This holiday season, give the gift of reading! Below you’ll find gift recommendations from your fellow Brazos Valley SCBWI members. Click each name to skip to their recommendations below!
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Please support our region’s local bookstores: Covid 19 has had a detrimental impact on independent bookstores nationwide. This year, it is especially important to get your book orders in early. Don’t wait until the last minute! And remember, ordering additional items such as cards, candles and toys, is a great way support your local bookstore as these items have a higher profit margin than actual books.
Fabled Bookshop & Cafe in Waco
Member Naomi Canale works in Fabled Bookshop in Waco and says “Fabled Bookshop has many outdoor events going on and is an incredible place to shop for Christmas. The owners always do such a wonderful job of putting a lot of thought into each thing they put on the shelf.”
and a non-local one:
Cecilia Cackley, our May meeting guest who taught us the ins and outs of independent bookstores, works here.
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- You’ll be hooked all the way through
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- For fans of the Nate series
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- Guaranteed laughs!
Follow Lydia:
Twitter: www.twitter.com/@the_lpscott
Instagram: www.instagram.com/lyd_pscott
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- Très adorable! 2nd in the series…
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- Be true to yourself
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- Clever and funny. 1st in the series
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- When an unwanted gift turns out to be just what you needed
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- Complete eye candy that shows connections between a long list of endangered species. Math connections. For animal lovers.
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- Beautiful, inspiring story of our nation’s reaching the moon, for older elementary students
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- Beautiful, lyrical interesting view of our world
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- Even when things go wrong, choose happiness
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- Unexpected friendship
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- Perfect bedtime read for your little nature lover
Keep up with Angela:
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- A survival story about family and friendship and going the distance.
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- A poetic celebration of all the things we read— novels, cereal boxes, newspapers, maps, greeting cards, and more.
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- Readers will find themselves challenged to pursue those good things in life that are within their reach with some hard work.
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- Takes the reader on a quiet adventure, one that encourages storytellers and writers and artists to put their ideas on the page and give them life.
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- Encouraging those experiencing the new by a choice not of their own
Psst! Check out Sam’s debut picture book ALLIGATOR JAZZ
Follow Samuel E. Pittman II:
http://www.samuelepittmanii.com/
Sara Alpern Tarlow recommends…
Psst! Check out Sara Alpern Tarlow’s debut picture, HOW CAN I CHANGE THAT? THE STORY OF ADVERTISING WOMAN DOROTHY DIGNAM
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- 12-book series!
Psst! Check out Alice Brock’s middle grade series THE WILL & BUCK SERIES : THE RIVER OF CATTLE (BOOK 1) & MYSTERY ON THE PECOS (BOOK 2)
Keep up with Alice at:
Website: www.alicevbrock.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/alicevbrock_author/
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- picture book inspiring young girls to reach for the dreams!
Pssst! Check out Dawn Husted’s YA novel GONE GIRL GHOST (perfect for fans of thriller romances!)
Keep up with Dawn Husted:
Website: www.dawnhusted.com/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/TheDawnHusted/
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- a fantasy. book that draws from folktales of the South.
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- Heartwarming and hilarious stories…
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- Big slices of Texas sheet cake.
Pssst! Not ready for bed? Check out Molly Blaisdell’s latest picture book, MAGIC CARPET NIGHT and join the adventure of a magic carpet ride.
Keep up with Molly at:
Website: www.mollyblaisdell.com/
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