Check out the new window @booksofwonder , and be sure to join Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer, Leonard Marcus, Milo, and Tock. As we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Phantom Tollbooth .

You can now pre-order your 50th Anniversary edition of The Phantom Tollbooth signed by Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer at booksofwonder.com 

This past Saturday, October 29th, @BooksofWonder was thrilled to welcome a wonderfully talented group of 7 authors and one artist as they regaled us with their new chapter books for middle grade readers. Thanks to all the great authors and artists and all their wonderful fans that showed up to support great literature. 

You can order your signed copies of any of the books from this event @booksofwonder.com

The people of Darfur have suffered greatly for nearly a decade. Today, over a quarter of a million live in refugee camps — and nearly two-thirds of these are children. Yet despite their plight, these children dream of a brighter tomorrow and long for the chance to learn so that someday they might achieve their dreams. But to learn, they need books.
Book Wish Foundation, an all-volunteer charity founded by a mother-and-son team, has been bringing books to the children of Darfur since 2007. To help raise money for this worthy cause, 18 of today’s leading authors for young people have created original stories and poems and put them together in a new book called What You Wish For. All of the authors have donated their work to this collection so that Book Wish Foundation can donate 100% of its proceeds from this book towards the building of libraries in the refugee camps in Chad. To support the efforts of these generous authors, Books of Wonder is truly honored to host an event with seven of the contributors to What You Wish For.

Monday evening a truly unforgettable event with seven spectacular authors — all united to help the struggling children of Darfur…     What You Wish For A Book for Darfur 
This past Monday, October 17th, from 7-9pm, Books of Wonder was thrilled to welcome seven of the world’s best-selling and most highly honored writers for young adults and children, each of whom have contributed stories and poems that captivate, inspire, and offer hope in What You Wish For — an incredible new collection that will raise money to fund libraries in Darfur refugee camps in Chad. Thanks to everyone who came out to meet New York Times bestseller JEANNE DUPRAU (City of Ember), Newberry Award-winner KAREN HESSE (Out of the Dust), Newbery Honor author and creator of the best-selling “Baby Sitters Club” ANN M MARTIN (A Corner of the Universe), Newbery Honor and three-time National Book Award finialist MARILYN NELSON (Carver: A Life in Poems), author/artist NATE POWELL (Any Empire), author SOFIA QUINTERO (Divas Don’t Yield), and best-selling master of the children’s thriller R.L. STINE (Goosebumps, Fear Street). Beginning at 7pm this wonderfully talented cast of authors spoke about their contributions to this new book and why they chose to participate, took questions from the audience, and signed copies of all their wonderful works. .

 R.L. Stine, Ann M. Martin, and more top authors at NYC Book Signing 

Celebrating Fire Prevention Week @booksofwonder with Sparky the fire Dog, his friend Hotdog and author Don Hoffman. 

This past Sunday, October 2nd, @BooksofWonder was thrilled to welcome MARC BROWN the beloved creator of Arthur, the world’s most famous aardvark, as he celebrated the 35th anniversary of his first appearance in print and the 15th anniversary of his debut on television. Since 1976 more than 65 million Arthur books have been sold in the US alone, and now Books of Wonder is proud to host MARC BROWN as he introduces Arthur’s jump to the digital platform. Children and parents were enchanted by the magic of the Arthur books as MARC BROWN read Arthur Writes a Story directly from an ipad as well as the print edition of Arthur Turns Green and drew Arthur right there before his fans’ very eyes! Thanks so much to Marc Brown and the amazing audience that came out to celebrate this great event. You can order a signed copy of Marc Brown’s newest Arthur book @booksofwonder.                             

This past Saturday, October 1st, @BooksofWonder was delighted to host the launch event for  a wonderful new picture book, The Journey of the Noble Gnarble. Debut author DANIEL ERRICO was on hand to introduce us to one very determined little fish in this wonderfully illustrated story of how perseverance and reaching for the sky can succeed in even the most unlikely of places. Thanks to Daniel and his musical friends that  provided a very nice touch to the event.