Nantucket Elementary School is working toward a Guinness World Record. Here’s the proposal… Largest Gathering of People Dressed as Storybook Characters by Janet Colby Subject matter of the record: Language Arts Description of the record and how it can be incorporated into daily classroom lesson plans: The students and faculty of Nantucket Elementary School believe [...]
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Join us today at Lyman Perry/Mark Hutker Architects on 30 Washington Street from 4-6pm to meet the author. More than just a book about sailing, Go for the Green is a clarion call to bring sailing out of the doldrums and into an expanded role as a catalyst for the more environmentally sensitive enjoyment of [...]
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Tuesday was the release of Elin Hilderbrand’s newest novel, “The Island” and Bookworks had an early bird celebration. Wendy and I put out the posters from previous events and the large banner… you couldn’t miss ‘em. Great Success! All you wonderful readers were revved and ready to go when we opened the door at [...]
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The Crafternoon after St. Patrick’s Day was all big eyes and bright colors. I collected some sticks on my walk in to work and let the creative technicians go to town painting a snake. (not unlike the snakes Saint Patrick chased out of Ireland… get it?) Color theme was a big deal. What kind of [...]
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Wow… I’m super late on this blog. Sorry, this should have been breaking news…March 8th was Dick’s 70th birthday! After all those years it was his first surprise party which I thought was pretty cool. The BW crew snuck into the upstairs at the Brotherhood of Thieves, the restaurant right next door to the bookstore, [...]
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Friday afternoon was another craft filled fun time at Bookworks. In honor of Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday (which was last Tuesday) the kiddies and I made masks. I found a simple mask pattern online so the kids could use it to trace their mask onto a piece of cardstock (something substantial to attach their [...]
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Friday is funday at Bookworks. We know how to partay-down! A healthy crowd showed up last week to make foam/cork stampers for our first Crafternoon. Kids and adults copped a squat in the kids room, spread out and crafted it up. Here’s what to do… Save some corks, or have your parents save them if [...]
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Here it is… the trophy that slipped thru our fingers. We were so close. Literally, it was right in front of us on the stage at the Nantucket High School. The same stage where we misspelled “dissect.” d-i-s-s-e-c-t d-i-s-s-e-c-t d-i-s-s-e-c-t d-i-s-s-e-c-t d-i-s-s-e-c-t d-i-s-s-e-c-t d-i-s-s-e-c-t d-i-s-s-e-c-t d-i-s-s-e-c-t. We won’t misspell that again! Cristina, Dick [...]
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Six more weeks of winter doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Shake off your cabin fever at Bookworks. This Friday we’re picking up where we left off with Crafternoons. This week we’ll help you prepare some cards for the ones you love and do a little recycling too. We’ll be making wine cork stamps [...]
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Groundhog’s Day(My buddy, Larry, made this postcard… thanks Larry!) For being 123 years old Punxsutawney Phil has eyesight enough to still see his shadow. That means six more weeks of winter. If you’re wondering what Groundhog’s day is all about, click here. (you can learn great little facts like Phil’s full name… Punxsutawney Phil, Seer [...]
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