Pre-order your copy of Sophia Valdez, Future Prez by October 15th and get 20% off!
The newest picture book from the creators of Iggy Peck, Architect; Rosie Revere, Engineer; and Ada Twist, Scientist stars Sofia Valdez, a community leader who stands up for what she believes in!
Every morning, Abuelo walks Sofia to school . . . until one day, when
Abuelo hurts his ankle at a local landfill and he can no longer do so.
Sofia misses her Abuelo and wonders what she can do about the dangerous
Mount Trashmore. Then she gets an idea—the town can turn the slimy mess
into a park! She brainstorms and plans and finally works up the courage
to go to City Hall—only to be told by a clerk that she can’t build a
park because she’s just a kid! Sofia is down but not out, and she sets
out to prove what one kid can do.
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September 22-28: Banned Books Week
Some thoughts from the store owner, Beverly Dvorkin
Every year since 1982,
the American Library Association has sponsored banned books week (http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned). It is
meant to highlight the challenges that still exist to one of our most basic and
cherished rights as American citizens – to read the material of our choosing.
We as Americans often
take our rights as citizens for granted.
But we cannot afford complacency.
Every day, there is someone who thinks they have the right to choose for
an entire community what they are allowed to read, watch, listen to, or look
at. No one should make that choice for
another citizen.
Since 1998, after-words
bookstore has participated in Banned Books Week. Every year, for the entire month of
September, we highlight books that have been challenged and/or banned around
the country, and around the world. It is
by far our most popular annual display, both in terms of sales and in terms of
the discussions it prompts.
This year, we are
offering an in-store special. If you
spend $30 and that purchase includes a book from our Banned Books display, you
will get a FREE “Stand Up For Your Right to Read” t-shirt. (While supplies
last.)
Happy Banned Books Week,
everybody. Celebrate the first
amendment.
And your freedom to
read.
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