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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 | HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
Store hours: 10am – 4pm.
THURSDAY, JULY 5
10:15-11am | FAMILY EVENT | PRESCHOOL STORYTIME | interactive storytime for preschoolers, every Thursday morning except where otherwise noted.
7pm | MATURE TEEN / ADULT SIGNING EVENT | M. SHAWN CRAHAN | THE APOCALYPTIC NIGHTMARE JOURNEY | Changing Hands and 98KUPD present M. Shawn Crahan, better known as Clown, founder of the Grammy Award-winning hard rock band Slipknot, who visits to sign his new art book, The Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey. More »
SATURDAY, JULY 7
10am | FAMILY EVENT | COSTUME STORYTIME WITH LADYBUG GIRL | Bring the kiddos and your camera, and join us for stories by David Soman and pictures with Ladybug Girl! More »
2pm | TWEEN EVENT | CLUB READ | WILDWOOD | Club Read members discuss Colin Meloy's Wildwood and eat free pizza from Clockwork Pizza. More »
THURSDAY, JULY 12
10:15-11am | FAMILY EVENT | BILINGUAL STORYTIME | Storytime for preschoolers, told in Spanish and English, every second Thursday.
7pm | TEEN EVENT | SUZANNE YOUNG | A WANT SO WICKED | Suzanne Young visits with her new paranormal teen novel A Want So Wicked, the sequel to A Need So Beautiful. More »
FRIDAY, JULY 13
10:15-11:30am | FAMILY EVENT | WORKSHOP | RACHEL BERMAN BLYTHE | BABY SIGN LANGUAGE | Language specialist Rachel Berman Blythe hosts a four-week workshop to help adults communicate with their young children with American Sign Language. More »
SATURDAY, JULY 14
10am | FAMILY EVENT | PUPPET STORYTIME | Enjoy stories and crafts with educator and storyteller Alana. We'll read Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin, make pretend tacos, and talk about eating right.
THURSDAY, JULY 19
10:15-11am | FAMILY EVENT | PRESCHOOL STORYTIME | interactive storytime for preschoolers, every Thursday morning except where otherwise noted.
FRIDAY, JULY 20
10:15-11:30am | FAMILY EVENT | WORKSHOP | RACHEL BERMAN BLYTHE | BABY SIGN LANGUAGE | Language specialist Rachel Berman Blythe hosts a four-week workshop to help adults communicate with their young children with American Sign Language. More »
SATURDAY, JULY 21
10am | FAMILY EVENT | PHOENIX ZOO ANIMAL TAILS | Some animals live their entire life in just one day! As we read Just a Second by Steve Jenkins we'll learn about what time means to the lives of animals.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25
7pm | FAMILY EVENT | OFF THE CUFF COMEDY IMPROV SHOW | Join non-profit comedy troupe Off the Cuff for an interactive, high-energy, family-friendly show created from audience suggestions. If you enjoy improv comedy in the style of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, you'll love Off the Cuff! More »
THURSDAY, JULY 26
10:15-11am | FAMILY EVENT | PRESCHOOL STORYTIME | interactive storytime for preschoolers, every Thursday morning except where otherwise noted.
FRIDAY, JULY 27
10:15-11:30am | FAMILY EVENT | WORKSHOP | RACHEL BERMAN BLYTHE | BABY SIGN LANGUAGE | Language specialist Rachel Berman Blythe hosts a four-week workshop to help adults communicate with their young children with American Sign Language. More »
MONDAY, JULY 30
7pm | TEEN EVENT | JESSICA WAGENFUEHR | GUARDIAN ANGELS: BLACK SUNS | Local author Jessica Wagenfuehr visits with Black Suns, the second book in her Guardian Angels teen sci-fi series. More »
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SUMMER READING PROGRAM
KIDS CAN WIN A $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE!
"Carpe Librum! Seize the book!" That's our motto this summer at Changing Hands Bookstore.
In that spirit, we're proud to announce a brand-new summer reading program for young readers going into grades K-8!
HOW TO GET STARTED: Come in to Changing Hands to pick up a summer reading bookmark for your grade level. You'll use it to track which books you've read — three from our recommended list for your grade level and three of your own chosing — and then turn it back into us before August 31 for your reward. More »
SATURDAY, AUGUST 11
2pm | END OF SUMMER PARTY | You can also bring in your filled out bookmark to our End of Summer Party on August 11 to collect your coupon. There, we'll also announce four lucky GRAND PRIZE winners, one per grade group, who get a $50 gift card. More » | | 
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 Insignia by S. J. Kincaid
$17.99 hardcover | Pre-order (available 7/1) »
I found it—the next Hunger Games. Insignia is everything that the dystopian genre was made for. Kincaid cribbed right from the headlines: countries run by dirty corporate money, wars fought with public funds for private wealth, and a world nearing ecological collapse, where food and even water itself is copyright protected. Her plot dragged me at a breakneck pace towards the triumphant finish: a high-stakes battle fought by teenagers piloting spaceships with computers implanted in their brains. Ender's Game meets Harry Potter meets The Hunger Games — Insignia is a crowd-pleaser, and should be one of the summer's hottest releases. —Jennie
Browse more staff picks » | |  | Seraphina by Rachel Hartman | $17.99 hardcover | "Beautifully written, well-rounded characters, and some of the most interesting dragons I've read in fantasy for a long while. An impressive debut novel; I can't wait to see what Rachel Hartman writes next." —Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of Eragon Preorder now (available 7/10): print »
Alien on a Rampage by Clete Barrett Smith | $16.99 hardcover | Spending another adventure-filled summer in the Pacific Northwest at his grandmother's hotel for visiting space aliens, eighth-grader David uncovers a plot to destroy the Earth. Buy now: print »
Bink and Gollie: Two for One by Katie DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, illustrated by Tony Fucile | $15.99 hardcover | Your favorite marvelous companions are back! Meet them at the fair in this delightfully droll sequel to the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning Bink and Gollie. Buy now: print »
Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino | $16.99 hardcover, $10.99 ebook | "It's a perfectly adorable, age-appropriate friendship. And it's simply impossible to imagine a 4-year-old boy not wanting to be friends with this book." —The New York Times Book Review Buy now: print » or ebook »
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We host a variety of book clubs for readers of all interests. See our in-store display at the front of the store or click here for more information. | | 
 We've reduced select hardcover and paperback books to just $2 and moved them into special Red Star $2 Sale cases in the community room at the back of the store. Have a look next time you're in! | | | |
