Readers Rush To Buy Kamala Harris’ Books
Four books by or about Vice President-elect Kamala Harris made it to Amazon’s top 10 on Sunday. Two are her authored books: one for children, Superheroes Are Everywhere, and the other her memoir, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey. Also on the list are a children’s book authored by Harris’ niece, Meena Harris, Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea, and a children’s biography authored by Nikki Grimes, Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice. Kamala Harris made history as the first woman, first Black, and first South Asian vice-president.
60 Years Later, Woman Unknowingly Purchases Book Owned in Childhood
JoAnne Craig purchased a used 1949 copy of Black Beauty by Anna Sewell recently, remembering that her brother had given her a copy on her sixth birthday as a present. When she sat down to read the book, she discovered a delightful surprise: She had just purchased the actual book her brother had bought her sixty years ago. On the final page was the inscription, “Sept. 23, 1960, Happy birthday, love Tom.”
Powell’s Books Sells Book-Scented Fragrance
Want to smell like a bookstore? Or at least be reminded of the smell? The Oregon-based chain of bookstores, Powell’s City of Books, has a unisex fragrance for you they claim does just that. Being that it just went on sale and there are already 1,225 orders for the $24.99 fragrance, it sounds like many people need a scent hit of books.
Non-ALA Book Awards for Children’s and YA Books
The ALA isn’t the only organization that honors the best children’s and young adult books of the year. Check out these other children’s book awards.