And the Ocean was Our Sky : Patrick Ness : Young Adult
New Releases - September 4th 2018
21 Lessons for the 21st Century : Yuval Noah Harari : Non-Fiction
Where's Waldo in Littleton!
It's July, and you know what that means? Waldo is back in town! Little Village Toy & Book Shop will be hosting another exciting month-long scavenger hunt to find Waldo in participating local businesses in Littleton.
Want to play? Yes? Here's how you do it:
Step 1- Pick up a Where's Waldo Passport at Little Village Toy & Book Shop
Step 2- Visit the local businesses listed on the passport and hunt for Waldo. Once you spot Waldo, find an employee, secretly tell them where you spotted Waldo. They will sign your passport.
Step 3- Collect as many signatures are you can. Once you have found as many as you can, bring your Passport back to Little village Toy & Book Shop. Make sure to fill out our contact information on the passport. The first 125 players who collect store stamps/ signatures from at least 10 different businesses and turn their passports into the book shop win an “I Found Waldo” button and a “$1 Off (Where's Waldo Books)” coupon. Players who collect at least 15 of the 20 possible stamps/signatures win an “I Found Waldo” button and a “$1 Off (Where's Waldo Books)” coupon PLUS they are entered in a drawing on July 28th for other larger prizes.
Step 4- Join us on July 28th at 11am for our Where's Waldo Party where we will draw a lucky winner for all kinds of prizes.
Be sure to pick up your #FindWaldoLocal passport at Little Village Toy & Book Shop so you can start searching on 7/1!
June Penny Jar Proceeds will go to...
Ethan's Cancer Battle
Angie's nephew, Ethan, is an outgoing and energetic young man who is attending 8th grade at Mountview Middle School in Holden, MA. Achieving excellent grades and close relationships with his friends are something that comes natural for him. Him and his group of friends can be found during the week after school at the local light department fields, trips to Dunkin Donuts, McDonald's and any other place that can feed a hungry 13 year old. Ethan's passions become part of his lifestyle, including creating and mixing music, playing and training in paintball, and well of course, eating.
In early May of 2016, a small lump was found on his right temple. It grew slightly and was brought to the doctors for a checkup. After 3-4 weeks of doctors visits, the lump developed in a large golf ball sized lump . He went in for surgery to have it removed in early September. A biopsy was performed on the tissue, and was found to be malignant. Ethan was diagnosed with Synovial Cell Sarcoma on September 19th, 2016.
Synovial Cell Sarcoma is a rare soft tissue cancer that is usually found in joints in adolescents.
It was discovered this May that Ethan’s Cancer has metastasized to his lungs, in such a way that is now incurable. This disease will now live inside of him forever. We are helping Ethan navigate thru different options as to how the treatment should go.
https://www.gofundme.com/ethansfight2002?u=18654508
Poets & Poetry Near You
Are you looking to connect with poets or find opportunities to hear or study poetry?
To find poetry events and resources near you, simply go to: www.poets.org/poetsorg/poetry-near-you and enter your zip code in the search field.
You can also click on the states menu and select your state to find festivals, conferences, writing programs, literary organizations, landmarks, poetry-friendly bookstores, and more in your area. You can also submit events with the Poets.org audience!
Play Exquisite Corpse
Exquisite Corpse is a collaborative poetry game that traces its roots to the Parisian Surrealist Movement. Exquisite Corpse is played by several people, each of whom writes a word on a sheet of paper, folds the paper to conceal it, and passes it on to the next player for his or her contribution.
In order to write a poem, participants should agree on a sentence structure beforehand. For example, each sentence in the poem could be structured “Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adjective, Noun.” Articles and verb tenses may be added later or adjusted after the poem has been written. The game was also adapted to drawing, where one participant would draw thehead of a figure, the next the torso, etc. The name “Exquisite Corpse” comes from a line of poetry created using the technique: “The exquisite corpse will drink the young wine.”
The only hard and fast rule of Exquisite Corpse is that each participant is unaware of what the others have written, thus producing a surprising—sometimes absurd—yet often beautiful poem. Exquisite Corpse is a great way to collaborate with other poets, and to free oneself from imaginative constraints or habits. Remember, many of the most effective phrases or metaphors are those that are most surprising. So get a couple of friends and try writing an exquisite corpse.
As an example, the following is an Exquisite Corpse composed by the intrepid Academy staff using the sentence construction Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adjective, Noun.
Slung trousers melt in a roseate box.
A broken calendar oscillates like sunny tin.
The craven linden growls swimmingly. Blowfish.
A glittering roof slaps at crazy ephemera.
(https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/play-exquisite-corpse)
Request More Poet Stamps
While we may not all collect stamps, it’s always fun when an interesting or attractive stamp catches your eye. Poet-themed stamps are a great way to share the importance of poetry and America’s literary heritage with the entire country. Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, and T.S. Eliot are a few of the poets who have made their way onto a postage stamp and into the mailboxes of people everywhere.
Help promote poetry by writing a letter requesting more poet stamps. To be eligible, suggested poets must have been deceased for at least ten years and must be American or of American descent. Read more about the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee and the stamp selection process online.
Send your suggestions to:
Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee
c/o Stamp Development
U.S. Postal Service
475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW
Room 5670
Washington, D.C. 20260-2437