Short & Sweet with Aubrey
Hannah’s happy reads
Our staff have amazing recommendations for you. Favorites that make their hearts sing, classics that connect you to interesting topics, reads that make you stay up all night for “one more chapter.” Come ask them. They’re always ready to talk books and coffee.
Super Bowl Ready
Check out this great ribbon for your Super Bowl party needs. Browse our football books, grab some drinks and snacks and candy for the kids. Pick up some activity books to distract, bags of treats for party supplies, and get ready to hang out. Also, GO BIRDS.
Black History Month
February is Black History month. Come find books by Black authors, read books with Black characters. Ask us for a recommendation, we’re happy to help. Read more, read widely.
Happy February
Love is in the air, whether it’s for a friend, a kid, or a true love. Pop in and grab some gifts before they all sell out!
Granola is BACK
We’ve given our secret granola recipe over to 351 Bakery to make for the counter. Craving our scrumptious granola and yogurt? Come get some quick. Buy now, buy often to encourage this turning into a full time offering.
Valentine’s Fun
Candy, gifts, cards and more are here. Don’t wait for the last second. It’s February!
Fabulous journals and pens
New planners, calendar agenda books, finance trackers and more on the shelves. Plus glorious new pens for every occasion. Come browse the shop. New goodies daily!
Watercolor supplies
New watercolor travel palettes and mini brushes. The perfect items to pack in your purse, your backpack, your pocket. Take your art with you wherever you go for happy moments of light.
EBOOKS from Bookshop.org
The HUGEST NEWS guys. Ebooks now available through Bookshop.org. Go to the link in our bio for more info or to Bookshop.org and BUY YOUR Ebooks from us!!!!!!!! Support local. Support your community. Keep us here. This is HUGE. Leave Amazon book shopping for GOOD. Buy books to ship from Bookshop.org, we get paid, buy Ebooks from Bookshop.org, we get paid, buy audio books from Libro.fm, we get paid. Seriously. Make the switch.
KES parent book club
Join the KES bookclub for a discussion of “Braiding Sweetgrass” February 1 at 3:30pm upstairs in the speakeasy.
Art Supplies
We have TONS of new art supplies coming in this month. New travel watercolor, books, brushes, pens, pencils and so much more. Come have a browse. And then come again and join us in the speakeasy for some art therapy.
Give Tea
The sweetest bookish tea containers! The perfect gift for a book lover OR a tea lover, or of course someone who is both. And yum. Staff approved taste test.
Kids’ activity books
Just in - these beautifully made and illustrated kids’ activity books. Mazes, crosswords, sudoku and more. Perfect in a little Valentine package for your word lover.
A Pocket Full of Rocks
I love love love this book. Perhaps because I am a pocket full of rocks girl. This gorgeous story takes us through the seasons of the cutest little collector. Sweet and charming.
Lunar New Year
Celebrate the year of the snake! Lunar New Year is January 29th. Celebrate other cultures and traditions with books. Read diverse books, teach your children about diverse events, explore diverse characters through reading.
Romantasy “Order of Swans”
Join Hannah Saturday, March 1st at 12:30pm to discuss the next Romantasy boom “Order of Swans”.
The Let Them Theory Book Club
February 25th at 2pm with Penny. Come chat about The Let Them Theory in community. Penny will be leading the book discussion but come with opinions, questions and ready to chat. Please purchase your books with us, through Bookshop.org or on Libro.fm for audio books. Support local and these book clubs but purchasing here. Sign up below to attend and let us know if you’d like to hold a copy under your name so we have it when you come in to grab one.
Parable of the Sower
Join us in February for a discussion of “Parable of the Sower”, Spenser’s book club pick for February 15 at 2:30pm.
“When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s, California becomes full of dangers, from pervasive water shortage to masses of vagabonds who will do anything to live to see another day. Fifteen-year-old Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community with her preacher father, family, and neighbors, sheltered from the surrounding anarchy. In a society where any vulnerability is a risk, she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions.
On a Mission
Chloe Melas (Luck of the Draw) and Margot Clark-Junkins (Following the Front) will discuss the extraordinary experiences of their grandfathers, two courageous men who saw it all during WWII, with Q&A to follow.
Melas, NBC’s Entertainment Correspondent, and Clark-Junkins, a writer and native of Westchester, wanted to bring their grandfathers’ stories to light.