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Help Break the Reading Record!

On October 6th Dragonwings Bookstore is is planning to help break a world record for the largest shared reading experience in history. You can join us, and more than 2 million children and adults across the country and around the globe, by reading Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney.  We will be attempting  to [...]

Field Trip to Dragonwings Bookstore

Students from the Learning Cottage Daycare and Preschool went on a Field Trip to Dragonwings Bookstore last week.  They each wore hand-decorated sun visors and carried slings for their water bottles.  At Dragonwings they hunted for dragons, raced cars on the Ramp Racer, set up the train set, held a Fastrack competition, and prepared and [...]

Diggers and Dozers Workshop Thursday 7-21

Do you love diggers, dozers, trucks and tractors?  In this workshop everyone will receive a great big, interactive book filled with big machines that pop up on every page.  Then we will get to work making equipment to attach to the big machines and find out if they can handle some big loads. For ages [...]

Easter Treats for Kids

Camp Dragonwings Summertime Activities for Kids Fun for Kids at Dragonwings Waupaca, WI

Darts and Spinners Challenge – Test Your SkillsOur new summer camp series of workshops starts next week!  At this first session we will give each camper their very own safety dart set and a dueling spinners set.  We will give a demonstration of our amazing skills (yikes!), then everyone gets to practice, and after that, [...]

Dragonwings Bookstore Fun for Kids Waupaca, WI Our Dragon Friends Are Missing!

Help!We have a problem here at Dragonwings. Our dragon friends Stripe, Flame, and Scales are missing! The last time we saw the mischievous threesome they were reading  My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett. My Father’s Dragon is the story of a young boy named Elmer Elevator who goes on an adventure to save a [...]

Dragonwings Bookstore Fun for Kids Waupaca, WI The Lonely Hearts Club

The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg “Yesterday, love was such and easy game to play…” but now Penny Lane Bloom knows better. As Penny puts it, guys are “lying, cheating scum of the earth.” Rather than looking for romance, she swearing it off, for good (or at least for the next ten years or [...]

Dragonwings Bookstore Fun for Kids Waupaca, WI Shoot-Out by Mike Lupica

Shoot-Out by Mike Lupica There is one sport Jake loves to play: soccer. As the star center mid fielder, he’s exactly where he wants to be. The problem is this star player has ended up on the worst team ever. It’s not that he doesn’t like the other kids on his team, is just that [...]

Dragonwings Bookstore Fun for Kids Waupaca, WI Ladybug Girl at the Beach

Ladybug Girl at the Beach by David Soman and Jacky Davis Ladybug Girl, Lulu, and her dog, Bingo, are back and this time they are on the way to the beach – which Lulu knows she’ll love! When she gets there, however, she’s not so sure about those big waves and those huge roaring sounds. [...]

Dragonwings Bookstore Fun for Kids Waupaca, WI Waggit Forever!

Waggit Forever by Peter Howe Waggit is back with a new story in his familiar city park, but new problems are threatening his pack. Uprights (humans) are making changes in the park that are also making it harder for Waggit and his friends to stay safe and to find food. The rival dog pack wants [...]