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Library Card
Birthday Cards Set
#UM3632 $14.95
This bookishly festive collection of
clever cards
combines two of our
favorite things: libraries and birthdays.
Each 4½"x6¼" note card features a
classic—and functional!—library-card
checkout pocket on the front, while
inside is a funny reading-themed
birthday greeting:
“Shhhh…Keep your age
filed in the ‘mystery’ section!”;
“I’ve been
checking you out! Happy birthday to a real
‘page turner’!”;
and
“Everyone has a story…
Yours just happens to contain more chapters than others!”
We’re offering a set of three cards with
envelopes, to keep on hand so your birthday wishes to friends and family will never be overdue.
The Crossing Places
by Elly Griffiths
#UM0772
Paperback, 303 pages; 2010 (2009)
$14.95
For years Dr. Ruth Galloway has made her home on the edge of
the remote Saltmarsh, devoting her life to her work as a university
professor and forensic archaeologist. When human remains are
discovered buried in the marsh, Detective Chief Inspector Harry
Nelson calls on Ruth to consult in the investigation, desperate for a
break in a missing-child case that’s haunted him for years. Five-year-old
Lucy Downey was snatched from her home without a trace, and for a
decade her kidnapper has taunted Nelson with a series of cryptic letters
that have the police stumped. But Ruth sees clues in the letters and in
the Saltmarsh’s landscape that Nelson cannot—clues that become all the
more critical when a second child goes missing.
(KG)
BBS
Members’ Price $12.71
The Borrowers Collection
by Mary Norton and
illustrated by Beth and Joe Krusch
#UM0752
Hardcover, 1095 pages; 2016
$24.99
As a girl I loved to curl up and escape into the whimsical world of Pod,
Homily, and their daughter Arrietty, those miniature people whose
hatpin weapons, matchbox dressers, and postage-stamp artwork are
“borrowed” from the “human beans” whose house they share. This
beautiful edition collects Mary Norton’s classic
The Borrowers
, first
published in 1953, as well as four follow-ups:
The Borrowers Afield, The
Borrowers Afloat, The Borrowers Aloft,
and
The Borrowers Avenged
(as
well as the short story “Poor Stainless”), all with the charming original
illustrations. It’s more than 1,000 pages of big adventures, perfect to
share with a new generation of readers. For ages 7 to 10.
(AG)
BBS
Members’ Price $21.24
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
by Katarina Bivald
#UM1552
Paperback, 393 pages; 2016 (2015)
$16.99
Sara, a true bibliophile, takes a leap of faith and travels from her home
in Sweden to Broken Wheel, Iowa, to meet her pen pal and fellow
book lover, Amy Harris. But, there’s a big problem—Amy died the day
before Sara’s arrival. Talk about bad timing! To be sure, there is some
awkwardness during those first few days. But the citizens of Broken
Wheel, in all of their quirkiness, welcome Sara into their dilapidated
little town. What follows is a testament to the human spirit. When Sara
decides to open a bookstore in this dying community of non-readers,
there is a sort of renaissance among the residents. Now, the only
problem is how to prevent the town’s newest resident from having to
return to her homeland. The solution will have you rooting for books, lovers, and happy endings!
A Reader Review by Ann Mahoney of Wethersfield, Connecticut
BBS
Members’ Price $14.44