Phoenix Book Company is excited to be a premiere vendor at the upcoming International Reading Association annual conference (west), February21-25, 2009.  We’ll be on-site with 4 booths showcasing our wide assortment of new, discounted children’s & young adult books, as well as 2 separate booths where we’ll have many of the authors’ books who are scheduled to appear. Here are just some of the authors who are scheduled at this year’s conference: Avi Joseph Bruchac Jim Davis Sharon M. Draper Will Hobbs Elizabeth Cody Kimmel Ben Mikaelson Barbara Park Anne Sibley O’Brien Elaine Scott Walter Wick       Hope to see you there!Read More →

Phoenix Book Company will place author N D Wilson in local schools on February 24, 2009. Wilson’s new book is Dandelion Fire, the sequel to 100 Cupboards.  In this dense and worthy sequel to 100 Cupboards (Random, 2007), Henry York, having discovered that he, like his uncle Frank, actually comes from a world beyond the magic cupboards in his attic room, decides to enter it again. This is a last-ditch attempt to learn more about his origins and about the strange dandelion magic that has recently seared its way into his body. Henry, his cousin Henrietta, and the rest of his Kansas family end upRead More →

Phoenix Book Company was excited to be able to premier Chris Gall’s newest book, There’s Nothing to Do on Mars, at the AzLA conference in November 2007.  We received 50 books in advance of the February 1, 2008 release date to support Chris’ program at the conference.  50 lucky AzLA attendees were able to get this book, signed by the author/illustrator, before anyone else in the US! Thanks to Chris and his publisher, Little, Brown for making this possible. Posted by CoriRead More →