Celebrating Children’s Books!
Over 25 years ago now (or a quarter of a century…which seems even a bit stranger), I started teaching Children’s Literature to Elementary Education majors at Southwest Missouri State University…. Read more »
Author Archives: Meghan Dorsett
Be Kind…Volunteer
March is such a good, forceful, energetic verb (and the name of the month), so what better month to focus on volunteerism. March 13th is Good Samaritan Day, although we tend… Read more »
All the words… (Weekly update 2/4/2017)
February Special I can’t believe I’m writing this, but from Christie and Cornwall to Patterson and Woods, we have way too many mysteries and suspense. We could triple the shelf… Read more »
Another calendar attraction (Curiosity Calendar, January 29-February 4)
If you haven’t noticed, American’s love kitsch. Pink Flamingos. Genuine souvenir plates from places like Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. Black velvet paintings of Jesus and Elvis on top of… Read more »
January Geek Week: Physics, Michio Kaku, Lewis Carroll, and Legos.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Newton! If you have stopped in Whistle Stop Books or the Cambria Toy Station in the last few years, there is a good… Read more »
When History Reads Like a Novel…
One of the joys of a used bookstore is discovering wonderful books you would never think to read or new genres you would never explore. While I have long been… Read more »
Inventors All…Automatons, Da Vinci’s Mechanics, and a hint of Steampunk (January 8-14, 2017)
Before robots… Before computers… There were clockmakers… The next time you are driving north through eastern Pennsylvania, add a trip to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and take a look… Read more »
Whistle Stop Weekly Reader – December 26, 2016
Tis the season of self-help books. If you have wandered down the aisles of your local bookseller (at least the purveyors of new books, sheets, tires, and assorted other household… Read more »
Creative Pages:
If you have stopped in the Cambria Toy Station, you already know that we are a very small store (although we do manage to pack a lot in to the… Read more »
Our Weekly Reader: Gearing up for Winter.
It’s that time of year…September 3, 4, and 5th For twenty years, we published The Scale Cabinetmaker. Publishing a quarterly journal, or any journal, is a lesson in Sisyphus rolling the… Read more »