The Plenty Life

Photos from the bookshop and beyond.

In Defense of Anne Shirley and the Books that Make Us Love Her There are two kinds of people in this world: people who have read Anne of Green Gables, and people who are about to have their lives improved by reading Anne of Green Gables. Maybe that is a slight exaggeration… But also maybe not. Because if you haven't read L. M. Montgomery's Anne books, I would like to make a very gentle suggestion: this might be your fall. And if you have read them, if Anne Shirley is already

A day of books, questions, and big dreams for 390 Putnam County students There are some days when you are reminded exactly why books matter. Last month, 390 fifth- and sixth-grade students at Upperman Middle School had the opportunity to spend the day with New York Times bestselling author Ruta Sepetys, author of Between Shades of Gray, I Must Betray You, Salt to the Sea, and her middle grade novel, The Bletchley Riddle, co-authored with Steve Sheinkin. And if you had been in