Local Authors to Brighten Your Holidays!!!

December 14, 2011 at 2:15 pm Leave a comment

Recently, the Cape Cod Times featured many wonderful books by local authors or with Cape Cod themes. We wanted to highlight several we have at Titcomb’s Bookshop. It is so exciting to have a book store on Cape Cod. Local authors are one of the many reasons why we love it here!!!

The Tinsel Tail Mouse by Ken Boyd, illustrations by Kaylin Lemieux ($16.25)

One wonders every year where authors will get fresh ideas for Christmas books, and then a book with a fresh character arrives. The Tinsel Tail Mouse by Ken Boyd, an internal medicine physician of South Yarmouth, introduces readers to a little mouse who has one Christmas wish…for Santa to give him a tail so he’s just like his friends.

Will Santa give him a tail for Christmas so he can be like all the other mice, or will his Christmas wish be forgotten? But in the end, will he want to be just like everyone else? If he has a tail, will he still be unique? This little mouse learns a valuable lesson about the joys of being different…even if he doesn’t appreciate it at first.

Riding on Duke’s Train by Mick Carlon ($9.95)

Autographed Copies Available!!!

Riding on Duke’s Train tells the story of a young boy named Danny who, in 1939, travels with jazz great Duke Ellington and his band through Europe on the eve of World War II. Critics have praised Carlon’s novel as a spot-on rendering of Ellington, his band members and the years during which they set the standard for jazz.

Barnstable Intermediate School English teacher Mick Carlon loves jazz, a well-established fact among his family, friends and students. He regularly plays jazz in his classroom and has turned hundreds of students into jazz fans. He says, “If young people are simply exposed to the music and stories of these American artists, they will make a friend for life.”

An Illustrated Guide to the Common Birds of Cape Cod, Peter Trull ($19.99)

Brewster resident Peter Trull’s name is synonymous with Cape Cod nature, so it’s no surprise he’s written this amazing new guide to the common birds of our area. By common, he means the ones that land in the yard, are seen on walks and visit feeders. Most of us know the names of a few birds, but how many of us more than that? This extremely easy-to-use guide features large color illustrations by Catherine E. Clark, size of the birds and months when they are likely to be seen in these parts. All ages, young and old, will gain much insight about the birds they see daily in their life on Cape Cod. The book includes sections on birding tours in various habitats and Trull’s advice on how to be a better birder. With this guide, you’ll be a better birder on the very first day.

This book is flying off the shelf. (No pun intended.) We expect to have more soon so call or stop by to reserve your copy. ( 508-888-2331)

The Evolution of the Cape Cod House: An Architectural History, Arthur P. Richmond

(List Price: $50; Our Price: $40)

Autographed Copies Available!!!

Arthur Richmond of North Eastham is known for his coffee-table photography books, many of which are shot from offshore or the air. This new book couldn’t be more different featuring over 600 beautiful color photographs. Richmond became intrigued by the antique architecture of some Cape homes after visiting his family’s ancestral home in England. To no one’s surprise, what you see in Olde England you can see here, too; the styles feature many of the same building habits. Now he has compiled many of those styles into one book, which is substantial in size and content. Flush with Richmond’s photography, the book is grounded in specific homes on the Cape (and some off-Cape, too) that show how the past remains with us in beams, bookshelves, fireplaces and staircases.

Lighthouse Santa by Sara Hoagland Hunter and illustrated by Julia Minor ($17.95)

Autographed Copies Available!!!

We adore this beautifully illustrated new children’s book based on the Christmas flights of Edward Rowe Snow, the beloved “Flying Santa,” who delivered presents to lonely lighthouse children for almost fifty years. Kate is a young girl on Great Point Light in Nantucket. When a Christmas storm strikes, will the Lighthouse Santa come this year?

We recently hosted a story time and book signing with Sara and Julia. It was so much fun to have them here. And we had a surprise!!! Many family members of the little girl, Kate, who lived in the lighthouse featured in the book joined us for the celebration of this beautiful book. What a special day!!!