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As schools across the country adopt initiatives to better prepare children for the future, booksellers are facing new challenges as well as opportunities to work more closely with teachers and school librarians.

This past weekend, Staunton, Virginia, the home of Pufferbellies Toys and Books, held its third annual Kids’ Night Out. Sponsored by the local downtown development association, the event featured children’s activities in shops and on sidewalks community-wide.

Once Upon a Time’s Jessica Palacios honored; Duck’s Cottage turns 10; Beehive Books celebrates five; North Carolina indies recognized; St. Mark’s readies for mob; Tattered Cover’s “Theater of Ideas”

Blue Ridge Books celebrates five years; Bookmans becomes wedding venue; Bookshop Santa Cruz unveils Espresso Book Machine; A sendoff for former Mystery Lovers owners; Greenlight partners with museum

It’s not just kids who are having fun with Candlewick’s month-long Find Waldo Local campaign — parents and local business owners are in the spirit, too.

Find Waldo Local, Candlewick’s scavenger hunt-style campaign spearheaded by indie booksellers in communities nationwide, began on Sunday, July 1. This week, and in the days leading up to the event, bookstores that rallied their neighboring independent businesses to participate gained recognition in their local media.

The Avid Reader expands; Creekside Books and Creekside Coffee become one; Cash mob calls on Capitola Book Café

Magers & Quinn is serving as the sole local distributor of bulk sales to area nonprofits for Living Proof: Telling Your Story to Make a Difference, a self-published title by John Capecci and Timothy Cage.

The finishing touches are in place in communities around the country for the highly-anticipated launch of Find Waldo Local, a month-long campaign marking Waldo’s 25^th anniversary that’s also designed to promote shopping at local independent businesses.

University of Virginia Bookstore hosts “food mob”; Barrington Books issues summer reading challenge; Kepler’s takes summer break to renovate; Subtext takes shape

In July, people in cities and towns across the country will head out on scavenger hunts to find Waldo during a month-long series of events spearheaded by their local independent booksellers. The stores are all participants in “Find Waldo Local,” a campaign sponsored by Candlewick Press and ABA that aims to spur local shopping while celebrating Waldo’s 25^th anniversary.

Barbara’s Bookstore to open in Macy’s; Eagle Harbor spreads its wings; Former booksellers start their own chapter

Booksellers Arlene Lynes and Calvin Crosby joined noted entrepreneur, author, and speaker Christopher Zane of Zane’s Cycles at ABA’s Day of Education for a discussion about the ways booksellers can take salesmanship to the next level.

Following three months of decline, April retail sales at bookstores increased by 3.8 percent compared to April 2011, according to preliminary figures recently released by the Bureau of the Census.

Sandmeyer’s celebrates 30 years; Copperfield’s on the move; Phoenix holds grand opening; The Bookery Nook gets mobbed