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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!Knuffle Bunny Free
Knuffle Bunny Free Written and illustrated by Mo Willems Who expected Trixie and Knuffle Bunny to have a coming-of-age story? Mo Willems completes the Knuffle Bunny trilogy with a round trip vacation to Holland, a generous gift, and a sneak peek into Trixie’s future. Will Knuffle Bunny and Trixie live happily ever after? Ages 3-6
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November 16, 2010 |
Category: book-reviews, Staff Picks | Comments: none | Tags: coming of age, generous gift, gift, knuffle bunny, mo willems, peek, round, sneak peek, story, vacation
I Knew You Could – a great gift for graduates
I Knew You Could! by Craig Dorfman In the style of the traditional “I think I can” train, Dorfman writes a new story about a train setting out on life’s journey. This book gives advice perfect to new graduates or anyone setting out on a new adventure of life. Advice includes sticking to the track [...]
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April 24, 2010 |
Category: book-reviews, Great Gifts | Comments: none | Tags: Advice, craig dorfman, gift, gift for graduates, good friends, journey, life advice, story, track, travels
More great Easter ideas – books!
Here are some of the great Easter books available at Dragonwings: This gift set includes four of Beatrix Potter’s classic little books: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher,The Tale of Tom Kitten, and The Tale of Peter Rabbit. This not classic (but very funny) Easter tale finds T. Rex filling [...]
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March 27, 2010 |
Category: Great Gifts | Comments: none | Tags: dragonwings, Duck, Easter, fancy nancy, gift, goldilocks and the three bears, jeremy fisher, story of goldilocks and the three bears, Tale, tom kitten
Egg-cellent Easter Basket Treats
Dragonwings offers many great Easter gift ideas that go beyond (and last longer) than the candy! Let us show you some of the Easter Bunny’s favorites: Wind-up Chicks and Bunnies Magic Cards! Pull Cars Art Supplies Wind-up Caterpillars and Dinos Super cute Finger Puppets Bamboo Racing Cars Friendly Duckies Wooly Worms The Atom Ball [...]
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March 19, 2010 |
Category: Great Gifts | Comments: none | Tags: Basket, BunniesMagic, Chicks, dragonwings, duckies, easter gift ideas, egg cellent, finger puppets, gift, racing cars
May Events
Mother’s Day Gift-Making WorkshopsRegistration: 715-256-9186 or dragonwingsbookstore@gmail.com Friday May 2 Rainbow Art 1:00 pm Ages 6-10 Fee $7.50 This Friday is an early dismissal day for Waupaca schools, and a perfect time for an art workshop. We will be creating several projects including a Mother’s Day card, using rainbow art paper, stencils and stickers. Each [...]
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April 28, 2008 |
Category: Uncategorized | Comments: none | Tags: art, Fee, gift, housegames, mother s day card, one of a kind jewelry, Paper, rainbow art, shapes and colors, workshop
Holiday Books
Merry Christmas, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff illustrated by Felicia Bond HarperCollins $6.99 This sweet counting book begins as “Mouse puts one star on the Christmas tree.” Pre-schoolers will have fun finding and counting the ornaments on each page as Mouse decorates his tree with two angels, three snowflakes and lots more, because Mouse is just [...]
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November 14, 2007 |
Category: Uncategorized | Comments: none | Tags: christmas day in the morning, Day, gift, groucho marx, letter, Little, Magic, mark buehner, poems and carols, trademark illustrations
Gifts for Teachers
Late-breaking News:99 Out of 100 Teachers Prefer Books over Apples for Gifts Is there a bookcase in your child’s classroom filled with the tattered pages and worn covers of beloved books? If so, it’s because every year the teacher has chosen to spend part of their modest salary to fill these shelves. There isn’t any [...]
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November 6, 2007 |
Category: Great Gifts | Comments: none | Tags: Apples, apples to apples, apples to apples games, beloved books, class, classroom books, gift, Gifts, magnetic calendars, Prefer
Meet the Author: Jody Fickes Shapiro Monday August 20 at 1:00 PM Family Lullaby is our favorite new bedtime book – it was just released in May! You are invited to meet Jody and hear her speak about baby bedtime rituals, and the importance of reading to babies. She will also read selections from Family [...]
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August 15, 2007 |
Category: Authors at Dragonwings | Comments: none | Tags: apple picking time, author, bedtime book, bedtime rituals, bedtime story, gift, Jody, Lullaby, Shapiro, soft colors