Jamie’s day at the beach turns into the perfect place for an artistic adventure. All Jamie wants is to spend some time alone at the beach and finish her art project in the sand. But everyone around keeps asking her pesky questions she doesn’t know how to answer: What are you making? Aren’t you clever?… Read More →
Special Storytime with Camille Andros
Local favorite Camille Andros joins us with her new Charlotte adventure, Charlotte the Scientist Finds a Cure. The animals of the forest are all getting sick and no one can figure out why. Determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. But when the doctors and other scientists don’t take her work seriously, she… Read More →
Gillian McDunn presents Caterpillar Summer
Author Gillian McDunn joins us to kick-off summer reading and celebrate her new acclaimed (and McIntyre’s favorite!) middle grade novel, Caterpillar Summer. Cat and her brother Chicken have always had a very special bond—Cat is one of the few people who can keep Chicken happy. When he has a “meltdown” she’s the one who scratches… Read More →
Special Story Time with Bea Birdsong
We welcome author Bea Birdsong to share her marvelous new picture book, I Will Be Fierce! It’s a brand new day, and a young girl decides to take on the world like a brave explorer heading off on an epic fairytale quest. This is a powerful picture book about courage, confidence, kindness, and finding the… Read More →
Special Story Time with Chika Gujarathi
Did you know that Hindi is one of the top four most common languages in the world with over 800 million speakers, many of whom are our neighbors, friends, and colleagues right here in the United States? Adding to this rich diaspora are the Hello Namaste! board books which are designed with pure whimsy in… Read More →
Go See This: Storytelling at Bynum
As new members of our Chatham County community, Chatham Park is powering our Go See This series this year because art is an integral part of Chatham County’s identity. They join us in inviting you to Go See This . . . As I prepare my digital voice recorder to interview Cindy Raxter, organizer of the Bynum… Read More →
Go See This: ClydeFEST, My Favorite Time of Year
ClydeFEST has been a part of my childhood for as long as I can remember. According to my mom, I first met Clyde Jones—and started going to ClydeFEST—when I was around three years old. My family has been volunteering as part of ClydeFEST for just as long . You could say it is in… Read More →
Whirlikids Book Festival
McIntyre’s Books will host the 2nd annual Whirlikids Book Festival on Saturday, March 9th! We’ll have author & illustrator readings, panels, signings, and appearances with costume characters! All hosted in and around the Fearrington Barn, this will be a great day of bookish fun perfect for kids 3+ and children’s book enthusiasts of all ages!
Go See This: Whirlikids Book Festival
We’ve had rain and some bone-cold days lately. And it’s been beautiful. As seen through any window, the dreadful days outside could very well be another painting on the wall: a portrait of a cold rainy day in the North Carolina Piedmont. Old farmhouses enveloped in fog; half blurred evergreens standing tall; crows, almost smudges… Read More →
Special Children’s Story Time with Linda Ashman
It’s always a grand time when Linda Ashman shares her wonderful books with us at storytime. We will be celebrating the release of her latest book, William Wakes Up, the companion to her popular William’s Winter Nap. Linda Ashman is the author of William’s Winter Nap, a companion to this book. Her more than thirty… Read More →
