The Book Shelf

Welcome to The Book Shelf

The Book Shelf, Winona Minnesota's locally-owned independent bookstore is now online! You can shop over 2 million titles in print, and even see what books are in stock and on our shelves. When you search for a book, and bring up the full description, the site will now say "on our shelves now" if it is in stock, or "will ship in 1-5 days" if it is out of stock but orderable.

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Chris Livingston, owner

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Book Shelf & Blue Heron Project Update

Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.

The Senator's Wife
by Miller, Sue
When newlyweds move into a duplex with the betrayed but devoted wife of a U.S. senator, the stage is set for Sue Miller to do what she does better than almost anyone: probe the passions of family life in ways that are revealing, unsettling, and compelling. Alternating between the viewpoints of the younger and older women, twining their lives together in unpredictable ways, Miller is at her insightful best.--Mary Fellows, Annie Bloom's Books (Portland, OR)

Feature: Children's Books

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Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems)
by Park, Linda Sue, Banyai, Istvan
Sijo is a traditional Korean form of poetry. Sijo is syllabic, like Japanese haiku, with three lines of 14 to 16 syllables each: the first two introduce the topic, the third and fourth lines develop it, and the fifth and sixth lines contain an unexpected humorous or ironic twist. This collection contains 26 sijo, half on "Inside" and half on "Outside" themes, many humorous, all appealing to a child reader. The simplicity and accessibility of these poems will encourage children to try their hand at writing sijo.