Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hell Bent
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Spooky Tale for Grown-Ups | | |
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Caleb & Matthew Recommend!
In a fable for grown-ups by cartoonist Bill Watterson, a long-ago kingdom is afflicted with unexplainable calamities. Hoping to end the torment, the king dispatches his knights to discover the source of the mysterious events. Years later, a single battered knight returns.
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The Kingdoms of Savannah
Vicky & Fran Recommend!
Fran says:
"I am so glad I didn’t miss this one because that would have been a crime! Part mystery and part historical fiction this book is set among the various fringes of Savannah society. It kept me up past my usual bedtime and had me researching parts of history I somehow missed in school."
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Liberation Day
Short Stories
The “best short-story writer in English” (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. With his trademark prose—wickedly funny, unsentimental, and exquisitely tuned—Saunders continues to challenge and surprise.
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Death on a Winter Stroll
Nantucket Police Chief Meredith Folger is acutely conscious of the stress COVID-19 has placed on the community she loves. Merry hopes that the Christmas Stroll, one of Nantucket’s favorite traditions, in which Main Street is transformed into a winter wonderland, will lift the island’s spirits. But the arrival of a large-scale TV production, and the Secretary of State and her family, complicates matters significantly.
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A powerful memoir from Katalin Karikó, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, whose decades-long research led to the COVID-19 vaccines.
Breaking Through isn’t just the story of an extraordinary woman. It’s an indictment of closed-minded thinking and a testament to one woman’s commitment to laboring intensely in obscurity—knowing she might never be recognized in a culture that is driven by prestige, power, and privilege—because she believed her work would save lives.
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Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America's Cemeteries
Journalist Greg Melville’s Over My Dead Body is an “astonishing . . . fascinating . . . powerful” (New York Times Book Review) tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead.
“You hold in your hands a treasure map, a gentle, sly, and poignant presence leading us to places in America and in our lives that have been hiding in plain sight. This tale is about cemeteries, but it’s really about how beautiful is life.” —#1 New York Times bestselling author Doug Stanton
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Fox
An Accordion Book doesn't open, it unfolds. One side is filled with beautiful watercolor images of an animal: sometimes in motion, sometimes at rest. The other is filled with text - poems, descriptions, invocations - inspired by the same animal. Together they work as spells to summon the animal's spirit. Jackie Morris has painted them using antique watercolors, some from boxes which hadn't been opened for over 150 years, woken from their slumber with a single drop of water.
A beautiful gift idea!
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He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters
Schuyler Bailar didn’t set out to be an activist, but his very public transition to the Harvard men’s swim team put him in the spotlight. His choice to be open about his transition and share his experience has touched people around the world. His plain-spoken education has evolved into tireless advocacy for inclusion and collective liberation. In He/She/They, Schuyler uses storytelling and the art of conversation to give us the essential language and context of gender, meeting everyone where they are and paving the way for understanding, acceptance, and, most importantly: connection.
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Madonna: A Rebel Life
In this "lushly evocative" biography, award-winning author Mary Gabriel chronicles the meteoric rise and enduring influence of the greatest female pop icon of the modern era: Madonna (Booklist, starred review).
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Worthy
Signed Copies Available
*while supplies last*
A gripping, at times painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator of the Red Table Talk series Jada Pinkett Smith.
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Down the Drain
Julia Fox is famous for many things: her captivating acting, such as her breakout role in the film Uncut Gems; her trendsetting style, including bleached eyebrows, exaggerated eyeshadow, and cutout dresses; her social media, where she entertains and educates her millions of followers. But all these share the trait for which she is most famous: unabashedly and unapologetically being herself.
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The Way Forward
In his latest collection of poetry and short prose, Yung Pueblo offers clear strategies for managing the unknown, inhabiting your personal power, and bringing your truest, healthiest self to relationships. Progressing naturally from both Inward and Clarity & Connection, The Way Forward is exactly that—an inspired beginning.
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A Poem to Read Aloud Every Day of the Year
A beautifully packaged anthology of poems from around the world and throughout history, all especially selected for reading aloud, with one glorious poem for every day of the year.
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Divine your way through writer's block while adding a little magic into your writing practice with this illustrated oracle deck and guidebook set!
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Beautiful Bread: Create & Bake Artful Masterpieces for Any Occasion
Let professional baker and bread artist Theresa Culletto show you how to take your bread baking to the next level by turning rustic focaccia breads into artful masterpieces. In Beautiful Bread, you will not only master how to make four types of focaccia—white, whole wheat, dark multigrain, and sweet—you will also learn techniques for decorating them with vegetables, fruits, herbs, seeds.
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More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen
The recipes in More Is More are fit for any day of the week and for cooks of all skill levels. Each recipe will teach a technique or flavor combination that takes Molly’s maximalist, “leave no flavor on the cutting board” approach. So crank your ovens! Grab a fat pinch of salt! And if you’re going to use an ingredient, truly use it. Just one lonely clove of garlic? Not in this cookbook!
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The Wine and Cheese Board Deck: 50 Pairings to Sip and Savor
When creating The Cheese Board Deck, master food stylist Meg Quinn sought to teach you how to make the perfect cheese plate; and now, in The Wine and Cheese Board Deck, she demystifies the delectable combining of wine and cheese. This deck features a variety of cheeses and accoutrements and wines that go with them—from bold reds and dry whites to easy-drinking rosés and sparkling moscatos. Just pull a card from the deck, gather a few ingredients, follow the assembly, and enjoy!
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Custom Cherry Wood Charcuterie Boards! | |
*Titcomb's Exclusive!*
To reserve gift items (not available on our website)
Call 508-888-2331 or email [email protected]
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Cape Cod Board
SKU 324326
$49.99
bridges
sandy beaches
cranberry bogs
lighthouses
dune shacks
cape cod
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Town of Sandwich Board
SKU 324327
$49.99
boardwalk
grist mill
sandy neck
green briar
scorton creek
sandwich
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These cherry wood charcuterie boards were specially made by an artisan in the U.S. just for Titcomb's Bookshop!
Made from high quality cherry wood, these boards are good for cutting and serving. Finished with beeswax and mineral oil conditioner.
6" X 14 ½" X ¾"
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Frankenstein meets Inglourious Basterds in this stunning Jewish historical horror novel from the award-winning author of The City Beautiful.
"Haunting, exhilarating, and a howl of vengeance." -Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author of Hell Followed With Us
Ages 13+
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Catfish Rolling
There’s a catfish under Japan, and when it rolls the land rises and falls. At least that’s what Sora was told after she lost her mother to an earthquake so powerful that it cracked time itself. Sora and her father are some of the few who still live near one of these “zones”—the places where time has been irrevocably sped up or slowed down. Catfish Rolling is a wholly original and mind-bending debut YA novel about memory, family, and an earthquake that breaks apart time.
Ages 12+
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By Any Other Name
A down-on-his-luck actor and an English lord reluctantly team up to solve the murder of Christopher Marlowe in this Shakespearean-era young adult romp perfect for fans of F.T. Lukens.
"By Any Other Name is a high-stakes, high-drama mystery set in a vividly rendered Shakespearean London. Erin Cotter takes readers on a journey from the slums to the theaters to the palaces of Elizabethan England, led by a plucky, determined hero I would have followed anywhere. I devoured this romantic, delightful romp!"
— Mackenzie Lee, New York Times bestselling author of A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Ages 14+
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Crimson Climb
New York Times bestselling author E. K. Johnston, author of the Queens series starring Padmé Amidala, brings fans an untold story about Qi'ra, portrayed by Emilia Clarke in Star Wars: A Solo Story.
"An exquisite portrait of an intrepid character in the Star Wars universe, Johnston’s latest richly plots Qi’ra’s ascent through Crimson Dawn with verve. . . . A propulsive read for fans of a galaxy far, far away."
—Kirkus Reviews
Ages 12+
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From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale—with enchanting illustrations by Julie Morstad—in which five puppets confront circumstances beyond their control with patience, cunning, and high spirits.
Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends—a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl—bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance, bonded by the heart’s mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room in the home of two little girls, the truth is more astonishing than any of them could have imagined.
Ages 7-10
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Remember Us
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply into life’s burning questions about time and memory and what we take with us into the future.
Ages 10+
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Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: The Seaside Corpse
For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, an opportunity to dig up fossils becomes even more thrilling when a corpse washes ashore in this fourth book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of Enola Holmes!
Ages 10+
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Project F
From the bestselling author of The City of Ember comes a post-apocalyptic story set hundreds of years in the future, where life is simple and modern conveniences are a thing of the past until a boy enchanted by technology is forced to choose between doing the right thing for his community and pursuing his dreams of adventure.
Ages 8-12
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Dive into the world of Alvin the Submersible, as award winning journalist Aly Brown shares the stories of what lies beneath the waves, including lost hydrogen bombs, underwater volcanoes, storied shipwrecks, and hundreds of new species.
Humans have explored the far reaches of the globe, from the top of Mount Everest to Badwater Basin—a stretch of land 282 feet below sea level. But for most of our time on this planet, the ocean has been a huge mystery. It's only in the last 50 years that scientists have really started studying the ocean floor, with the help of one amazing creation: Alvin the submersible.
Ages 9-12
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Lonely Bird
A tiny paper bird shares a home with humans in this wondrously illustrated debut, introducing a sensitive, creative soul who ventures into the belly of the beast to rescue a new friend.
Ages 4-8
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Detective Duck: The Case of the Strange Splash
By award winning actor Henry Winkler, children’s book author Lin Oliver, and Caldecott Medal–winning author-illustrator Dan Santat. Willow Feathers McBeaver, aka Detective Duck, is a crime-solving (and very precocious) little duck. She and her animal pals live on beautiful Dogwood Pond, which is adjacent to Lazy Days, a human campground in New England. Dogwood Pond is encountering puzzling problems they must solve!
Ages 6-9
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I'm Sorry
Mercer Mayer's Little Critter is having a very bad day! He used his brother's blanket as a cape, and he forgot his sister's jump rope at the park. But no matter what happens, he always remembers to apologize! This adorable picture book is an excellent way to remind little ones to say “I'm sorry!” and practice good manners!
Ages 3-7
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Halloween-y Reads for Littles! | |
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Happy Halloweenie
Board Book
A loveable hot dog named Weenie gets dressed up for Halloween in this fun and festive board book that will have little ones laughing out loud.
Ages 1-5
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Room on the Broom Push-Pull-Slide
Board Book
This sturdy board book with fun push-and-pull tabs introduces the beloved characters from Room on the Broom to the very youngest readers and is fun family read-aloud, perfect for the changing seasons and a great way to celebrate Halloween!
Ages 2-5
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The Crayons Trick or Treat
The Crayons want to go trick-or-treating, but they're not sure what to say! In this humorous, small hardcover Halloween story, Purple Crayon teaches the rest of the crayon box the magic words to say when they ring their neighbors' doorbells. (Hint: It's NOT "Boo!")
Ages 4-8
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The apples are ready for harvest and Halloween is here What better way to celebrate than by donning homemade costumes and going to the local apple orchard? In this charming story, a boy and his family enjoy everything the orchard has to offer, including searching for scarecrows, getting lost in a corn maze, and going on a hayride. Phyllis Alsdurf's nostalgic storytelling and Lisa Hunt's cozy illustrations will have you counting down the days until Halloween and apple orchard season.
Ages 4-8
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Come by our Toy Basement to see our Halloween Toys & Gifts! | |
Gifts
To reserve gift items (not available on our website)
Call 508-888-2331 or email [email protected]
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Academia Bookmarks
$5.99 each
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Block Light - Red Reading Light
SKU 5035393353049
$12.99
*Only the red lights are in stock
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Little Book Holder
SKU 5035393070038
$5.99
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Phone Beanbags
SKU 5035393426422
$17.99
This little lightweight beanbag is the perfect place for your phone to flop.
*Aqua and Black in stock too*
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Menu Magnifier - Aqua
SKU 5035393460013
$12.99
*Magenta in stock too*
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Pencil Set Yellow
SKU 5051912055775
$14.99
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Pencil Set Blue
SKU 5051912078460
$14.99
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Good Art is Bad Art, Bad Art is Good Art Sketchbook
SKU 5051912079757
$15.99
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My Artwork is Terrible and I am a Very Bad Person
SKU 5051912063657
$15.99
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