April Events Calendar

To register for events: 715-256-9186
or e-mail dragonwingsbookstore @gmail.com

Seating is limited - remember to register early.

APRIL EVENTS

Saturday April 12 FANCY NANCY TEA PARTY
Time: 3:00 Reservations: $10
Dress up in your most glamorous costumes for this absolutely exquisite Tea Party. Delightful crafts, enthralling stories, and delicious treats to celebrate Fancy Nancy's new book Bonjour, Butterfly. Read more

NO TV WEEK ACTIVITIES
Wed. April 23 - Games Day
Try out these popular games and earn Dragonwings Discount Coupons - Apples to Apples, Amazing Labyrinth, Rat-a-Tat Cat, Sleeping Queens, and Set - while munching on freshly baked cookies. Registration opens April 15. Seating is limited. This is a FREE event.

Friday April 25 - Thumbprint Art
Make your own mini-masterpieces of cartoon fun using your fingerprints and a few special doodles. We'll show you how - all materials are provided along with an after-school snack of freshly baked cookies. Registration opens April 15. Seating is limited. This is a FREE event.

Saturday, April 26 Corduroy Bear's Anniversary Party
Time: 3:00 Reservations: $5
Corduroy Bear first lost his button and found a home exactly forty years ago! Join Dragonwings Bookstore in celebrating 40 years of Corduroy stories at a Button Party with crafts and games. Guess how many buttons are in Corduroy's jar and you could win a big, plush Corduroy Bear!

Fancy Nancy Tea Party

Bonjour, Nancy!

Dragonwings Bookstore will host a Fancy Nancy Tea Party on Saturday, April 12 to celebrate Bonjour Butterfly, the new release in the best-selling Fancy Nancy series.

In her latest story Nancy and her family are invited to a very posh affair - her grandparents' fiftieth wedding anniversary party. Nancy should be over the moon as her parents pack all of their fanciest clothes, but unfortunately, Nancy is double-booked; her best friend's birthday party is the same day. Nancy is devastated, and for the first time she goes for days without feeling her usual joyful celebration of life or wearing her spectacular outfits in honor of every day events.

As always, the loving support of Nancy's family helps her recover her sunny nature, and after a heartfelt apology, she begins to enjoy herself and have a fabulous time at the party. Of course, only the fanciest words can describe Nancy's feelings or the stupendous party decorations or scrumptious food. Once again, Fancy Nancy's popular books entertain readers while introducing them to new vocabulary and even French phrases.

The Bonjour Butterfly Tea Party will begin at 3:00 PM at Dragonwings Bookstore at 108 N. Main St. Waupaca. Guests are invited to dress like Nancy and be ready to create butterfly wings and more crafts while enjoying cocoa and cookies served on fancy china.

Reservations are $10 and include all supplies, refreshments, party favors, and a Fancy Nancy book. Seating is limited. To make a reservation call 715-256-9186 or e-mail us at:

dragonwingsbookstore@gmail.com

Chicken Socks Art Class

Dragonwings Bookstore will hold a Chicken Socks Art Class for children on Thursday, March 27 at 3:00 PM. Designed for children ages 4 to 10, the featured projects will be made with crayon rubbings using glitter crayons and rainbow brick crayons to create designs with humorous textures. Children will also experiment with rubbings from nature and from household objects.

Dragonwings will provide all of the supplies and materials for the projects. Students will receive a packet of glitter and rainbow crayons and a zany, textured rubbing plate to take home along with their finished projects. Class fee is $7.50 and includes all materials and a Dragon Dollar discount coupon. To register call Dragonwings Bookstore at 256-9186. Dragonwings is located at 108 N. Main St. in downtown Waupaca.

Easter Basket Treats

If I were dreaming of a white Easter, this year would be my snow bunny heaven. Somehow, with two feet of crusty snow in the yard, it doesn't seem like Easter could be this Sunday. It gets better when I walk through the door at Dragonwings. There are spring flowers, egg trees, chicks and bunnies everywhere.
I love the soft, little lambs that gently baa, and the perky chicks with their newborn chirps. Rabbits abound in all sizes from tiny finger puppets, to a big, friendly jack rabbit puppet.
The eggs aren't only in trees, we also have dino pods, grow dino eggs, cyrstal growing kits in eggs, egg cha-chas, old-fashioned silly putty, and eggs that pop out of rubber chickens (really gross).
There are baskets and bins full of funny treats that can replace candy in your Easter baskets, and we also have some luscious, German chocolate ladybugs, pirates, and sunflowers, along with Ritter Sport and Santander passion fruit, dark chocolate bars. I hope the Easter Bunny puts one of these in my basket. Stop in and see us for a taste of spring, and have a great Easter.

Author William Durbin coming to Waupaca March 3

Could you face danger alone in the wilderness? In many of William Durbin's novels kids are relying on survival skills to help them escape from enemies, predators, or other dangers in dark forests or on wild rivers. Living in northern Minnesota on the edge of the Boundary Waters, Mr. Durbin knows the sounds, sights and smells of the wilderness, and he's good at creating suspense. But, has he ever faced danger in the forest, or needed to track animals, build shelters, or find food in order to survive? Has he ever tried skiing through a dark forest at night? We can find out when Mr. Durbin visits Waupaca in early March. He will speak at the library on Monday evening, March 3rd, and to student groups at the Middle School auditorium on Wednesday, March 5th.

We have all of Mr. Durbin's books at Dragonwings including his exciting new adventure Winter War, which just came out last week. You can purchase books ahead of time at Dragonwings and bring them to the library to be signed, or we can get them signed for you, if you can't attend the presentation. We will also have his books for sale at the library on Monday evening, and the schools are sending order forms home to make it easy for students to get signed books.

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