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CONNECTICUT
Liuzzi Cheese Company
MASSACHUSETTS
Andy Newman, Painter
Andy Newman has his studio at the Emerson Umbrella for the Arts in Concord, Massachusetts. He is represented by more than ten galleries in Canada, England, France, Italy and Portugal in addition to the United States, and he has had solo museum exhibitions in Portugal and Macau. His work has been praised by critic Donald Kuspit for its "sophistication and intelligence." View more at andynewman.net
NEW YORK
Barbara Lehman is the creator of Brown Dog Books & Gifts logo!
Award-winning commercial artist, illustrator, and children's book author Barbara Lehman has been praised for her imaginative, colorful cartoon art, which has appeared in both her own books and those with texts by other writers. In 2005 she was honored for her talents when The Red Book, a wordless picture book that captures the excitement and adventure to be found through reading, earned Lehman a prestigious Caldecott Honor designation. Lehman was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in New Jersey. As a child, she loved to visit the art museums in nearby New York City. She began to draw at an early age, inspired in part by the prints of John Tenniel's illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland that her father hand-colored and hung over her crib. To prepare herself for a career as an artist, she attended New York City's Pratt Institute and earned a B.F.A. in illustration. As a professional artist as well as an illustrator, she has worked as an animator, a graphic designer, and a window designer, although she admits that creating book illustrations gives her the most satisfaction. Inspired by Lehman's view of the landscape from high atop a Manhattan skyscraper, The Red Book finds a young girl carried on a magical journey after she discovers a bright red book peeking out of a snow bank on a cold winter day during her walk to her city school. In Barbara Lehman's imaginative picture book The Red Book a young girl takes a journey of the imagination that leads her to a new friend. (Text and illustrations copyright © 2004 by Barbara Lehman. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company.) Opening the book at school, she realize that it is magical; its pictures move, revealing a sun-lit island scene and a boy perusing a similar book. With a turn of the page, the boy's view zooms in, revealing the girl sitting at her desk in the city, and suddenly the two children are able to see each other! Inspired by the book, the girl buys a large bunch of balloons and rises into the air, determined to find the boy's island and leave her own world behind. Telling its story through Lehman's pen-and-ink, watercolor, and gouache illustrations and ending with an interesting twist, The Red Book was praised by Horn Book contributor Joanna Rudge Long for presenting a "pleasing puzzle that will challenge young imaginations and intellects." "As visually uncluttered as it is conceptually rich, Lehman's red book is a little treasure of its own," wrote a Publishers Weekly contributor, while in School Library Journal Kathy Krasniewicz deemed the book a "perfectly eloquent" work that "captures the magical possibility that exists every time readers open a book." In Booklist Jennifer Mattson recommended The Red Book as "ideal for fueling creative-writing exercises." Read more: Barbara Lehman (1963–) Biography - Personal, Addresses, Career, Honors Awards, Writings, Sidelights http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2294/Lehman-Barbara-1963.html#ixzz0sYvqAHdF Ms. Lehman is the creator of Brown Dog Books & Gifts logo
VERMONT
Rick Damon
Custom Bagpipe Cases hand constructed from cherry woods, rounded-over dovetail corners, brass catches, hinges, leather strap and a matching toolbox.
VERMONT
Janice A. Bauch Photographer
My professional position in today's highly technical photographic world has evolved over the years from a partnership of 20 years in a general photographic studio in eastern Massachusetts and 20 years teaching in the Hallmark Institute of Photography in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. My passion is photography so I moved to Vermont several years ago, following my teaching career, to be closer to family, pursue my photographic loves of capturing the essence of flora, fauna and animals. Here is a sampling of my work that has brought me great joy....hope you enjoy also.
VERMONT
Good Times Cafe
Try our Special Antipasto Plate!! Featuring Calamata Olives, Salami stuffed with sauteed onions, fresh local mozzarella, artichoke hearts, roasted garlic, portabello mushrooms, roasted red peppers with a side of extra virgin olive oil and homemade focaccia. Heaven!! Welcome to Good Times Café! You’ll enjoy our authentic stone baked pizza made with fresh ingredients. Each crust is carefully hand-rolled and made with a “pinch” of salt. Our homemade sauce is a blend of fresh garlic, crushed pear tomatoes, olive oil, and herbs. Create your own pizza or choose from one of our specialty pizzas. Stop by for lunch or dinner and try a cajun stew: crawfish etouffé, jambalaya or gumbo. Our soups are created daily, our salads are made to order and we offer delicious sandwiches made with our homemade panini bread. Enjoy a made to order take and bake pizza and discover the advantages of a Good Times Café home cooked pizza. Ask for details. We welcome any comments or suggestions you may have... and above all... have a Good Time! We only accept cash & checks Ask us about catering options! LIVE MUSIC! Wednesday Nights Call for details
VERMONT
vbsr
The Local First Vermont Resource Guide and Coupon Book supports local businesses and the Local First movement. If you want to find a copy, you won't have to look far with distribution sites at local stores, farmers markets, VBSR events, our 20th anniversary celebration, on-line, and as many fall and winter events we can make it to. $2,300.00 in local savings for $10.00! 802-862-8347
VERMONT
Daily Chocolate
Our ingredients are sourced with discerning care. Our product is GMO free, we do not use corn syrup and we often have vegan truffles on hand. We emphasize freshness and flavor first and foremost, using organic ingredients whenever possible. Naturally, we only use locally produced Vermont cream, butter, and maple syrup.
VERMONT
Vermont Wild
“Vermont Wild,” a first of its kind collection of hilarious true adventures of Vermont Fish and Game wardens has been just published by Pine Marten Press. “Vermont Wild” features Eric Nuse’s encounters with gun wielding poachers, love struck moose, hungry bears, raucous raccoons and the strangest use of dynamite you’ll ever read.
VERMONT
Mark Twain
Mark Twain The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone, his uncensored autobiography has been published in its entirety and exactly as he left it. This major literary event presents his authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended. get your copy at Brown Dog Books and Gifts!
VERMONT
Keep Vermont Weird
Why Keep Vermont Weird™? We love the eclectic vibe, the strong sense of community and ultimately the infectious pride that everyone takes in being a Vermonter. A little like the first settlers, we struggle to keep intact that intangible way of being that sets us apart and makes us, well… weird. Keep Vermont Weird™ embodies and celebrates that quest. It is why people love to live here. It is why the people that visit wish they did. This is a mantra that resonates on many different levels. It is a sign of support for all of the amazing local businesses that work everyday to Keep Vermont Weird™. It is a shout out to visitors reminding them that this place is different. And it gives those of us that are lucky enough to call Vermont our home words to live by. Keep Vermont Weird™ is so succinct and people are able to relate to it, find their own meaning in it and make it their own statement.
VERMONT
Bongo Fishing is here!
A New Middle Grade Novel by Thacher Hurd Watch the Bongo Fishing novel trailer here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKFybzvI4SU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBQ_uqUAPBo&feature=related Jason has a pretty normal life: he lives with his mom, he goes to school, he does his homework. But when he meets a short, bluish alien named Sam, his life begins to seem much less normal and a lot more...well, alien. Sam takes Jason bongo fishing in space, and a whole new world opens up. But when Jason's cat, Sputnik, disappears, things start to get a little weird. Interstellar travel isn't just fun and games, after all! Is the evil Dr. Zimburger involved? Or are there even more sinister forces at work? Thacher Hurd is the artist and author of such favorite picture books as Mama Don't Allow, Mystery on the Docks and Art Dog. Thacher began his artistic career in fine art before authoring and illustrating children's books. His entertaining stories engage a wide range of topics from the rhythm of jazz music in Mama Don't Allow (1982) to alien bovine abduction in Moo Cow Kaboom (2003). Thacher's most popular titles include Art Dog (1997), about a super-hero canine museum security guard, and Zoom City(1998) in which dogs hurtle through city streets in high-powered automobiles.
VERMONT
Wade Rouse's new book is here!
How come the only thing my family tree ever grows is nuts?" Wade Rouse attempts to answer that question in his blisteringly funny new memoir by looking at the yearly celebrations that unite us all and bring out the very best and worst in our nearest and dearest. Family is truly the only gift that keeps on giving--namely, the gifts of dysfunction and eccentricity-- and Wade Rouse's family has been especially charitable: His chatty yet loving mother dresses her son as a Ubangi tribesman, in blackface, for Halloween in the rural Ozarks; his unconventional engineer of a father buries his children's Easter eggs; his marvelously Martha Stewart-esque partner believes Barbie is his baby; his garage-sale obsessed set of in-laws are convinced they can earn more than Warren Buffett by selling their broken lamps and Nehru jackets; his mutt Marge speaks her own language; and his oddball collection of relatives includes a tipsy Santa Claus with an affinity for showing off his jingle balls. In the end, though, the Rouse House gifted Wade with love, laughter, understanding, superb comic timing, and a humbling appreciation for humiliation. Whether Wade dates a mime on his birthday to overcome his phobia of clowns or outruns a chubchasing boss on Secretary's Day, he captures our holidays with his trademark self-deprecating humor and acerbic wit. He paints a funny, sad, poignant, and outlandish portrait of an an all-too-typical family that will have you appreciating--or bemoaning--your own and shrieking in laughter. http://www.waderouse.com/content/index.asp
VERMONT
VT Center for the Book & Mother Goose Programs
http://www.mothergooseprograms.org/index.php Vermont Center for the Book disseminates a wide variety of its Mother Goose Programs™ to increase children’s knowledge, school readiness, success and self-esteem by building the knowledge, skills and confidence of parents, librarians and educators. These professional development programs provide adults with picture books, guides, materials and training, transforming reading with children into multidimensional and powerful learning experiences. Have you always wanted to incorporate math and science into your library programming and resources? What's the BIG Idea?™ will help you make math and science connections to the programs you're already doing with young children and their families. It will help you bring science and mathematics content, skills and processes to almost any interaction you have with them. With What's the BIG Idea?™ you will: • Increase the number of children attending your programs • Get children excited about math and science • Use hands-on activities to make books come alive • Meet national and local education standards • Have fun! Children learn math and science by doing math and science. They need to ask questions, have discussions, explore using a variety of materials, collect data and talk about what they're doing. Picture books are a powerful tool to help introduce children to math and science. Make your story hours come alive with math and science activities for young children and their families.
VERMONT
Great Scot Fishing Charters
Great Scot Fishing Charters All -Season Guiding specializing in Small & Large Mouth Bass also available Perch, Catfish, Pike, Carp and Bow Fin Call today! 802-482-4286 or 802-734-3051
VERMONT
116 Wine & Spirits
VERMONT
Out of Oz has landed!
10/31 Washington Post/review “No summary could do justice to Maguire’s novel, which is hilarious, heart-wrenching and extremely poignant in its ending. Readers familiar with Baum’s books will delight in how Maguire rings the changes upon them. Others might never be able to hear ‘Over the Rainbow’ again without wincing. The greatest fantasy series make one want to read them again. That’s what I intend to do with this one.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_4Xn_Ye1pg http://files.harpercollins.com/WilliamMorrow/10.30_BostonGlobeMagazine.pdf
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