Welcome to The Velveteen Rabbit Bookshop. We are excited to have you visit our website and hope that you check back frequently to see the site as it changes. The Velveteen Rabbit Bookshop is an independent general book store that has an emphasis on children's literature. We have something for everyone, but we also welcome special orders, even a variety of DVDs and CDs. The Velveteen Rabbit Bookshop began operation in 1994 in a quaint, pink Victorian home in downtown Fort Atkinson. We have been honored to serve our loyal customers in the greater Fort Atkinson Area and its surrounding communities.
Come and browse our quality selection of regional literature, books for children, unique cards, audio books, journals, wooden puzzles, DVDs, CDs, stickers and other specialty items.
Don't forget to sign up for our new email mailing list, "The Carrot"! Get monthly updates on the latest books, bestsellers, author signings, bookshop events, giveaways, and much more! Your privacy is important to us, so we will keep your name and email address private!
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The Velveteen Rabbit Bookshop is proud to present STORYTIME! On the second Saturday of each month (10:30-11am), join Mrs. Smith as she reads some of our favorite children's books! All children, especially ages 3-6, are welcome. See our e-newsletter or stop by the store to see monthly themes!
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Trying to find the perfect book for someone? Try flipping through our new complimentary catalogs! Best Books for Children is full of recommendations for children's books. The Upper Midwest Bookseller's Association offers a glimpse at books for any interest. Book Sense shows you recommendations from independent booksellers across the nation. Pick up one of these complementary catalogs today!
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Looking for a unique gift for the child in your life--or the child in you? We have a wide variety of beautiful hand-crafted wooden puzzles! These puzzles will help your child learn more about animals and animal sounds, and be very fun at the same time! Stop by today to check these out!
The Midwest Booksellers' Association, of which we are proud to a member, has a fantastic website which we highly encourage you to check out: midwestbooksellers.org. Enjoy!
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When: Saturday, May 17, 2008 10:00 AM Location: Velveteen Rabbit Bookshop Phone: 920-568-9940 Description: Take a journey through the beautiful gardens of Wisconsin with Marie Lou Santovec's "Wisconsin Gardens and Landscapes"! After touring over 400 Wisconsin gardens, Santovec selected the most beautiful and memorable 125. With stunning photographs that could inspire your own garden--or inspire you to take a road trip!--Santovec's book is a stunning guide to the beauty of our state.
Santovec will be signing from 10am-Noon on Saturday, May 17, 2008. Even if you can't make the signing, we can reserve signed--even personalized--copies for you.
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Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.
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The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus
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Kendall, Joshua
"Peter Mark Roget found the ultimate avenue for his obsessive, life-long list making when he created Roget's Thesaurus. His lists were the result of his education, experience, and coping skills, as he faced a number of tragedies in life. Reading The Man Who Made Lists gives us a fascinating slice of English culture." --Becky Milner, Vintage Books (Vancouver, WA)
Author Birthday
If today is your birthday, you share it with Sir James Barrie.
Check out the diversity of favorites for The Velveteen Rabbit Bookshop's staff.
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The Shadow of the Wind
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Ruiz Zafon, Carlos,
Graves, Lucia
Barcelona, 1945. A great world city lies shrouded in secrets after the war, and a boy mourning the loss of his mother finds solace in his love for an extraordinary book called "The Shadow of the Wind," by an author named Julian Carax. When the boy searches for Caraxs other books, it begins to dawn on him, to his horror, that someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book the man has ever written. Soon the boy realizes that "The Shadow of the Wind" is as dangerous to own as it is impossible to forget, for the mystery of its authors identity holds the key to an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love that someone will go to any lengths to keep secret.
Since 1919, Children's Book Week has been celebrated nationally in schools, libraries, bookstores, clubs, private homes-any place where there are children and books. Educators, librarians, booksellers, and families have celebrated children's books and the love of reading with storytelling, parties, author and illustrator appearances, and other book related events.
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The Titan's Curse
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Riordan, Rick
When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped.And now it's up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess? They must find Artemis before the winter solstice, when her influence on the Olympian Council could swing an important vote on the war with the titans. Not only that, but first Percy will have to solve the mystery of a rare monster that Artemis was hunting when she disappeared -- a monster rumored to be so powerful it could destroy Olympus forever.
