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Our favorite holiday character 'The Grinch' is here!
The Grinch will visit Kona Stories on Saturdays from 10am to 2pm on December 3, 10, and 17.
You can bring your own camera or we'll take the picture and e-mail it to you. Gift Wrap is also available.
This is a picture from last week: The Grinch with our AdvoCATS gift-wrappers, Kurt and Jeanne. Gift wrap this Saturday will be by WHEA (West Hawaii Explorations Academy).
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Here's a couple of good things:
This week we had customers call us who had looked up books on-line and then wanted to order with us. A grateful thanks to Joni, Erica and Kim (take THAT, Amazon!).
And this from Laura Miller in Salon.com: "when you buy from an independent bookseller... you're helping to keep alive an important force in making our national literary culture more diverse, interesting and delightful." This is the best article I've read about the importance of bookstores in America.
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Speaking of Special Orders:
If we don't have it in stock, we can get it. Order by Tuesday, Noon December 13th and (for most books) have it by Wednesday, December 21st. No charge for shipping or research.
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Monet needs a new home.
Monet is a cat who used to hang out with us at Mango Court. She was feral, but in the last year, has grown to love people and attention. Her new person is no longer able to keep Monet, and we'd love to help her find a new home. She is a pastel-colored calico, beautiful and very sweet. Call us at 324-0350 if you can help.
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Extended hours
Monday: 10am - 6pm
Tues, Wed, Thurs & Fri: 10am-8pm
Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun: 11am-5pm
12/24: 10am-3pm
Closed Christmas day and Monday, Dec. 26.
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Quick Links....
808-324-0350
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Aloha!
I just learned that Saturday, Dec. 3rd is "Take your Child to a Bookstore" day. I admit to wondering "Who comes up with these things?". You can learn the answer to that question for this particular day at: takeyourchildtoabookstore.org. Of course, we think any day is a good day to take your child to a bookstore. Meanwhile, we're happy to announce the return of Storytime in January. More details on Storytime in future e-mails.
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Words & Wine December 6th: Keiki Book Authors
Our next Words & Wine on Tuesday December 6th at 6pm features these authors and illustrators of Keiki Books:
 Karen Spachner is the illustrator of Volcano Adventures of Keikilani and Keikilani: The Kona Nightingale. She is an artist whose elegant and fanciful designs reflect the beauty and warmth of Hawaii. Her art can also be seen at The Living Arts Gallery in Hawi. Preview her work at: Karen Hawaiian Art.
Heidrun Metzler, is the author of Skeeter's Dreams. 
Heidrun, an expert horsewoman, has created a delightful book for young children. Skeeter is a trick horse whose tricks take her into a dreamworld where anything is possible. See Skeeter's real-life tricks in this U-tube video.
 Kathryn Jensen, author of Splash! a book of Dolphin inspired, gentle wisdom for spiritually aware children of all ages. Kathryn is an energy kinesiologist who has worked with spiritually sensitive children for over 35 years. Her passion is connecting humans with dolphins and whales who are here to assist us in our spiritual evolution.
Nancy Kell, with illustrator Harley Kell, has written Pearl Makes Pono. This exciting adventure takes place in a farmer's market under the sea, with characters inspired by the children who play in Kona's local markets. This first book teaches the value of Pono, or the idea of making right for what you have done.
More on each of these authors and books at Kona Stories web site.
Special for this event: we'll give a 15% discount to anyone wishing to donate one of these books to the Mobile Outreach Program. This program works with families to enrich, encourage and broaden child/parent interactions through the dynamics of play and strengthening of families through positive nurturing approaches.
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Book Groups and more.
"Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting" -Edmund Burke. Come reflect with our fun book groups.
Second Tuesday: our fiction book group.
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht is the topic for the next meeting of this group. Weaving a brilliant latticework of family legend, loss, and love, Obreht, the youngest of "The New Yorker's" 20 best American fiction writers under 40, spins a timeless novel about a young doctor who confronts the inexplicable circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather's recent death.
Event Info:
Tuesday, December 13th
Our next book will be Trumpet by Jackie Kay. The death of legendary jazz trumpeter Joss Moody exposes an extraordinary secret, as the reminiscences of those who knew him form the basis for a moving portrait of a shared life founded on an intricate lie. "(A) hypnotic story".--"Time". We will do a 'White Elephant' gift exchange. Bring a wrapped gift that you'd never want to give or receive as a gift and we'll have some fun.
Event Info:
Tuesday, December 20th
6:30pm
Just the Facts: Our Non-Fiction Group.
We are reading Vermeer's Hat; the Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World by Timothy Brook. "Vermeer's Hat" is a deftly eclectic book, in which award-winning historian Timothy Brook uses details drawn from the great painter's work as a series of entry points to the widest circles of world trade and cultural exchange in the seventeenth century.
Event Info: Tuesday, December 27th 6pm
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Also in Salon.com this week is a fun feature on independent bookstores across America. View the slide-show at: Salon.com
Your local independent booksellers, Brenda and Joy (Owners) Noble and Shadow (Cats) |
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