Upcoming events.

Montessori Literacy Lessons
May
11

Montessori Literacy Lessons

What IS Montessori anyway? It’s a style of education that focuses on hands-on learning to develop a child’s sense of independence through real-world skills. We are fortunate to have Guidepost Montessori coming in to PBB on Saturday, 5/11 for story and craft time to talk about their school and Montessori education.

Please join us to learn more about Montessori and Guidepost!

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Enemy Pie - Team Bake
Jun
1

Enemy Pie - Team Bake

Got an enemy? Need to figure out what to do with them? Now that summer is here, you can't avoid dealing with those pesky people... come on over and enjoy story time (reading Enemy Pie, duh), and assembling our no-bake dirt pies. Totally delicious, and no real worms included... we think!

*Enemy pie does include gluten and dairy.

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Storytime with Elsa!
Apr
27

Storytime with Elsa!

We are so excited to welcome the coolest, the sweetest, the most beautiful Ice Queen to Paper Bark Birch! Please join us for storytime and pictures with magical Queen of Arendelle (well, Queen Emeritus of Arendelle), Elsa!

This event replaces our regularly scheduled storytime.

Thank you to Lone Star Character Entertainment for your partnership, and for bringing magic to our young friends!

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Represent! Launch Party with Rosalie and Hunter Mastaler
Apr
18

Represent! Launch Party with Rosalie and Hunter Mastaler

Authors Rosalie and Hunter Mastaler, with illustrator Brant Day have done it again! In their newest release, Represent! Vol. 1, they explore the true stories of trailblazers, artists, athletes, and adventurers with disabilities.

We are excited to welcome you to our very first after-hours event, a launch party celebrating Represent!

*Represent! is exclusively available at Paper Bark Birch.

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Author Event - Rosalie Mastaler Reading
Apr
13

Author Event - Rosalie Mastaler Reading

Author and disability advocate, Rosalie Mastaler has done it again! But before we celebrate her newest book with son, Hunter, let’s go back to where it all started. Rosalie will be at PBB to read her first book, Hunter’s Tall Tales, on April 6th.

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Friendship Party Sponsored by Life is Better with Friends
Apr
10

Friendship Party Sponsored by Life is Better with Friends

“Life is Better with Friends” - We agree! Our friends and creators of the book “My Friends and I” will be joining us at PBB on Wednesday, 4/10 at 3:30 pm to celebrate friendship! We will make bracelets, take pictures, and fill out PBB’s copy of “My Friends and I”.

Please join us to make bracelets, memories, and friends! Copies of the book are at the store, or available to pre-order here.

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Kitty-Corn Release Party!
Mar
30

Kitty-Corn Release Party!

We can’t wait to celebrate the release of the newest Kitty-Corn tale - or should we say… tail?! In the fourth book of the series, Unicorn dreams of becoming a mermaid. Kitty-Corn gets out her craft kit to make one enormous, gorgeous mermaid tail, and the pair head off to the beach! Things don’t go as planned, and Kitty-Corn has to find a way to save their adventure.

PREORDER your copy of Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn here, and come party and craft beautiful mermaid tail bookmarks with us on Saturday, 3/31!

here

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Magnolia Market
Mar
23

Magnolia Market

Spring is just around the corner and we are thrilled to be participating in the first annual Magnolia Realty Spring Market! PBB will be there with a 200+ book selection for littles to young adults, and Magnolia is offering free Easter Bunny and Spring photos.

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Silent Read-In
Mar
9

Silent Read-In

Looking for something for your bigger kids to do? If they can read in their heads, they're old enough to enjoy our Silent Read-In.

Middle grade and young adult readers are invited to pick a book, grab a snack and drink, and find a cozy spot to relax for a bit.

Can’t pick? Mystereads available for those who dare! Books will be wrapped and labeled with genre and appropriate age groups.

Popcorn, water, and sodas provided by PBB.

*Book purchase required before getting snacks or drinks.

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Matilda Mini with LHS Cast
Mar
2

Matilda Mini with LHS Cast

Come meet the LHS cast from their most recent production, Matilda!

These fantastic high school actors will do a reading for us, and then take questions from aspiring actors.

Matilda is geared toward young-middle grade readers.

Signed copies of Matilda are available at PBB.

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Cereal Book Club
Feb
24
to Mar 23

Cereal Book Club

Come join us for our FIRST EVER Cereal Book Club! We'll be reading the Bink and Gollie series, by beloved author Kate DiCamillo.

1. We meet every other Saturday at 10AM and eat cereal.

2. We talk about the book series we are reading.

3. That's it. We eat cereal and talk about books.

How do you join? It's simple!

Pre-order the Bink and Gollie series here: https://www.paperbarkbirch.com/store/p/bink-and-gollie-the-completely-marvelous-collection-hlc64?rq=bink%20and%20gollie

Meet Bink and Gollie, two precocious little girls — one tiny, one tall, and both utterly irrepressible. Setting out from their super-deluxe tree house and powered by plenty of peanut butter (for Bink) and pancakes (for Gollie), they share comical adventures and irresistable fun.

Perfect for early readers ages 5-9.

Pre-order your books by 2/2 for guaranteed delivery. Pickup 2/16 or after.

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Story Time Yoga
Feb
21

Story Time Yoga

We are SO excited to present Story Time Yoga with Little Bluebonnet Adventures!

Alyssa's classes combine literacy and yoga-based movement.

Kids move along through stories while practicing spatial awareness and enhancing physical skills from recognizing body parts to strengthening muscles.

*Class will be capped at 15 children; liability waivers must be signed before participating.

Waiver: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSclOC.../viewform

Waiver will also be available in-store during the activity

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What to do with a Box
Feb
17

What to do with a Box

Who has boxes?! Who loves boxes?!

From Jane Yolen and Chris Sheban, we bring you "What to Do with a Box", a read and play activity day at PBB.

Bring your little, and we'll have the boxes, crayons, markers, and book. Let them get creative while we read this delightfully imaginative story.

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Fun with Salt Dough
Jan
27

Fun with Salt Dough

Did you know that flour, salt, and water can end up as hours of fun for your littles?

On Saturday, 1/27, our resident Granny (Deborah) will be putting on a Salt Dough workshop! We'll provide the dough, and the kids will get to practice rolling it out and cutting out shapes with cookie cutters.

Bring them on in to enjoy and create fun memories together!

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