Moravian Book Shop

IT'S ALL GOOD 1 By Gwyneth Paltrow (Hachette, $32) Overstressed and vitamin-deficient, Gwyneth Paltrow was ordered by her doctor to go on a cleansing diet. She was willing to try it, but with her love of cooking and eating, she wanted her meals to be...

BUTTERFLY PEOPLE 1 By William Leach (Pantheon Books, $32.50) Historian and author Leach builds on his lifelong fascination with butterflies to explore how the butterfly has helped us gain a deeper understanding of the natural world. This illustrated...

Allentown Public Library, 1210 Hamilton St., 610-820-2400: Talk with Claire J. Griffin, author of "Nowhere to Run," 2 p.m. Saturday, May 4. Bethlehem Area Public Library, 11 W. Church St., 610-867-3761, ext. 499: Discussion, "The Lost City of Z" by...

Golfing legend Chi Chi Rodriguez says he didn't hesitate when Bethlehem native Marisa de Jesus Paolicelli approached him about publishing a children's book about a native frog of Puerto Rico. "When I heard it was going to be an educational book for kids,...

Jane Gerencher, a life-long resident of Bethlehem who recently moved to Arizona, wondered if Santa would have a pet and used her idea of his beloved pet cat to write a story about being responsible and trying your best. Gerencher, who grew up in Bethlehem...

In early 2003, Grammy Award-winning singer Harry Connick Jr. was sitting on an airplane, doing what he usually does — “just thinking of stuff.” “I don’t know where it came from; just the idea of this little elf [who] is......

Frank Bruno of Allentown was inspired by his nephew’s interest in mysterious creatures like bigfoot to combine that fascination with a story about the origins of Santa Claus in “Paranormal Santa. Bruno says he was talking about paranormal...

I have two daughters, so I have read lots of kids' literature, good and bad. The good is good, the bad is usually awful. So when Martin E. Coleman of New York contacted me to see if I would write about his book, I wanted very much for it to be a good...

Moravian Book Shop in Bethlehem is holding a Summer Reading Olympics for which kids can sign before July 31 to get a score card to track their reading progress. Turn in by August 31 and gold, silver, and bronze medals will be awarded to top readers. At...

Celebrate the first birthday of ArtsQuest's Peas & Qs free family series and help Bethlehem based Judith’s Reading Room collect 500 children's books to give to children in need this Saturday. Baze and His Silly Friends, a family rock band from...

The Dr. Seuss character who spoke for the trees inspires an afternoon of green fun at the Fox Environmental Center at Illick's Mill on Sunday. A “Seuss-athon” of guests reading Seuss books and a film festival of Seuss books adapted for the...

I love supporting local businesses and artists and that goes the same for children's book authors. I am often amazed at how many really good children's authors are from the Lehigh Valley and I think a parent could put together respectable library for...