Dolly's Bookstore

Education Weekly recently posed the question: Will fart jokes make boys read more?  You’ll be safe to answer that one with a “YES!”, and Captain Underpants is an illustrated series that entices readers ages 7-10 with booger, cootie, and underpants jokes (no fart jokes in this particular series, though the relation is close).

Harold and George [...]

Since I discovered this picture book of Cinderella’s next door neighbor in a Chicago independent bookstore years ago, I have bought and given away more than 15 copies.

Cinder Edna has inherited a similar set of circumstances as the Disney-made-famous heroine from next door.  This girl, however, shows initiative and creativity, earning money by mowing lawns [...]

This is the kind of book I wish I had when I was a kid!  Violet is spunky, smart, and independent, everything a modern girl should be.  However, her peers look down on her, because instead of “typical” girly activities, Violet is more interested in bulding her own flying machines.  When an airplane building contest [...]