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Category: Childrens

Bookish Tuesday, Childrens, Picture Book

Best of the Best Picture Books

November 24, 2020December 4, 2022 Sarah

This year I have many, many children under the age of 4 to buy books for: Seb, Maeve, Gabriel, Eliana, Madison, Lincoln, the list goes on and on! As such, I've been starting to work on curating a picture book list that includes titles that are gorgeously illustrated, fun and easy to read aloud, and… Continue reading Best of the Best Picture Books

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Childrens, Classics, Fiction

Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie

August 26, 2018December 3, 2022 Sarah

Peter Pan #1 I own more editions of Peter Pan than I care to admit. I've seen the movie of the Broadway musical with Mary Martin more times than I can count. And yet, as an adult, I'd never reread my favorite book. Until now. Synopsis On a starry night, Peter Pan and his fairy friend Tinker… Continue reading Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie

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Hello and welcome to Celebration of Books! I’m Sarah, a thirty-something bookstore community outreach liaison at an independent bookstore in the Philadelphia suburbs. I love my job, I love books, and I hope you’ll find a book or two here that you’ll enjoy as well!

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Going to be doing something new in the next few months - baking my way through books! I've been watching countless episodes of @bingingwithbabish and have decided I want to do a book version! We'll see how it goes and probably won't have videos, but stay tuned! Going to start with @bakingfiction 's The Little Library Cookbook for inspiration!
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