<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799</id><updated>2011-12-17T02:25:08.501-05:00</updated><category term='In Our Window'/><category term='Podcasts'/><category term='Music'/><category term='Storytime'/><category term='Hidden Gems'/><category term='Gift Baskets'/><category term='Favourite Reading Spot'/><category term='Adult Fiction'/><category term='Illustration'/><category term='Videos'/><category term='Signings'/><category term='Bookstore'/><category term='Adult Non-Fiction'/><category term='Fantasy'/><category term='Tourist in Toronto'/><category term='Vikki VanSickle'/><category term='Gift Ideas'/><category term='Musical Atmosphere'/><category term='YA Fiction'/><category term='Travel'/><category term='Awards'/><category term='Dragons'/><category term='Garden'/><category term='Poetry'/><category term='Cath'/><category term='Books to Movies'/><category term='Events'/><category term='Picture book'/><category term='Nina'/><category term='Books'/><category term='On My Bookshelf'/><title type='text'>The Flying Dragon Bookshop</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>48</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-5113895261247140671</id><published>2011-07-06T12:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-06T12:30:56.080-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Resting Our Wings</title><summary type='text'>The Dragon is resting its wings but follow us on Facebook and Twitter where we will continue to recommend great books!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/5113895261247140671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2011/07/resting-our-wings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/5113895261247140671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/5113895261247140671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2011/07/resting-our-wings.html' title='Resting Our Wings'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sTLGGetRSeA/ThSM6k5PXFI/AAAAAAAAAxg/BDrGBmE5KhU/s72-c/2011-07-16+at+21-55-37.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-4769994759245606223</id><published>2011-05-19T01:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-19T01:44:01.088-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bookstore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nina'/><title type='text'>Farewell</title><summary type='text'>It is with heartfelt regret, that we announce today The Flying Dragon Bookshop will be closing its doors on June 30, 2011.

We have in recent months explored opportunities to embrace the technological advances that have presented themselves with such rapidity in our industry.  But at the end of the day we realized that for us, it was all about the books and the tactile, sensory experience they </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/4769994759245606223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2011/05/farewell.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/4769994759245606223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/4769994759245606223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2011/05/farewell.html' title='Farewell'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-asxM2jGhiDw/TdStN13-3OI/AAAAAAAAAxU/cpkqmCa0O3c/s72-c/Nina+McCreath+and+Cathy+Francis+of+The+Flying+Dragon+Bookshop.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-2304596703396091430</id><published>2011-05-10T21:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-10T21:25:28.086-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='On My Bookshelf'/><title type='text'>The Rainbabies</title><summary type='text'>

















There is a feel of rain in the air tonight. It reminds me of The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed, and of the couple that discovered a dozen shimmering drops of water, each holding a tiny baby on a moonlit night. This classic story is beautifully illustrated by Jim LaMarche and one that often slides off my shelf on a night when the moonbeams dance through the window. 

For more</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/2304596703396091430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2011/05/rainbabies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2304596703396091430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2304596703396091430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2011/05/rainbabies.html' title='The Rainbabies'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9-mSGkE0Sbo/Tcndxj4mYJI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/Vo3LJumROUA/s72-c/June+12%252C+2010+092.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-8082810762357865275</id><published>2011-01-25T01:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-25T01:11:25.967-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vikki VanSickle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YA Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Signings'/><title type='text'>Is This Jennifer Donnelly?</title><summary type='text'>Is this Jennifer Donnelly? No, this is Vikki VanSickle, author of Words That Start With B and the manager of the Flying Dragon.

Is this the real Jennifer Donnelly? No, this is Patti, CFO of the Dragon and queen of everything in her realm.

Is this the real Jennifer Donnelly? No, this is Moi, Cath Francis, co-owner of the Dragon.

Is this the real Jennifer Donnelly? No, this is Nina McCreath, my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/8082810762357865275/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2011/01/is-this-jennifer-donnelly.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/8082810762357865275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/8082810762357865275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2011/01/is-this-jennifer-donnelly.html' title='Is This Jennifer Donnelly?'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/TO3bk9EPfUI/AAAAAAAAAvw/7GLhqeCCikw/s72-c/November+2010+059.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-2417949409937966187</id><published>2010-12-17T09:06:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-31T10:11:01.809-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bookstore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tourist in Toronto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Merry Christmas &amp; Happy New Year</title><summary type='text'>
London Snow

When men were all asleep the snow came flying,
In large white flakes falling on the city brown,
Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying,
Hushing the latest traffic of the drowsy town;
Deadening, muffling, stifling its murmurs failing;
Lazily and incessantly floating down and down:
Silently sifting and veiling road, roof and railing;
Hiding difference, making unevenness</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/2417949409937966187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas-happy-new-year.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2417949409937966187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2417949409937966187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas-happy-new-year.html' title='Merry Christmas &amp; Happy New Year'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/TQtpb86ShQI/AAAAAAAAAwg/dV3Gn5NmAvI/s72-c/December+2010+045.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-2412735187328003544</id><published>2010-11-25T23:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T23:26:43.783-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In Our Window'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><title type='text'>In Our Window - Celebrate the Season</title><summary type='text'>




















"On the night you were born, 
the moon shone with such wonder
that the stars peeked in
to see you
and the night wind whispered,
'Life will never be the same.'

Because there had never been
anyone like you...
ever in the world."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/2412735187328003544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/11/in-our-window-celebrate-season.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2412735187328003544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2412735187328003544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/11/in-our-window-celebrate-season.html' title='In Our Window - Celebrate the Season'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/TO3nwR7QIXI/AAAAAAAAAwE/k5YQkvq-QT0/s72-c/November+2010+096.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-1994370627950596331</id><published>2010-11-25T23:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-25T23:08:35.933-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Leaf's Lament</title><summary type='text'>The Leaf's Lament
by Andrew Fusek Peters

Said the leaf to the sky,
I would learn to how to fly,
But I'm shaking like a leaf do I dare?

Listen to a recording and read more
here.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/1994370627950596331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/11/leafs-lament.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/1994370627950596331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/1994370627950596331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/11/leafs-lament.html' title='Leaf&apos;s Lament'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/TO3s0W95RSI/AAAAAAAAAwI/Zg2WRHvhbN8/s72-c/October+2010+058.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-6979399246608358302</id><published>2010-10-31T13:33:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-31T13:36:45.371-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In Our Window'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vikki VanSickle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YA Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Podcasts'/><title type='text'>In Our Window - Words That Start With B</title><summary type='text'>
Actually, this is the window we just took out. But we would like to congratulate Vikki Vansickle on the success of her debut novel, Words That Start With B. Enjoy this interview  with Vikki on Rachelle Delaney's blog and more insight on the book by Shelf Elf.

If you would like to hear Vikki talk about books for young people with Mary Ito, Kevin Sylvester and Kenneth Oppel check out this episode</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/6979399246608358302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-our-window-words-that-start-with-b.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/6979399246608358302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/6979399246608358302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-our-window-words-that-start-with-b.html' title='In Our Window - Words That Start With B'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/THbYgWSzeyI/AAAAAAAAArA/sOKMcplG1OA/s72-c/August+26,+2010+117.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-2708647981458093908</id><published>2010-10-21T22:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-21T22:13:23.789-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vikki VanSickle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Videos'/><title type='text'>The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate</title><summary type='text'>

Listen to Vikki expound on the virtues of The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate in this video and on her blog, Pipedreaming.
Read a review at Shelf Elf including an interview with author Jacqueline Kelly</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/2708647981458093908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/10/evolution-of-calpurnia-tate.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2708647981458093908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2708647981458093908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/10/evolution-of-calpurnia-tate.html' title='The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-2174908740715132308</id><published>2010-09-22T21:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-22T21:10:58.704-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vikki VanSickle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Videos'/><title type='text'>Dear George Clooney</title><summary type='text'>

Vikki shares two favorites, Word Nerd and Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom, by author, Susan Nielsen.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/2174908740715132308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/09/dear-george-clooney.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2174908740715132308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2174908740715132308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/09/dear-george-clooney.html' title='Dear George Clooney'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-963671179988468838</id><published>2010-08-27T13:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-27T13:34:41.640-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vikki VanSickle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YA Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Videos'/><title type='text'>How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/963671179988468838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-i-live-now-by-meg-rosoff.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/963671179988468838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/963671179988468838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-i-live-now-by-meg-rosoff.html' title='How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-651526550004632002</id><published>2010-08-25T01:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-25T01:21:48.757-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vikki VanSickle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YA Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Videos'/><title type='text'>Mockingjay Hits the Shelves</title><summary type='text'>

Shelf Elf asks a few questions to Vikki VanSickle who was a Midnight reader of Mockingjay.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/651526550004632002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/08/mockingjay-hits-shelves.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/651526550004632002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/651526550004632002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/08/mockingjay-hits-shelves.html' title='Mockingjay Hits the Shelves'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-3843233109067259718</id><published>2010-08-19T02:39:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-29T23:34:57.035-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In Our Window'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bookstore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adult Fiction'/><title type='text'>In Our Window  - Remarkable Creatures</title><summary type='text'>















A review for our featured book, Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier by the UK Sunday Times
  
"...thoroughly absorbing historical novel... Chevalier has taken the true histories of Anning and Philpot and fashioned from them a moving story of the resilience of an unusual female friendship and of ground shifting beneath people's feet as new discoveries force them to look at the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/3843233109067259718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/08/in-our-window-remarkable-creatures.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/3843233109067259718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/3843233109067259718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/08/in-our-window-remarkable-creatures.html' title='In Our Window  - Remarkable Creatures'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/TGzPHArDMbI/AAAAAAAAAmc/CnGO7YBIq_g/s72-c/Remarkable+Creatures+Window+002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-3440372716979906068</id><published>2010-07-28T00:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-28T00:56:01.568-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adult Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nina'/><title type='text'>The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters</title><summary type='text'>A friend was quizzing me recently for a great book to take with her on vacation. She wanted a big satisfying novel, something she could really sink her teeth into. Something literary, a page turner, maybe something suspensful but not a traditional mystery. Something she and her husband could both enjoy. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters is just the book for my friend and anyone else looking for</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/3440372716979906068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/07/little-stranger-by-sarah-waters.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/3440372716979906068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/3440372716979906068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/07/little-stranger-by-sarah-waters.html' title='The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/TE-2h60jR9I/AAAAAAAAAkU/6gQLZIbxGLU/s72-c/waters.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-3477682912703588500</id><published>2010-07-26T12:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-26T12:06:32.544-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Favourite Reading Spot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YA Fiction'/><title type='text'>Favourite Summer Reading Spot</title><summary type='text'>Rereading Jennifer Donnelly's Northern Light</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/3477682912703588500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/07/favourite-summer-reading-spot.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/3477682912703588500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/3477682912703588500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/07/favourite-summer-reading-spot.html' title='Favourite Summer Reading Spot'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/TE2xXCO6JhI/AAAAAAAAAkM/C2lZGgTCbMA/s72-c/June+12,+2010+229.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-4942466798147647484</id><published>2010-07-15T08:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-15T08:54:41.352-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YA Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nina'/><title type='text'>The Bride's Farewell</title><summary type='text'>
I  find stories such Keturah and the Lord of Death the best  kind of escapism and was delighted to be transported once again by The  Bride's Farewell, a completely enchanting tale of love found,  lost and found again by Meg Rosoff. Set in the mid 1800s, in a small  English village, I made friends with Pell, a young woman on the eve of  her marriage, stealing away under the cover of darkness with</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/4942466798147647484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/07/brides-farewell.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/4942466798147647484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/4942466798147647484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/07/brides-farewell.html' title='The Bride&apos;s Farewell'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/TD8BV04yC9I/AAAAAAAAAkE/tJWRsPzcwzU/s72-c/Meg+Rosoff.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-1380342482722334438</id><published>2010-07-11T17:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-11T17:57:32.548-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adult Non-Fiction'/><title type='text'>Acquainted with the Night</title><summary type='text'>Do you remember the freedom of summer, that last day of school and the endless summer days stretching before you? With each young customer that popped into the store last week I had a little memory burst. As they piled their books on the counter it reminded me of the books I read on those hot sultry evenings lying on the old camp cot on the porch.

Summer was the time I reread my favourites and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/1380342482722334438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/07/acquainted-with-night.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/1380342482722334438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/1380342482722334438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/07/acquainted-with-night.html' title='Acquainted with the Night'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S4iQ-gwT-GI/AAAAAAAAALk/bTMLaHSez_g/s72-c/Acquainted%20with%20the%20Night%20by%20Christopher%20Dewdney.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-8890999655849685302</id><published>2010-07-03T14:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T14:34:33.814-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YA Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='On My Bookshelf'/><title type='text'>On My Bookshelf: Keturah and Lord Death</title><summary type='text'>Seeing Keturah &amp; Lord Death on my bookshelf brings back the memory of a summer evening. I had spotted a stag grazing in the raspberry patch. I moved closer, he stopped and checked my approach. I asked him if he was the Great Stag that Keturah followed into the woods. Ignoring me he went back to to his grazing. I tried a few more steps, but he raised his head with his beautiful antlers and gazed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/8890999655849685302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/keturah-and-lord-death.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/8890999655849685302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/8890999655849685302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/keturah-and-lord-death.html' title='On My Bookshelf: Keturah and Lord Death'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S3Miw3xP_yI/AAAAAAAAAFI/RvAWzhcKws8/s72-c/Keturah_and_Lord_Death.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-542515102955058855</id><published>2010-06-26T12:58:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-29T23:39:43.717-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adult Non-Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gift Ideas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Graduation Day</title><summary type='text'>



Congratulations to all those wearing a Harry Potter like cloak, may you receive one of these books to help you on your journey:

for inspiration along the way,

Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss
The North Star by Peter H. Reynolds
Dream by Susan V. Bosak

or escapism if not yet decided on the road to take,

Delaying the Real World by Colleen Kinder
Vagabonding by Rolf Potts

or a little </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/542515102955058855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/06/graduation-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/542515102955058855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/542515102955058855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/06/graduation-day.html' title='Graduation Day'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S3FxI39Vw1I/AAAAAAAAABc/kkKs4WSRCUY/s72-c/Blog+FDB+013.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-2878969748180103968</id><published>2010-06-18T10:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T10:12:43.420-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><title type='text'>A Quote for My Father</title><summary type='text'>




















A quote for my father by Clarence Budington Kelland -
       He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

Dad, thanks for -
reading my favorite book over and over and over again,
talking as we walked the dog around the block,
encouraging my love of baseball even when I struck out,
throwing me off your shoulders into the ocean waves,
bringing me a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/2878969748180103968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/06/quote-for-my-father.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2878969748180103968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2878969748180103968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/06/quote-for-my-father.html' title='A Quote for My Father'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/TBt86VqOaaI/AAAAAAAAAjs/9Gck1WmHs-E/s72-c/My+Dad.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-7006781374482883646</id><published>2010-06-18T02:16:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T16:13:54.311-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illustration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='On My Bookshelf'/><title type='text'>On My Bookshelf: My Dad</title><summary type='text'>"On My Bookshelf" will be a regular post, featuring treasures from our personal bookshelves. If you would like to share a gem from your shelf send a photo and short description to me at seabreezeroad@hotmail.com. Looking forward to finding out what your passions are!

Dipping off "my bookshelf" in time for Father's Day is My Dad by the current Children's Laureate of Britain, Anthony Browne.
When </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/7006781374482883646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/06/on-my-bookshelf-my-dad.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/7006781374482883646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/7006781374482883646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/06/on-my-bookshelf-my-dad.html' title='On My Bookshelf: My Dad'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/TBrxWjIt9aI/AAAAAAAAAjM/VQRbL-MJBJI/s72-c/June+12,+2010+087.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-3925337631495112524</id><published>2010-06-15T21:48:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T21:53:39.212-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vikki VanSickle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gift Ideas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Till all the Stars Have Fallen</title><summary type='text'> Vikki recommends one of our favorite gifts! From Kids Can Press, a rich collection of Canadian poetry compiled by David Booth and illustrated  by Govenor General's Award winning illustrator, Kady MacDonald Denton.  Kady created our very own dragon that graces these pages. You can read an interview with Kady by Library and Archives Canada here.

</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/3925337631495112524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/06/till-all-stars-have-fallen.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/3925337631495112524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/3925337631495112524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/06/till-all-stars-have-fallen.html' title='Till all the Stars Have Fallen'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/TBgtBNcBJII/AAAAAAAAAg8/MoDInW-RoNI/s72-c/avatar.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-556628244616284920</id><published>2010-06-10T17:08:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-11T09:05:05.083-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantasy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illustration'/><title type='text'>Poetry Friday: Neil Gaiman's Instructions</title><summary type='text'>There are some books that arrive at the bookshop as pleasant surprises and then there are those that you have been teased with for many years, Neil Gaiman's Instructions falls into the later group. I first read the poem on the Journal of Mythic Arts and learned that it appeared in the anthology A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales edited by Ellen Datlow &amp; Terri Windling. The poem has </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/556628244616284920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/06/poetry-friday-neil-gaimans-instructions.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/556628244616284920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/556628244616284920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/06/poetry-friday-neil-gaimans-instructions.html' title='Poetry Friday: Neil Gaiman&apos;s Instructions'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/TBE8xWNe3iI/AAAAAAAAAg0/019Anasjreo/s72-c/Instuctions1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-3698058068144020876</id><published>2010-06-09T21:24:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T21:26:33.895-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dragons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantasy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illustration'/><title type='text'>Forging Dragons</title><summary type='text'>

How could I resist posting about such a celebrated dragon illustrator? John Howe talks about his inspiration, his book Forging Dragons, his Tolkien work and his plans for the future.

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Explore the myth and magic of his portfolio.
Shelf Elf recommends Lost Worlds.
The Tolkien Library has an interview with John Howe in Saint-Ursanne.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/3698058068144020876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/06/forging-dragons.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/3698058068144020876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/3698058068144020876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/06/forging-dragons.html' title='Forging Dragons'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-733459080669896955</id><published>2010-05-31T10:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-31T10:47:15.571-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vikki VanSickle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adult Non-Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Videos'/><title type='text'>Delicious Summer Reading: A Homemade Life</title><summary type='text'>





















Is there anything more satisfying than reading about food? Being an amateur foodie myself, I gravitate towards well-written food fiction, such as the charming School of Essential Ingredients and the sensual Like Water for Chocolate. I’ve even been known to branch out of fiction into food-related non-fiction and memoir. One of my recent favourites is Molly Wizenberg’s memoir </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/733459080669896955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/05/delicious-summer-reading-homemade-life.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/733459080669896955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/733459080669896955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/05/delicious-summer-reading-homemade-life.html' title='Delicious Summer Reading: A Homemade Life'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S_2Nbzs8F_I/AAAAAAAAAgU/vnfzi8-7eCU/s72-c/molly.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-8512826720168036021</id><published>2010-05-27T00:29:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-27T00:30:16.978-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Events'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nina'/><title type='text'>Join us for Nina's Summer Reads</title><summary type='text'>




















Summer arrived this weekend, which means it’s time for sunscreen, gelato, and everyone’s favourite book event, Nina’s Summer Reads! At The Flying Dragon, we believe that summer should be as stress-free as possible, so let our resident expert Nina McCreath guide you through the hottest of seasons with the coolest of books. Join us on Friday June 4th at 10:30am in our literary </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/8512826720168036021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/05/join-us-for-ninas-summer-reads.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/8512826720168036021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/8512826720168036021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/05/join-us-for-ninas-summer-reads.html' title='Join us for Nina&apos;s Summer Reads'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S_3059NuhuI/AAAAAAAAAgc/hR63AiRgRmg/s72-c/Summer+Reads.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-5215397070256976710</id><published>2010-05-20T15:08:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-20T15:29:51.861-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adult Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nina'/><title type='text'>The Solitude of Prime Numbers</title><summary type='text'>




















Always curious to read a book that is enjoying huge international acclaim, I looked forward to hunkering down with The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Italian author Paolo Giordano. From the first page I was involved in the lives of two children, Alice and Mattia, and the series of incidents that would shape the way they see themselves, setting the stage for the outsiders they </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/5215397070256976710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/05/solitude-of-prime-numbers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/5215397070256976710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/5215397070256976710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/05/solitude-of-prime-numbers.html' title='The Solitude of Prime Numbers'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S_WH4IHOe_I/AAAAAAAAAgM/Xb3eW0P4NhI/s72-c/solitude.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-4512040188762581289</id><published>2010-05-13T17:25:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-14T21:35:11.226-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Awards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Storytime'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illustration'/><title type='text'>Jeremy Tankard Wins OLA Blue Spruce Award!</title><summary type='text'>
Congratulations to Jeremy Tankard who won the OLA Blue Spruce Award for Boo Hoo Bird. I love the 'Forest of Reading' awards because the winners are chosen by the readers (aka kids). In the photo above,  Jeremy was visiting our storytime, much to the delight of the children. - Cath
etcetera Jeremy was the guinea pig for Seven Imp when they created a new format for their interview series called '</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/4512040188762581289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/jeremy-tankard-visits-storytime.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/4512040188762581289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/4512040188762581289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/jeremy-tankard-visits-storytime.html' title='Jeremy Tankard Wins OLA Blue Spruce Award!'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S3CWK5d2qNI/AAAAAAAAAAc/pealF_cNEj8/s72-c/Blog+FDB+002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-8671906186646053468</id><published>2010-05-10T13:54:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-14T21:37:21.073-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Events'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Signings'/><title type='text'>Rick Riordan is a Rock Star!</title><summary type='text'>The atmostphere was electric, it was like the Beatles for tweens. Rick Riordan is a rock star, the screaming coming from the depths of the Flying Dragon had our neighbors wondering just what we were up to now. After introducing his new book The Red Pyramid, book one in The Kane Chronicles Rick had some fun with the fans.- Cath






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Take a sneak peek at the first chapter in The Kane </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/8671906186646053468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/05/rick-riordon-is-rock-star.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/8671906186646053468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/8671906186646053468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/05/rick-riordon-is-rock-star.html' title='Rick Riordan is a Rock Star!'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S-gE-pRV9wI/AAAAAAAAAfk/dMo3vWWEghQ/s72-c/May+9,+2010+070.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-5193839839625295446</id><published>2010-05-05T13:59:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-05T14:24:35.809-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adult Non-Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Garden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gift Ideas'/><title type='text'>Twice Upon a Garden</title><summary type='text'>Filmed through the changing seasons, 'Twice Upon a Garden' captures the lush beauty of the historic Reford Gardens while intimately portraying the bond between Elsie and her great grandson, historian Alexander Reford - who took over the Gardens in the mid-90s. Both Elsie and Alexander reinvented the art of gardening with passion and daring: visitors are swept away by the rare plants in Elsie's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/5193839839625295446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/05/twice-upon-garden.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/5193839839625295446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/5193839839625295446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/05/twice-upon-garden.html' title='Twice Upon a Garden'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S-GxUZuy6AI/AAAAAAAAAeE/edVaXJAeQAI/s72-c/Twice+upon+a+garden.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-9221573489898913410</id><published>2010-05-04T18:02:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-04T18:05:23.782-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Events'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adult Non-Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tourist in Toronto'/><title type='text'>Doors Open: Art Deco Architecture</title><summary type='text'>Don't miss this visual presentation by Tim Morawetz, author of Art Deco Architecture in Toronto: A Guide to the City's Buildings from the Roaring Twenties and the Depression. Tim will be speaking at The Toronto Public Library Beaches Branch on the opening day of 'Doors Open', Saturday, May 29th at 2pm.

Autographed copies of the book may be purchased after the talk, or by visiting http://</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/9221573489898913410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/05/doors-open-art-deco-architecture-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/9221573489898913410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/9221573489898913410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/05/doors-open-art-deco-architecture-in.html' title='Doors Open: Art Deco Architecture'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S-CIUrhZRtI/AAAAAAAAAd0/M0ofCsa2Awk/s72-c/ArtDecoArchToronto-frontcover.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-985454698922838885</id><published>2010-04-30T18:58:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-02T13:11:42.750-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bookstore'/><title type='text'>CBA Libris Award Nominations</title><summary type='text'>We are thrilled to announce that for the second year in a row, the Canadian Booksellers Association has nominated us for Specialty Bookseller of the year! It is an honour to be recognized alongside Toronto staple Books for Business and the beloved Halifax institution, Woozles Ltd. 

Since it’s inception in 1998, the CBA Libris Awards recognizes excellence in the Canadian book industry by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/985454698922838885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/04/we-are-honoured-to-be-nominated-for.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/985454698922838885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/985454698922838885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/04/we-are-honoured-to-be-nominated-for.html' title='CBA Libris Award Nominations'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S9tgY81GjxI/AAAAAAAAAdM/owYw61VFdXQ/s72-c/March2010+016.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-2771049633745091485</id><published>2010-04-29T03:14:00.015-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-30T19:02:06.100-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bookstore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantasy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><title type='text'>Full Moon Over The Flying Dragon</title><summary type='text'>
In honor of Guy Gavriel Kay coming to the store in May to celebrate the launch of his new book Under Heaven I've selected a poem by Li Bai  
Alone and Drinking Under the Moon
Amongst the flowers Iam alone with my pot of winedrinking by myself; then liftingmy cup I asked the moonto drink with me, its reflectionand mine in the wine cup, justthe three of us; then I sighfor the moon cannot drink,
</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/2771049633745091485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/04/full-moon-over-flying-dragon.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2771049633745091485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2771049633745091485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/04/full-moon-over-flying-dragon.html' title='Full Moon Over The Flying Dragon'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S9jvn8NKkUI/AAAAAAAAAc8/BFI89Hot2_U/s72-c/Full+Moon+over+FDB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-8251265804382471955</id><published>2010-04-22T22:58:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-29T16:25:59.370-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vikki VanSickle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Videos'/><title type='text'>Bones of Faerie</title><summary type='text'>
Vikki VanSickle speaks about Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simmer  

A dark fairy-tale twist on apocalyptic fiction—
as familiar as a nightmare, yet altogether unique.Etcetera
Check out Vikki's written review at Pipedreaming 



</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/8251265804382471955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/04/bones-of-faerie.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/8251265804382471955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/8251265804382471955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/04/bones-of-faerie.html' title='Bones of Faerie'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-5153765015857027502</id><published>2010-04-20T08:29:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-23T13:41:12.554-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Musical Atmosphere'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><title type='text'>Melodic Sounds of Gianmaria Testa</title><summary type='text'>

I first heard Italian singer-songwriter Gianmaria Testa's warm, dusky voice on a Putumayo World Music CD, Italian Cafe. I was bewitched and floated in a trace like state to my favourite music store, L'atelier Grigorian, to pick up his first CD, Montgolfières. Testa is one of the artists that creates the musicial atmosphere of the Flying Dragon. He has become a personal and customer favourite. -</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/5153765015857027502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/music-gianmaria-testa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/5153765015857027502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/5153765015857027502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/music-gianmaria-testa.html' title='Melodic Sounds of Gianmaria Testa'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S3ev_IdFlaI/AAAAAAAAAHo/PyablamGNI4/s72-c/immagine.asp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-8002509880885189168</id><published>2010-04-15T22:12:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-16T21:45:27.009-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Events'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adult Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Signings'/><title type='text'>An Intimate Evening with Guy Gavriel Kay</title><summary type='text'>
Our next author event will be an intimate evening with Guy Gavriel Kay. On Wednesday, May 19th, Guy will be joining us in our cozy literary salon for an in-depth and insightful discussion with resident expert Ashley Benson.

Multi award-winning Guy Gavriel Kay is one of Canada’s most acclaimed authors. His innovative blend of history and fantasy has endeared him to millions of fans world-wide. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/8002509880885189168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/04/intimate-evening-with-guy-gavriel-kay.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/8002509880885189168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/8002509880885189168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/04/intimate-evening-with-guy-gavriel-kay.html' title='An Intimate Evening with Guy Gavriel Kay'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S8d8CwiV8UI/AAAAAAAAAbM/l6oKSakFfnk/s72-c/UnderHeaven.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-2917689584206954104</id><published>2010-04-13T09:30:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T09:52:32.963-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adult Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Videos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nina'/><title type='text'>A Triumvirate of Fossil Hunters</title><summary type='text'>Nina McCreath talks about a triumvirate of fossil hunters: Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier, Curiosity by Joan Thomas and The Fossil Hunter by Shelley Emling.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/2917689584206954104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/04/triumvirate-of-fossil-hunters.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2917689584206954104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2917689584206954104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/04/triumvirate-of-fossil-hunters.html' title='A Triumvirate of Fossil Hunters'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-2818721707826208555</id><published>2010-04-10T13:30:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T16:50:30.151-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bookstore'/><title type='text'>Meet the Aviators of the Flying Dragon Bookshop</title><summary type='text'>Nina can tell you exactly where she was when she read each book in the store. Her optimism and passion for life is reflected in our adult section, which she lovingly selects, one special title at a time.Cath brings magic to everything she touches. When she isn't reading about faraway places, she can be found hunting for beautiful books and other treasures to enrich the store.Elaine specializes in</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/2818721707826208555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/04/meet-aviators-of-flying-dragon-bookshop.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2818721707826208555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2818721707826208555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/04/meet-aviators-of-flying-dragon-bookshop.html' title='Meet the Aviators of the Flying Dragon Bookshop'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S8C1MDKcR9I/AAAAAAAAAa8/dDhF21OTihI/s72-c/spiderwicktree.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-4907128765448649757</id><published>2010-04-10T13:20:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T21:36:31.079-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adult Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nina'/><title type='text'>Journey with The Sea Captain's Wife</title><summary type='text'>Historical Fiction, with its focus on days gone by, is often a relaxing break from today's world; a steaming cup of soup that warms and envelops. I was hoping for this kind of enjoyment from The Sea Captain's Wife as I started it early one Saturday morning. How nice to go back to bed with a cup of tea and the promise of a few hours reading.Set in the mid 1800s, the story begins on the banks of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/4907128765448649757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/04/true.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/4907128765448649757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/4907128765448649757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/04/true.html' title='Journey with The Sea Captain&apos;s Wife'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S75Fp0YdFoI/AAAAAAAAAas/cpU-1llKodE/s72-c/Sea+Capitan%27s+Wife.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-2371544857315320726</id><published>2010-03-22T12:21:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-24T18:48:02.673-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gift Baskets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Signings'/><title type='text'>Mem Fox: Queen of the Baby Baskets!</title><summary type='text'>Friends recently had twins and I wanted to celebrate their arrival with a basket of baby books. I perused the shelves one evening; the store was closed and I had the luxury of meandering through the baby section, saying hello to some of my old favourites.I chose, among others, three books by Mem Fox: Ten Little Fingers, Time for Bed, and Where is the Green Sheep. Mem's books for babies and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/2371544857315320726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/mem-fox.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2371544857315320726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/2371544857315320726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/mem-fox.html' title='Mem Fox: Queen of the Baby Baskets!'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S6eZQ24auqI/AAAAAAAAAXY/RAUhTYkpmPA/s72-c/Dragon+Wagon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-4354761923373445421</id><published>2010-03-16T08:41:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-24T18:47:36.289-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nina'/><title type='text'>Brenda &amp; Edward</title><summary type='text'>A snowy afternoon and a quiet walk in the woods with Cath and our two lovely dogs. The soft padding of paws on the snow and their occasional touching of noses; this peaceful camaraderie reminded me of Brenda and Edward, a sweet enduring story of canine friendship and loyalty. While life throws the canine couple a few curves, hope is ultimately rewarded and the goodness of life is reaffirmed. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/4354761923373445421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/brenda-edward.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/4354761923373445421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/4354761923373445421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/brenda-edward.html' title='Brenda &amp; Edward'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S52IUzOnguI/AAAAAAAAAWw/de0hKbzG6Uk/s72-c/Brenda+and+Edward.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-326460857270540958</id><published>2010-03-12T07:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-12T07:23:30.872-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bookstore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gift Ideas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gift Baskets'/><title type='text'>A Lovely Gift Idea</title><summary type='text'> </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/326460857270540958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/gift-ideas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/326460857270540958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/326460857270540958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/gift-ideas.html' title='A Lovely Gift Idea'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S5oxuRbrvsI/AAAAAAAAAWA/HXo4Z6KxzMA/s72-c/FDB+pre-opening+018.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-3772927629830773295</id><published>2010-03-06T00:09:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-22T14:04:07.021-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Books to Movies'/><title type='text'>My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell</title><summary type='text'>I love when a random pick at the video store introduces me to a great book. While wandering through Videoflicks, mindlessly trying to decided what I was in the mood for, I came across Gerald Durrell's My Family &amp; Other Animals."This is the story of a five-year sojourn that I and my family made on the Greek island of Corfu. It was originally intended to be a mildly nostalgic account of the natural</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/3772927629830773295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/03/movie-my-family-and-other-animals-by.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/3772927629830773295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/3772927629830773295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/03/movie-my-family-and-other-animals-by.html' title='My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S5HjUqyttyI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/Zfc5WbHj0vM/s72-c/My+Family+and+Other+Friends.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-4692195191466002346</id><published>2010-03-01T13:43:00.010-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-06T15:31:04.161-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bookstore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gift Baskets'/><title type='text'>Gift Basket</title><summary type='text'>Custom design a "dragon wagon" book basket for your corporate and personal gift giving.Books will be selected to appeal to specific events such as: welcoming a new baby, recognizing a milestone in a child's life, celebrating the birth of a grandchild, providing a family trip basket, heralding a move to a new home, comforting a sick child, giving a holiday activity pack or celebrating a new </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/4692195191466002346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/03/gift-basket.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/4692195191466002346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/4692195191466002346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/03/gift-basket.html' title='Gift Basket'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S47P5zXogoI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/fQLrLlV8pIc/s72-c/gift%20basket.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-4205916851539875280</id><published>2010-02-25T23:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-09T15:52:21.136-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Favourite Reading Spot'/><title type='text'>Favourite Reading Spot</title><summary type='text'></summary><link 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</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/4873891370655244224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/seedfolks.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/4873891370655244224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/4873891370655244224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/seedfolks.html' title='Hidden Gems: Seedfolks'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-174586760954377291</id><published>2010-02-14T03:38:00.013-05:00</published><updated>2010-04-29T16:25:59.371-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vikki VanSickle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Picture book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illustration'/><title type='text'>Amandina by Sergio Ruzzier</title><summary type='text'>A few summers ago, I was in the midst of mounting a production of a musical at the Toronto Fringe Festival when Cathy asked me to read a picture book called Amandina by Sergio Ruzzier. Right Away, I could see why she had put it aside for me. Amandina is the story of a shy little dog who loves to sign and dance. She decides to put on a play all by herself, taking on the roles of writer, director, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/174586760954377291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/amandina.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/174586760954377291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/174586760954377291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/amandina.html' title='Amandina by Sergio Ruzzier'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S3e2X0sdHaI/AAAAAAAAAIA/SKTOc7NHkYw/s72-c/Amandina.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1891998846497883799.post-1320694226763225803</id><published>2010-02-14T01:04:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-09T15:52:21.142-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bookstore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gift Baskets'/><title type='text'>Gift Basket</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/feeds/1320694226763225803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/gift-basket.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/1320694226763225803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1891998846497883799/posts/default/1320694226763225803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flyingdragonbookshop.blogspot.com/2010/02/gift-basket.html' title='Gift Basket'/><author><name>The Flying Dragon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00981277742441479785</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S7HjMVRZRDI/AAAAAAAAAZU/0OJDf7VTy-8/S220/avatar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eDY3VSUk-bA/S3FkIiM5K4I/AAAAAAAAAAs/9mzTnpzxjy4/s72-c/Blog+FDB+014.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
