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Blue Willow is a realistic children's fiction book by Doris Gates, published in 1940.Called the "juvenile Grapes of Wrath", [1] it was named a Newbery Honor book in 1941. . Written by a librarian who worked with migrant children in Fresno, California, this story of a migrant girl who longs for a permanent home was considered groundbreaking in its portrayal of contemporary working-class life in A
Doris Gates (November 26, 1901 – September 3, 1987) was one of America's first writers of realistic children's fiction.Her novel Blue Willow, about the experiences of Janey Larkin, the ten-year-old daughter of a migrant farm worker in 1930s California, is a Newbery Honor book and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner.
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The 100-year-old building at 626 Grand Ave. was the perfect space Richards was looking for to carve her way into the Abilene book scene. The bookstore with its signature blue door was a dream for ...
Storybridge is getting set to host its Dream and Donate Martin Luther King Weekend Community Book Drive, to be held Jan. 13 through Jan. 15 from noon to 4 p.m. at the United Supermarket located at ...
As of April 2021, the bookstore is now run as a worker coop. [21] The bookstore's landlord began the process of evicting the bookstore in October 2023. [22] Bluestockings offers free Narcan kits, and trainings to use them; the bookstore's landlord attributed the attempt to the "unauthorized use of the premises as a medical facility". [22]
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The American Booksellers Association (ABA) is a non-profit trade association founded in 1900 that promotes independent bookstores in the United States. ABA's core members are key participants in their communities' local economy and culture, and to assist them ABA creates relevant programs; provides education, information, business products, and services; and engages in public policy and ...