It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the week’s literary and library events here in Hawaii. First Book-Oahu Fundraiser Do you love Chinese food (fast-food style)? Do you support giving free books to impoverished children? If you deny either of these…I don’t want to know you! But if you agree to […]
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the weekend’s literary and library events here in Hawaii. Briefs This Saturday Hawaii Book Blog will be volunteering our time for First Book-Oahu at the 1st Annual Hawaiian Style Fun Fair! This is a FREE event sponsored by Hawai`i Children’s Trust Fund in […]
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the weekend’s literary and library events here in Hawaii. Barnes & Noble Ala Moana Book Fair! This weekend, Barnes & Noble Ala Moana will be hosting a Book Fair Weekend for Sacred Hearts Academy and Saint Louis School (Fri., 8/20 – Sun., 8/22). […]
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the weekend’s literary and library events here in Hawaii. For those of you who like to read entertaining books about history, you may have heard of Sarah Vowell (The Wordy Shipmates, Assassination Vacation). Those of you who enjoy the movie The Incredibles might […]
It’s time…it’s time…it’s Book End Time! Welcome to this week’s Book End, highlighting the weekend’s literary and library events here in Hawaii. Bonus Events Because there is so much going on this upcoming Tuesday, I wanted to let you know of all the cool library and author events that were happening. I’ve noticed that a lot […]
First Book-Oahu posted an announcement on their blog about the new Cheerios and FirstBook Trivia Challenge. Cheerios will give away 100,000 new books to children in low income communities across the country. Each of the top 5 states will receive 20,000 books to distribute. Every little bit helps battle illiteracy. Check out their blog entry for […]
Wow, what a busy time we had the last week. We arrived back from Japan on Tuesday of last week, had all kinds of personal and organizational commitments to attend and then worked hard on our annual Rec-Fest on Saturday. It was a lot of fun, and we hope you enjoyed the reviews. But the […]
Well we’re wrapping up our Rec-Fest and First Book-Oahu will be here until 4:00 pm… but remember, you can say “First Book” at any Barnes & Noble Hawaii ANYTIME this weekend to help them raise money to buy new books for children in the community. The last book review is one of my own picks. […]
There’re only 2 DAYS left before our live Rec-Fest to support First Book-Oahu’s Bookfair and Fundraiser at Barnes & Noble Kahala Mall! We’d love to review keiki Hawaiiana books suggested by HBB readers but no one has suggested anything yet! And we’re getting closer to our goal of having 50 retweets to encourage people to spread the word […]