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African American Poetry
Tuesday, June 12, 7:30 p.m.

Richard Ford
Wednesday, June 13, 7:30 p.m.

Alexandra Fuller
Thursday, June 28, 7:30 p.m.

Bob Garner
Thursday, July 12, 7:30 p.m.

Howard Owen
Sunday, August 12, 3:00 p.m.

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Picks for Kids

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Just Ducks!

By Nicola Davies, Salvatore Rubbino

$15.99

Whimsical, expressive watercolors illustrate this story of mallards for age 3-6.

The Scorpio Races

By Maggie Stiefvater

$17.99

Breathtaking novel of teens in deadly horse race on Irish coast. Ages 12+

Water Sings Blue

By Meilo So, Kate Coombs

$16.99

The sea in poetry and dazzling watercolor illustrations for ages 4-8.

Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature

By Nicola Davies, Mark Hearld

$19.99

Lyrical observations on nature, season by season, with vibrant mixed media illustrations. Beautiful and engaging. Ages 4+

Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart

By Mary Ann Hoberman, Michael Emberley

$19.99

Rollicking collection of best poems for children, beautifully illustrated by Michael Emberley.

Noteworthy Paperbacks

A 100-year-old Bulgarian wonders if he has any wisdom to leave to the world and takes epic armchair journey through a century of violent politics, forbidden music, lost love and failed chemistry, finding his way eventually to an astonishing epiphany of tenderness and enlightenment. Winner of the UK Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2009.

22 Britannia Road

By Amanda Hodgkinson

$16.00

A WW II tour de force that echoes modern classics like Suite Francaise & The Postmistress.

The Art of Fielding

By Chad Harbach

$14.99

An expansive, warmhearted novel about ambition and its limits, about family and friendship and love, and about commitment--to oneself and to others.

New Books: Week of May 15

Big Medicine

BIG MEDICINE is Raleigh’s famed bluegrass band. They played at our event with Garrison Keillor, who was so impressed, he invited them onto his NPRA PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION. Their most recent CD is PINE TO PINE. For more information, check out their website at http://www.bigmedmusic.com/. BIG MEDICINE is made up of Kenny Jackson, Jim Collier, Joe Newberry, and Bobb Head, playing the string band music of the rural South.