Shameless Plug for Best Bookstore Votes

Baltimore Magazine is running WHOWONIT? Vote now for the Best of Baltimore’s Readers’ Poll... http://ow.ly/dKYD

Constellation Books wants to be Best Bookstore...please go vote for us!

Yes, we have no shame,
Lauretta

Art Open House this weekend

Our buddies upstairs at the Glyndon School of Traditional Art are throwing an Open House this weekend. Noon-5pm. Come and see - they're really good!

Lauretta

What Does Dad Read?

The good folks at the Read Street blog started an active discussion on whether men read novels earlier this week. Well, my Dad read a LOT. Novels, non-fiction (preferably about World War II), everything. My brother doesn't read so much but he likes anything to do with dogs.

With Father's Day on the horizon, I thought I would ask - what does/did your Dad like to read??
Lauretta

RIP David Eddings :(

David Eddings, a true gem amongst fantasy authors, has pass away at the age of 77. Best known for The Belgariad series, David has inspired lots of authors to follow him. He was known for writing longhand rather than using typewriters or computers.

RIP:(
Lauretta

Edited to add a link to the Guardian's obit.

The Lambda Awards are up!

The Lambda Literary Awards seek to recognize excellence in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender literature. Each year, over 80 judges -- writers, booksellers, librarians, journalists -- assess the entries in more than 20 categories.

The School Locker Banned Book Library

Kat Atreides has gone out on a limb to talk about the library of banned books she runs out of her school locker - methinks this kid will go far. Hopefully they'll let her finish school first.

Good Memorial Day Books for Kids

As we acknowledge the sacrifices our men and women have made to preserve our country and way of life, I propose some wonderful kids' books for Memorial Day:

Memorial, by Gary Crew and Shaun Tan
A boy listens to the story of a Memorial tree planted in 1918 - a tree the town council wants to cut down.
grades 3-4

Under the Blood-Red Sun, by Graham Salisbury
About Pearl Harbor and the Japanese-American Internment camps in Hawaii.
grades 4-6

Heart of a Shepherd, by Roseanne Parry
A boy's dad gets shipped out to Iraq and he must help his grandparents keep the ranch going.
grades 4-6

Heroes, by Robert Cormier
An 18 year-old returns from World War II with a Silver Star, a face lost to a grenade and a mission.
grades 7-9