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Our favorite books (new and old), fun new products, upcoming store events, Waupaca activities, author visits, Waupaca school district events and more. Comments, share, and visit often!

Fairy Houses

Last Thursday for our weekly Grandparent-Grandchild activity, we made fairy houses.  Our designers used all natural materials including sticks, leaves, flowers and trees to build their beautiful new fairy homes.  Check out the pictures of the finished houses on our Facebook page.  Don’t miss our last two Grandparent-Grandchild activity days, coming up Thursday, August 5th [...]


Frankie Works the Night Shift

Frankie Works the Night Shiftby Lisa Westberg PetersIllustrated by Jennifer Taylor What do you mean Frankie is a naughty kitty? He’s just doing his job and doing his best. The hardware store may be closed for the night, but Frankie has a lot to get done: emptying the waste basket, cleaning the counters, and keeping [...]

Read More » | April 22, 2010 | Category: book-reviews | Comments: none | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Welcome to April!

Welcome to April! At Dragonwings we have been enjoying the wonderful spring weather and enjoying the new books that have been blossoming in the store. My Garden by Kevin Henkes What would you grow in your garden? The girl in this book would grow color changing flowers, chocolate rabbits, seashells, jelly beans, tomatoes the size [...]


PUZZLEMANIA GAME

Hands-on Puzzle Activities for All Ages When you play Puzzlemania at Dragonwings this week, you can try puzzle activities that have sound, magnets, mazes, and even frogs. Puzzle stations are set up for three age groups around the store. When you come in, pick up a game card at the front desk, and get started. [...]


Why did the Wolf cross the road?

Have you been wishing you knew some new chicken jokes? You’ll find lots of them in this week’s search and find game at Dragonwings. It’s another stop in and play anytime game. Get the details at the front desk and start your search for jokes and activities around the store. Bring in a chicken joke [...]

Read More » | July 12, 2009 | Category: Activities | Comments: none | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Dragonwings Summer Games

Tricky Tricks Dragonwings has five new challenges for you this week. We have the games set up around the store, so you can stop in any time to play. Pick up your game cards at the front desk and start your search. Each time you find one of the Tricky Tricks, stop and try the [...]


Dragonwings Summer Games

Jokes & Riddles Stop in any time this week to play the first Dragongame of the summer. Find the joke cards and Tricky Doodles hidden around the store and guess the answers. Don’t forget to write down the secret letters, then unscramble them to find the missing word. Jokes & Riddles runs from June 20-26, [...]

Read More » | June 20, 2009 | Category: Activities | Comments: none | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

I Spy Treasure Hunt at Dragonwings

I Spy Treasure HuntSaturday May 24Free Event – Open all day On Saturday May 24 Dragonwings Bookstore will host an I Spy Treasure Hunt. Look for I Spy games throughout the store, some of the games will be easy to find, like the big I Spy posters, others will be more hidden. Part of the [...]




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