We are thrilled to be ‘popping up’ with Magnolia Square in a new location – The Centre in Ivanhoe, which looks amazing.

The theme of the event is COLOUR and so we have chosen lots of beautiful, colourful books to take along.

All our favourite people will be attending, we have been saving up for weeks so we can splurge! Pop over to the Magnolia Square website for a full list of all the gorgeous retailers.

You can also join Magnolia Square on Facebook for all the latest.

We hope to see lots of you there, for what promises to be a spectacular shopping experience.

We are so glad that you have found these opportunities Dallas because we have seen your incredible books bring so much joy to children and adults alike!

Dallas has created the Awesome World Foundation to promote children’s literacy across the USA and the world. For every copy of his books sold the foundation donates a copy to a child in need.

You can read all about Clayton and his books and foundation on his website – Very Awesome World

We ♥ books is proud to stock The Awesome Book and The Awesome Book of Thanks

Copyright 1990 by Tomie dePaola. From the book My First Easter

Katie and I would like to wish you all a very happy and safe Easter and ANZAC day.

We apologise for that our blog posts have been a little quiet over the last couple of weeks but we promise we will be back bigger than ever after the Easter break. There are exciting things going on in We Heart Books land, including some new projects and for me a new addition to the family – little Tess pictured here with her, very excited, big brother Ned….

Our boutique little book store is still going strong and you can have a look at the gorgeous stock here or why not follow us on Facebook, where we share some cool links to other blogs and also have some special offers for the We Heart Books store.

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Clare who writes this gorgeous blog ordered the Charley Harper Memory Game from our store last week, click over to Checks and Spots see what she says about our little store.

Thank you Clare xxx

Leave us comments and questions…let us know what your little ones (and big ones) are reading. And stay tuned for give away details and special offers from the we heart books store.

It’s a lot of fun. Click here or on our little book below to be taken to our Facebook page…

Here we are in our local glossy! Lou and I were interviewed for this week’s Melbourne Weekly about We Heart Books, how we started and some of what’s next… Can’t argue with being called ‘young at heart’! You can read the whole article here.

It was so exciting to hear today that our absolute favourite book of 2010 is the recipient of the 2011 Caledecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children! A Sick Day for Amos McGee is a first book by a young husband and wife team, Philip Stead and Erin Stead, and gee we can’t wait to see what else they come up with! Philip’s gentle words are exquisitely paced and partner perfectly with Erin’s stunning pencil and woodcut artwork in sepia tones and splashes of soft colour.

This is a book we have recommended over and over to our friends at our markets, and it’s always an absolute joy when a book like that receives the highest level of recognition.

Here are some more beautiful images from this treasure of a book. There are a few copies currently available in our store.

A complete list of the American Library Association Youth Media awards with some interviews with the authors is available here.

||A Sick Day for Amos McGee is available from the We Heart Books store||

One of the books that went flying of the stand at Magnolia Square was the most gorgeous edition of Red Riding Hood. This is one of those pop-ups that just takes your breath away with the paper engineering genius! Louise Rowe uses a leaf motif as a theme for her illustrations, and the sepia tones are staggeringly beautiful.

I love the red riding hood story, the feelings of innocence, strength, security and risk beautifully rolled into one great edge-of-your-seat story. Do you know Angela Carter’s version? I just re-read it tonight and it is so deliciously adult…

I’m not sure if red riding hood is de rigueur at the moment, but I seem to be spotting her everywhere… Love, love, love all these…

Red Riding Hood earrings by MadeByWhite

Red Riding Hood by Courtney Brims

Little Red Riding Hood Teaset from made590

Red Riding Hood print by Mara Girling of Printspace.

Red Riding Hood card (with customizable face!) by HMC Designs

KnitKnit Hooded Scarf Knitting Kit by Olive and Me

What fun we had at Magnolia Square Malvern last weekend! Our stand had another re-jig, this time with pegboard (thanks to my brilliant brother-in-law). My hands were still paint-splattered after some last-minute painting to get it all ready in time, but it worked a treat. Lots of our lovely customers were already picking up some Christmas presents, and we will have some of the new treasures we sold out of back in stock again soon…

Our hatbox of Moomin goodness…

A sneak peak of a few of our Christmas titles (although by the time I took this photo we’d already sold out of some!) as well as some truly gorgeous Christmas vintage book bunting made by Lou (please email us if you would like to order some).

For our next Magnolia Square we will be packing up the car and tootling across to Adelaide, Nov 25-27. Can’t wait to meet some South Australian friends! We’ll be back in Melbourne again at St Kilda Town Hall Dec 2-5.

This book is a little sweetie that we will have at Magnolia Square this week. It feature 26 of the most gorgeous craft projects that are of course all birds. I’m going to try the wreath created by Noor van Krimpen owner of the beautiful Holland Fabric House. I also LOVE the little yellow fella on the cover.

There are so many craft books available but Little Birds is just a little something different and unique – as well as being beginner friendly (very important for me).

If you are interested in a copy of this gorgeous book and can’t get to Magnolia Square just send us an email or leave a comment on this post and we can set one aside for you.