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ezine welcome to the march 2011 edition of the village books ezine events world book night saturday 5th march the first world book night takes place this year to celebrate emma walsh a world book night `giver is giving away free copies of beloved by toni morrison join us in the bookshop on saturday 5th march at 5.30pm when you can peruse the shelves with a glass of wine and collect your world book night book dublin book festival world book day thursday 3rd march this month all school children will receive the annual world book day vouchers village books is stocking all the world book day books so pop in to collect yours wednesday 2nd ­ sunday 6th march this year the dublin book festival is running several events across the city there will be author readings writing events and children s activities among many other specially chosen programmes check out their website www.dublinbookfestival.com for further details 1 village books ezine march 2011 ­ 845 5073 ­ www.villagebooks.ie

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book club updates the village books book club last met on the 8th of february where they discussed the true deceiver by tove johnsonn this book was very well received everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy it and felt it was a fabulous read this month s book is when a crocodile eats the sun by peter godwin the next meeting is on the 8th of march at 6.30pm join the book clubs to join the village books book club or junior book club waiting lists just get in touch phone us on 845 5073 email us on info@villagebooks.ie or pop into the shop village books exclusives special book offers 3 for the price of 2 titles include a reliable wife or she dies teatime for the traditionally built testimony the well and the mine and many many more junior book clubs chinese cinderella by adeline yen mah seems to be at the top of the leader board in terms of popularity among our junior book clubs this heart wrenching true story captured the minds of all of our book club girls unfortunately the boys didn t give it a go instead favoring holes by louis sachar an interesting read about a boys detention centre this months junior book club reads roll of thunder hear my cry by mildred d taylor skulduggery pleasant by derek landy percy jackson and the lightening thief by rick riordan the ogre of oglefort by eva ibbotson children s buy one get one free buy one get one free on a great range of picture books and puzzle books including my mummy is magic and the owl and the pussycat there are 4 puzzle books to collect called kids puzzles containing games such as spot the difference wordsearch crosswords and kirss kross 2 village books ezine march 2011 ­ 845 5073 ­ www.villagebooks.ie

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rory s story cubes we are an official seller of the fabulous creative thinking toy rory s story cubes now in stock rory s story cubes actions add another nine dice to you collection everyone marked with an action related picture this pack is slightly more challenging to play and is perfect for those who already have the original pack `roll of thunder hear my cry is a heart wrenching tale about one family s struggle to defy the odds and not only survive but to live a life of love happiness and understanding book reviews roll of thunder hear my cry by mildred d taylor review by sadash contact us if you would like to get in touch you can contact us by phone email or simply pop into the shop tel 845 5073 `roll of thunder hear my cry is a powerful story of innocence and courage in 1930s mississippi cassie is nine and has a very strong moral code for such a young child day after day her family faces injustice something cassie finds difficult to understand why should she get served last in the grocery store even when she is first in line why can t she get the bus to school like the other children most importantly why must she keep her anger to herself and not question the way things are cassie is black and through this story learns just what that means in a small mixed-race farming community email info@villagebooks.ie opening hours monday ­ saturday 10am ­ 5.30pm sunday 2pm ­ 5pm we look forward to hearing from you 3 village books ezine march 2011 ­ 845 5073 ­ www.villagebooks.ie

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