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The Warren & The World Vol 12, Issue 15

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We’re excited to announce a NEW BOOK from Story Warren! Best Medicine Books, a Story Warren Imprint, is publishing Team Burger Shed by Tavin Dillard. If you love clean comedy with hysterical storytelling, this is for you. Check it out and order today to get a free signed baseball card from Tavin.

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The Start of Something New

Bandersnatch Books (oh, hey, that’s actually me) has just launched a new weekly newsletter full of bookish thoughts, literary quotes, and more! We invite you to sign up and see what’s to come!

  • So we find ourselves here, on a Substack, writing words about words. We can’t promise to be eloquent every time, but in each email, you’ll hear some bookish thoughts from a member of our Bandersnatch team, see highlights of what’s coming up (in-person events, releases, submission periods, etc.), catch a glimpse of what’s happening on social media, and read a literary quote we love (sometimes from our books, sometimes from other books!).
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Animal Albums from A to Z by CeCe Bell

Janie at Redeemed Reader reviews a delightful middle grade book.

  • Animal Albums from A to Z is an alliterative avalanche of amusing, applause-winning auditory adumbrations from the zoological zeitgeist.
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How to Move from Restlessness to True Rest

Ruth Chou Simons encourages us to move to rest.

  • recently saw an old photograph of me from college. My hair was short—a pixie cut, they called it. I knew that look by another name. It was the I’m-so-frustrated-I-don’t-know-what-to-do-so-I’ll-chop-off-all-my-hair hairdo. If I remember correctly, it was triggered by a tumultuous breakup with Troy before we got back together again.
    In retrospect, the drastic haircut wasn’t purely to spite him; it was a desperate attempt to make some kind of change, any change, that might soothe my heart that had just been broken, that was restlessly looking for something. I felt impatient for change.
    We’re restless people.
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9 Fun Ideas for Your Next Family Night

Looking for some fun? We gotcha covered.

  • Family night is a great way to bond together while doing activities that every person finds enjoyable. However, for families that participate in family night often, it is easy to get into a rut and not have many ideas for new and different activities. 
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The Best Creative Activity Books for Kids

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Whittling Mushrooms and Practicing Patience

Paul McKinley practices patience.

  • My sons and I are learning to whittle. With careful hands and practiced movements we’re each shaving off slivers of basswood to turn our blocks into forms that hopefully look like mushrooms. The first slivers had barely hit our living room floor before a dozen wood creations were crafted in our minds.
    “I want to carve a gnome for my mushroom,” my eldest states. “Or a sword.”
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Midsummer’s Mayhem: Shakespeare, Baking, Magic

Carolyn Leiloglou reviews a middle grade fantasy.

  • A real-world middle-grade fantasy built around the plot of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Yes please! Midsummer’s Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca is a magical story about a young baker and her family.
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Anne-Girl Reviews

The Book of Three

The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander follows Taran, a humble boy with the humble job of looking after a pig. He wants to be a hero and go on great daring adventures but doesn’t realize how important and instrumental he can be until his charge goes missing. Can Taran rise to the challenge and save Prydain? As far as middle grade medieval fantasy goes, this first novel in the Chronicles of Prydain series is super enjoyable. The classic premise and hero’s journey was right up my alley as a young voracious reader. Give it a try! 

The Green Ember

The Green Ember is another middle grade classic, enchanting readers of all ages for 10 years now! Heather and Picket live simple idyllic lives with their family until disaster strikes when their home is destroyed, and their family is taken captive by evil wolves. Will these rabbit siblings fight the darkness and let hope prevail? I would recommend giving The Green Ember a try as an audiobook or read aloud; It has heart and hope as well as humor and fun.

Something to Do with Your Kids

This summer, both a 13-year and the 17-year brood of  cicadas will surface, making it a special year! If you want to get into cicadas, you might need these cicada fact sheets!

Something to Watch

Zach King’s illusions are so cool!

Thanks for reading. We’re on your side. 

–The Story Warren Team

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