We especially like #15, chalk a poem on the sidewalk. We’re going to chalk poems on the sidewalk in front of the store, and we invite you to add some. We’ll have a bucket of chalk inside the door.
Reading Retreat at
Jewel of the Northwoods April 2, 10:00 to 4:00
Our very first reading retreat is this month! We’re meeting off site to relax, pamper ourselves, and have time for in-depth discussion of books around the theme “Who/What is Family?”
The books are Bottomland by Michelle Hoover and Look Both Ways in the Barrio Blanco by Judy Rose.
The Week of the Young Child April 10 to 16
Park Rapids businesses will open their doors to kids and their caregivers for special activities. On the morning of April 13, 10:00 to 10:30, we’ll present “Very Hungry Caterpillar: Story! Puppets! Activities!” You and the child(ren) in your life are invited to join us.
Please call 237-2665 to reserve a spot as space will be limited.
We’re taking the store on the road on April 16, when we’ll be a vendor at the United for Children Conference in Park Rapids. If you’re at the conference, stop in to say “Hi!” And let us know if you’d like us to attend your event as a vendor or to make a presentation.
Independent Bookstore Day April 30
430 bookstores!
16 exclusive books and art pieces!
One Day Only! Join the Party!
At Beagle and Wolf you’ll find Laura Lobo on the piano, Lou Schultz signing copies of his new book from noon to 2:00, a free book with every purchase, and birthday cake, and coffee and lemonade all day long. (We officially launched Beagle and Wolf on May 1 last year—close enough to celebrate our first birthday!)
Stop by to join in the party!
He's coming back!
And, we’re excited to announce that Waldo will be back in Park Rapids in July!
Details will be announced this summer.
Bestsellers
for February
Bottomland
H Is for Hawk
Look Both Ways in the Barrio Blanco
The Boys in the Boat
Salt to the Sea
The Next Place
Ivy + Bean
A Man Called Ove
Five Days at Memorial
A Fireproof Home for the Bride
Midwest Connection Picks
Forty Martyrs
by Philip Deaver
Forty Martyrs follows the intertwining lives of the people of Tuscola, Illinois, a small Midwestern college town that over the course of the book experiences a spectacular fire, a terrible stabbing, and a questionable religious sighting. Through shifts in tone and perspective, Deaver's natural storytelling creates a beautiful symphonic effect, an ode to small towns and Midwestern lives.
Why I’m an Only Child and Other Slightly Naughty Plains Folktales
by Roger Welsch; Dick Cavett
One day Roger Welsch ventured to ask his father a delicate personal question: “Why am I an only child?” His father’s answer is one of many examples of the delightful ribald tales Welsch has compiled from a lifetime of listening to and sharing the folklore of the Plains. More narrative than simple jokes, and the product of multiple retellings, these coarse tales were even delivered by such prudish sources as Welsch’s stern and fearsome German great-aunts. Speaking of cucumbers and sausages in a toast to a newly married couple, the prim and proper women of Welsch’s memory voice the obscene and unspeakable in stories fit for general company. Why I’m an Only Child and Other Slightly Naughty Plains Folktales is Welsch’s celebration of the gentle and evocative bits of humor reflecting the personality of the people of the Plains.
Lab Girl
A memoir by Hope Jahren
Lab Girl is a book about work, love, and the mountains that can be moved when those two things come together. It is told through Jahren’s remarkable stories: about her childhood in rural Minnesota with an uncompromising mother and a father who encouraged hours of play in his classroom’s labs; about how she found a sanctuary in science, and learned to perform lab work done “with both the heart and the hands”; and about the inevitable disappointments, but also the triumphs and exhilarating discoveries, of scientific work.
Jahren’s probing look at plants, her astonishing tenacity of spirit, and her acute insights on nature enliven every page of this extraordinary book. Lab Girl opens your eyes to the beautiful, sophisticated mechanisms within every leaf, blade of grass, and flower petal. Here is an eloquent demonstration of what can happen when you find the stamina, passion, and sense of sacrifice needed to make a life out of what you truly love, as you discover alog the way the person you were meant to be.