Teen Book Club: From 1900-1950

For our teen book club meeting on Thursday, May 19th, from 3:30-5pm, we're looking at an interesting slice of the book population: we'll all choose a book either WRITTEN between 1900 and 1950, OR a historical fiction book that takes place between 1900 and 1950.

As a guideline, this means you could choose any book about the sinking of the Titanic; World War I; the Great Depression; the Jazz Age; or World War II, and be easily within this month's category.

I started to dig a little deeper for suggestions, and found that there are HUNDREDS of choices.

Here are just a few books that were written during the first half of the 20th century:

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [Baum] 1900
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm [Wiggin] 1904
Peter Pan (the original!) [Barry] 1904
Anne of Green Gables [Montgomery] 1908
The Secret Garden [Burnett] 1911
Little House in the Big Woods [Wilder] 1932
Mary Poppins [Travers] 1934
The Hobbit [Tolkien] 1937
The Fellowship of Ring [Tolkien] 1943
The Little Prince [St-Exupery]
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe [Lewis] 1950
Misty of Chincoteague [Henry] 1947
Henry Huggins [Cleary] 1950
The War of the Worlds [Wells] 1898 -- okay, so I stretched the years a little
The Call of the Wild [London]
Riders of the Purple Sage [Grey]
The Great Gatsby [Fitzgerald] 1925
How to Win Friends & Influence People [Carnegie] 1936
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn [Smith] 1943
Johnny Tremain [Forbes] 1943
Pippi Longstocking [Lindgren] 1950
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl [Frank] -- written in the 1940s


AND, now, there are SO MANY AWESOME books, and young adult books, that cover this period in history! Really, there are thousands to choose from. Here are a few historical/historical fiction books where the story takes place between 1900 and 1950:

A Northern Light [Donnelly]
Death-Struck Year [Lucier]
The Diviners [Bray]
Bright Young Things [Godbersen]
The Berlin Boxing Club [Sharenow]
The Girl in the Blue Coat [Hesse]
The Book Thief [Zusak]
A Year Down Yonder [Peck]
Code Name Verity [Wein]
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children [Riggs]
The Big Burn [Ingold]
Nothing to Fear [Koller]
Al Capone Does My Shirts [Choldenko]
Unbroken [Hillenbrand]

Comment below or on the teen book club facebook page to let us know what you're reading!

How to Prune Trees & Shrubs

Help your trees, shrubs, and vines look and yield their best by making the right cut every time. Whether you are hoping for more flowers or fruit, trying to create a dense screen, or struggling to manage out-of-control growth, there is a pruning technique to achieve your goals. Expert gardener Barbara Ellis explains how a plant responds to pruning, how and when to use basic cuts, and what tools to use. Her plant-by-plant guide will give you the confidence you need to make that first cut.

The Vegetable Butcher

The skills of butchery meet the world of fresh produce in this essential, inspiring guide that demystifies the world of vegetables. In step-by-step photographs, vegetable butcher Cara Mangini shows how to break down a butternut squash, cut a cauliflower into steaks, peel a tomato properly, chiffonade kale, turn carrots into coins and parsnips into matchsticks, and find the meaty heart of an artichoke. Additionally, more than 150 original, simple recipes put vegetables front and center, from a Kohlrabi Carpaccio to Zucchini, Sweet Corn, and Basil Penne, to a Parsnip-Ginger Layer Cake to sweeten a winter meal. It's everything you need to know to get the best out of modern, sexy, and extraordinarily delicious vegetables.

Roots: The Saga of an American Family

A new eight-hour event series based on "Roots" will be simulcast on the History Channel, Lifetime, and A&E over four consecutive nights beginning Memorial Day, May 30, 2016

"Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffure, four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia, West Africa, a man-child was born to Omoro and Binta Kinte."

So begins "Roots," one of the most extraordinary and influential books of our time. Through the story of one family"his" familyAlex Haley unforgettably brings to life the monumental two-century drama of Kunta Kinte and the six generations who came after him: slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lumber mill workmen and Pullman porters, lawyers and architects...and one author.

A national and international phenomenon at the time of its original publication, "Roots" continues to enthrall readers with its masterful narrative drive and exceptional emotional power, speaking to us all with an undiminished resonance and relevance.
"In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage.... Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning no matter what our attainments in life."Alex Haley

With an introduction by Michael Eric Dyson

James Cock: His Life and Times - 1630 - 1699

In the 17th century, Long Island experienced violent Wars against native tribes forced from their homelands. James Cock immigrated in the near-aftermath of those Wars. Over the next 50 years, he helped lead the establishment of three Long Island communities. He witnessed persecution of fellow Quakers sanctioned by egregious laws. He helped champion the growing clamor over taxation without representation, freedom of religion, and assembly and speech. All of this, decades before the Revolution...

Reading Is Its Own Reward

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Wellsboro Bookfest 2016

The time has come 'round once again, dear local authors!!

This year's Wellsboro BookFest will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5th, from 9 to 3pm. Once again, it will be a community literacy festival, featuring YOU -- local & regional authors, who will sell their own books, talk with public, and talk with other authors about what works for them and what doesn't. We also have a used book sale, whose proceeds benefit the Wellsboro Area School libraries.

What is new for this year: BookFest will be held at the Deane Center for the Performing Arts, right on Main Street. We should get much better traffic, because the visibility is FANTASTIC. BookFest is to be held right in the front gallery, with the huge windows facing the Main Street sidewalks and the Coolidge Theater. . We will benefit not only from all the PR that we do, AND that the school does, but also from the Deane Center's large mailing list and advertising space.

To participate in this year's BookFest, authors need to send us a check or come into the bookstore to make a nonrefundable payment of $25. This reserves one "cafeteria-sized" table, buys you a ton of PR, and guarantees your spot in this year's festival. The earlier we receive your payment, the earlier we can start promoting YOU as part of the festival, and giving you PR in more venues. Please send us blurbs and press release info that we may use to promote you in the newspaper, on the radio, in social media, on our website, etc. etc. Please make checks payable to "From My Shelf", to 7 East Avenue, Suite 101, Wellsboro, PA 16901. We'd like to have payment by Sept. 30th at the latest.

Local authors can set up their tables/areas between 6pm and 8pm on Friday evening, November 4th, or you may arrive at the Deane Center between 7:30 and 8:30am to set up then. Plan on being completely ready by 8:45 because the door opens to the public promptly at 9am. You will miss opportunities and possible sales if you're still scurrying around, fixing up your space. Don't forget that authors need to maintain their own cash register. You pay $25 for your space; the money you make is completely yours. We do not take any further percentage. You collect the cash; you decide if you're taking credit cards or checks. You collect your own sales tax, and deal with that on your own, with your own accountant.

If you need info about lodging, please let us know.

If you know of anyone else who would be interested in having a table, let them know and let us know!!

If you want more than one table for your display, it is not $25 per table. It's $25 for your space; if you need additional tables, it will be $10 extra per table. Maximum 3 tables, thanks!

So, let's get going! Woo-hoo!

We're promoting the event already, on our Facebook pages, and in local print media. I had a visit today from the director of the Deane Center, firming up details. Time to kick it into high gear!

Cheers,


Kasey Cox, manager
From My Shelf Books & Gifts
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