Chinaberry is a brick and mortar (gasp!) and online store that sells books, toys, and gifts with families in mind as its target audience. The store is located in Spring Valley, California and is a great place to go if you’re looking to buy books from an independent business rather than a large bookstore chain.
What makes Chinaberry unique is the catalogs it sends out. Each newsprint catalog contains color illustrations of Chinaberry’s products, but the best part are the reviews that accompany every book that Chinaberry offers. The books are divided into age groups (there is even a section for adults) and each review gives a short summary of the book’s plot and key themes that run throughout the story. Every tween book that I have read based on a Chinaberry review (including The Penderwicks, The Wild Girls, As Hot as it was You Ought to Thank Me, and Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters) has been a keeper.
Give yourself a treat and request a catalog. It’s free and perfect for those times when you’re in between books, but still need something to cuddle up. Sip some tea and figure out what you want to read next.
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