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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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Where's Waldo Local is an annual FREE community-wide event (organized by the American Booksellers Association with Candlewick Press and celebrated nationwide). Flintridge Bookstore has partnered with twenty-four other La Cañada Flintridge businesses, where Waldo will be hiding throughout the month of July. Starting on July 1, pick up your instructions and Where's Waldo Local Passport at any of the participating businesses. You might want to start at the bookstore, where we have an additional Where's Waldo challenge (and a large supply of passports).
Here are all the participating businesses - THANK YOU!
Berge's Sandwiches
Boba Boba
Button Nose Pet Grooming & Supply
Cakery Bakery
Constellation Coffee
Dish Restaurant
Flintridge Bookstore
Fresh Brothers Pizza
Gio's Bakery & Cafe
Handel's Ice Cream
Honeybird Fried Chicken
La Cañada Pool & Patio
Los Gringos Locos
Luna Grill
Magikids Robotics Lab
Penelope's Cafe, Books & Gallery
Rhodes School of Music
Round Table Pizza
Salon Bisou
See's Candy
Small Shop (Bunch Design)
Smoothie Shop
Stephanie's Art Gallery/Framing
Stepping Stones to Learning
UPS Store
The search ends on July 31. On Saturday, August 3 from 11:00 AM - noon, join a celebration at the bookstore for all participants. There will be prizes awarded, more Waldo activities, and pizza and cupcakes compliments of Round Table and Cakery Bakery.
Read the press release here...
Find your instructions and Waldo Passport here...
SAVE THE DATE! Where's Waldo Local Party...
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#1 bestseller - The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times
From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women―at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.
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New York Times Bestseller
Good Morning America Book Club Pick
A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the exhilarating debut novel by Kaliane Bradley.
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A Time Best Book of 2024 So Far • Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by the Washington Post, Oprah Daily, and Literary Hub
This lucent anti-memoir from celebrated novelist Lydia Millet explores the pain and joy of being a parent, child, and human at a moment when the richness of the planet’s life is deeply threatened.
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An Instant New York Times Bestseller; Washington Post & TIME Magazine Most Anticipated Book of 2024
"Hailed as the queen of Irish crime fiction, French spins a taut tale of retribution, sacrifice, and family."—TIME
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Searcher and “one of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (Vox), a spellbinding new novel set in the Irish countryside.
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Instant New York Times Bestseller; Best Book of the Year so Far for 2024 by the New York Times Book Review
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view.
"A masterpiece that will help redefine one of the classics of American literature, while also being a major achievement on its own."—Chicago Tribune
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New York Times Bestseller;
USA Today Bestseller; Good Morning America Book Club Pick
An Indie Next Pick
A LibraryReads Pick
From the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age comes a fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a professor and three unruly students.
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Literary icon Julia Alvarez, bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, returns with a luminescent novel about storytelling that reads like an instant classic.
“Only an alchemist as wise and sure as Alvarez could swirl the elements of folklore and the flavor of magical realism around her modern prose and make it all sing . . . Lively, joyous . . . often witty, occasionally somber and elegiac.” —Luis Alberto Urrea, The New York Times Book Review
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New York Times Bestseller; “Stunning…A heart-pounding thriller…Challenger is a remarkable book.” —The Atlantic
From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster, based on fascinating in-depth reporting and new archival research—a riveting history that reads like a thriller.
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#1National Bestseller
A “powerful” (The Guardian) reflection on basketball, life, and home—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America
“Mesmerizing . . . not only the most original sports book I’ve ever read but one of the most moving books I’ve ever read, period.”—Steve James, director of Hoop Dreams
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Romancing your way through Summer | |
Children's Books - Summer Reading Recommendations | |
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WE ARE CLOSED ON THURSDAY, JULY 4. ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY!
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The Journal of William Thomas Emerson, a Revolutionary War Patriot, Boston, Massachusetts, 1774
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The Girl Who Won the Revolutionary War. Based on the TRUE story of courage and conviction that’s sure to captivate readers of all ages. | |
This revelatory biography from a Pulitzer Prize winner is about the Founding Father who stood behind the change in thinking that produced the American Revolution. | |
The only book-length treatment of this first great challenge of the revolutionary era. For each of the three incarnations of the act, the author provides a clause-by-clause description, including the British reasoning behind the duties and trade restrictions, and a summary of the resulting American grievance. | |
Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. | |
The first gunshot of the Revolutionary War became "the shot heard round the world." But years of tension led up to that first battle. The war would prove to have major consequences for both sides. Explore the causes and effects of the American Revolution. | |
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NEW ON OUR LOCAL AUTHOR SHELVES
We have a consignment program for Local Authors. If you are interested, please contact: Gail Mishkin
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SAVE THE DATE : SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 4:00 PM
Parker G. Emerson - Author Appearance at Flintridge Bookstore
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SAVE THE DATE: SUNDAY, JULY 14, 4:00 PM
Ann Bernath is one of three authors appearing at the bookstore to discuss their recent titles.
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- Community Center of La Canada Flintridge/Flintridge Bookstore Fun for 50+ Book Club
A monthly Book Club for lively literary conversations, held the 4th Thursday of each month. Registration and the featured book are free. If you are interested, contact the Community Center to see if there is space. Gail Mishkin, from Flintridge Bookstore, is the meeting facilitator. The Book Club is sponsored by a grant from the City of La Canada Flintridge.
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- Are you part of, or are you thinking of starting a book club?
Register with Flintridge Bookstore, and we will order books for your members. We offer a 10% discount to participating clubs for their Book Club picks. Contact Gail Mishkin for more information.
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