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Autographed Books from American Girl Make Great Christmas Gifts!
Dragonwings has a few signed copies of the five mysteries by American Girl author Kathleen Ernst. They come with bookmarks from the author and would definitely make your American girl very happy this holiday. Clues in the Shadows Molly Molly is trying to help the war effort, but she has a lot to worry about [...]
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November 23, 2011 |
Category: Authors at Dragonwings, Blog, book-reviews, Great Gifts, News, Staff Picks | Comments: none
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #6 Cabin Fever
Wimpy Kid – Cabin Fever on sale TODAY! Good old Greg – still clueless, still hopeless, but his sad life gets funnier with every book. A blizzard has Greg trapped in the house with his family, but the authorities are ready to pounce as soon as the snow lets up. Could things get any worse? [...]
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November 15, 2011 |
Category: Blog, Book Picks, book-reviews, News, Staff Picks | Comments: none | Tags: Cabin Fever, Wimpy Kid
Help Break the Reading Record!
On October 6th Dragonwings Bookstore is is planning to help break a world record for the largest shared reading experience in history. You can join us, and more than 2 million children and adults across the country and around the globe, by reading Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney. We will be attempting to [...]
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September 29, 2011 |
Category: Activities, Blog, Events, News | Comments: none | Tags: book, Bookstore, dragonwings, Kids, literacy, Llama Llama, pledge, Read for the Record, Waupaca
Seven Scorcerers ~ Caro King
The first book in this series, The Seven Sorcerers is really excellent. Nin’s four year old brother, Toby, disappears. Her Mother, Grandfather, and Grandmother have no memory of Toby. Now Nin fears that whatever took Toby is after her and she is RIGHT!!! As Nin escapes from the Bogeyman she meets Jonas who in turn [...]
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September 10, 2011 |
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King Jack and the Dragon~Peter Bently & Helen Oxenbury
An adorable book for a small child. Prepare ye for fighting dragons and beasts! I giggled, and even asked by a customer, “what are you reading?” ~Amy
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Bluefish ~ Pat Schmatz
Everyone should have a friend like Velveeta. Travis is new in school. Travis does something nice for Bradley, whom he does not know, and Velveeta is a witness to this kindness. This makes Velveeta friend Travis, right quick. The story o f Travis, the story of Velveeta and the story of Bradley, are like three [...]
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Wonderstruck ~ Brian Selznick
Brian Selznick, you may remember, wrote Hugo Cabret and is a Caldecott Award winner. Hugo Cabret was incredible and Wonderstruck, in my opinion, is even more incredible than Hugo Cabret. The drawings tell a story, as well as the written words, and combining the two turned this book into a “couldn’t put down until I [...]
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The Lemonade Crime ~ Jacqueline Davies
This was published in May 2011 – Jessica’s brother Ryan had $208 dollars stolen from him. Jessica and Ryan were certain that Scott stole Ryan’s money. Jessica was so certain that she set up a trial, witnesses, and even a judge. There is a twist at the end, and a surprise, which will hopefully remind [...]
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DRAGONWINGS ANNIVERSARY SALE !!!
16th ANNIVERSARY – 16 DAYS – 16% OFF STOREWIDE – ADDITIONAL 16% OFF SALE ITEMS For us this is a unusual kind of sale. Usually we might have a seasonal sale table or few shelves of this and that on sale, but it’s our anniversary, so why not live it up? We combed through our [...]
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August 31, 2011 |
Category: Activities, Blog, Events, Great Gifts, News | Comments: none | Tags: Anniversary, sale
DRAGONWINGS 16TH ANNIVERSARY: STAFF
CHEERS TO FORMER STAFF MEMBERS We are celebrating 16 years as a local, independent bookstore in Waupaca. Former teen staff members now come in married with children of their own: Dan Bootz with Esme and Lulu, Eliza Schultz with Mina, Heidi Draeger with Tyler and Kaleb. Our longtime storefront manager extraordinaire, Rev. Deb Woolsey, is [...]
