three simple words . . .

that I love to hear during my day job is . . . do you have . . . and usually this is proceeded by some book title that they are looking for. I am usually in my office looking through catalogs, planning author events, daydreaming about different toys I want to make etc. . . and then I pop out into the stacks and help some customers when I get a chance. Today was one of those days that I got those magical words "do you have" and it was from a young fella visiting campus with his older sibling and family and he was looking for a particular book. He let me know that where he is from they don't have any good bookstores.

Well, my fingers danced across the computer to see if we had it, and score! We had it- as we walked to find the book he told me that he was just about done with the 3rd in that series and was so ready for the next book. Ahhh- that is when being a book buyer is complete- a kiddo coming up asking for this book he is dying for and then having it on the shelf waiting for him! In case you were wondering it was #4 in the Patterson Maximum Ride series for youth reading- huh who knew!

So here are some book recommendations for my younger readers as we are all getting ready to tell Winter bye bye!1- Trudy by Henry Cole- super cute with a surprise ending!
2- Frog, Bee, and Snail Look For Snow by one of my favorite Dutch authors Loek Koopmans
3- Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms by Julia Rawlinson- another funny ending
4- A Bell for Ursli by Selena Chonz- swiss setting and a neat tradition for welcoming spring!

All of these make my mind spin with ideas for new story sets to come to the shop this spring! Here's to good books!