Year 2 Day 18: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Chatting Books Online Year 2, Day 18. Today's recommended book is a children's book that came up in conversation several times at the bookshop last week. That book is : Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst.

Poor Alexander, he is having a bad day. It starts with gum in the hair and just gets worse, squished in the middle car seat, no desert with lunch, sneakers he doesn't like, mud puddles... the list goes on. For some reason he keeps mentioning that he will just go to Australia - I guess he thinks there are no bad days there. Until his mother explains that some days are just like that....even in Australia. I find it to be a fun book to read aloud just because it is fun to say "Terrible, Horrible, No Good, very Bad Day" on each page , but that's just me.

We sell this book in a board book style for $7.99 a copy.

To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.

Year 2 Day 17: My Little Golden Book about Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Chatting Books Online Year 2, day 17. Today's recommended book is : My Little Golden Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg, because who doesn't need a Little Golden Book about RBG ?

In lovely illustrations like those in all Little Golden Books this book tells the story of champion of equal right , Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Written on a level children can understand and adults will appreciate as well

This little book is the same size and cardboard cover style as all Little Golden Books and sells for $4.99 a copy.

To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.

Year 2 Day 16: a Place Like Mississippi

Chatting Books Online Year 2 , Day 16. Today's recommended book is: A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey through a real and imagined itinerary landscape by W. Ralph Eubanks.

In this book W. Ralph Eubanks takes us on a journey through Mississippi and the books that it has inspired. The sense of place plays such a big part in Southern Literature and particularly in stories set in Mississippi , this book helps illuminate that influence. From the writing of classic Mississippi authors like Eudora Welty and William Faulkner to contemporary authors like Greg isles, John Grisham , Richard Grant, Julia Reed and Natasha Trethaway and so many in between. Some authors set their books in real places like Natchez, and others use real Mississippi as a template for a make believe place like Yoknapatawpha , either way Mississippi is unmistakable as a character in the story.

In reading this book i actually made a list of places to travel (short trip to Oxford in the planning stages already) and books to either read or re-read (why have I never read North Toward Home by Willie Morris or The Snopes Family stories by Faulkner?). It was a great way to gain an insight into our neighboring state and the authors it has given us . .

This hardcover book is 268 pages and currently sells for $27.95 a copy.

To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.

Year 2 Day 15: The Hill We Climb

Chatting Books Online Year 2, Day 15. Today's recommended book is The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country. This is the book so many have been waiting for since 22 year old Amanda Gorman stepped up to the podium on January 20, 2021 and caught the world's attention with her words.

In this small , gift sized hardcover book which releases today you can now have a copy of that poem to cherish and reread Hardcover, 7.2" L x 5.1" W , currently selling for $15.99 a copy.

To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.

Year 2 Day 14: The Runaway Bunny

Chatting Books Online Year 2, Day 14. It's Bunny week, so naturally today's recommended book is The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown.

This classic children's story tells the tale of a little bunny who decides he is going to runaway from home. When he tells Mama Bunny her plan she explains that no matter what he becomes (a fish, a bird, a plant, etc.) that he cannot escape his mother's love and she will simply transform to something that will allow her to be where he is and continue to take care of him. Well, he ust decides is that's the case he mght as well stay where he is in his Momma Bunny's lap cozy at home.

We sell this children's classic in board book form currently selling for $8.99 a copy.

To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.

Year 2 Day 13: The Week in Review March 22 - 28. 2021.

Chatting Books Online Year 2, Day 13. The Week in Review March 22 - 28. 2021.

Thanks for joining us again this week as we sent out new book recommendations into the electronic void.

This week we recommended a beautiful coffee table book The Public Art of Robert Dafford with text and photos by Philip Gould .

Tuesday brought a new Dog Man book : Mothering Heights, which is now officially the first Dog Man book I have read - and I laughed out loud.

We found a new book to help me start my first vegetable garden with The Beginner's Guide to Growing Great Vegetables and then a new novel with "Crawdads" vibes with The Girls in the Stilt House.

We wrapped up the week with a couple of favorite children's books in the magical pop-up version of The Wizard of Oz and the board book "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed".

If you missed any of these reviews and want to read what I had to say about them you can see all of our Chatting Books Online picks by visiting our website at: http://www.conundrumbooks.com/chatting-books-online .

We still (and always will going forward) offer shipping if you cannot make it to the store. Or just stop by the shop during or normal hours . See you soon !

Year 2 Day 12: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Chatting Books Online Year 2 , Day 12. Today's recommended book is : Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow.

This board book is the absolute classic to which we all love to sing along . Those silly little monkeys just would not go to sleep and kept jumping on that bed - much to their disappointment as they all eventually fall off and bump their heads before finally going to sleep. Silly Monkeys.

This board book currently sells for $ 8.99 a copy.

And guess what? We also sell a set of 5 pajama clad monkey finger puppets so you can act out the book. The finger puppet sets sell for $ 30 each.

To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.

Year 2 Day 11 : Pop-Up of The Wizard of Oz

Chatting Books Online Year 2 , Day 11. I think it is time for another book by my favorite pop-up book artist and engineer Robert Sabuda. Today's recommended book is The Wizard of Oz: A Commemorative Pop-up by L. Frank Baum with art by Robert Sabuda.

This book is not only the great story we all love but another work of absolute paper folding magic by Robert Sabuda. From the twirling (yes, it really twirls) tornado to the Emerald City and a floating balloon this book will amaze on every page. There is even a melting witch! If you have not seen the line of pop-up books by this artist that we carry in the store you really must come in and see them for yourself.

This amazing pop-up currently sells for $39.99 a copy.

To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.