Our annual “Bouquets for Books” book drive returns Nov. 1-8 to benefit area public libraries. Here are the libraries’ wish lists:
BERKS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARIES
“Stop Drop and Roll” by Margery Cuyler
“An Ordinary Princess” by Sally Huss
“Whoever You Are” by Mem Fox
“Not Everyone is Nice” by Frederick Alimonti
“Ron Sleeps Alone” by Sigal Adler
“Leo-Superhero” by TheBrothers
“Even Monsters Are Afraid” by Vonit Werber
“Daddy is Not” by Yonit Werber
“Mommy is Not” by Yonit Werber
Any Step 1 or Step 2:
Fancy Nancy
Amelia Bedelia
Puppy Place
Kitten Corner
Dork Diaries
Hank Zipzer
Elephant and Piggie
Miss Spider
Berenstain Bears
Board books:
(Anything ) Pete the Cat
“Banana!” Ed Vere
“Good Night Moon”
“Trucks: Wizz, Zoom, Rumble!”
“Elephant and Piggie”
Books by Mo Willems
CUMBERLAND COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
Any titles in these series:
A to Z Mysteries
Amelia Bedelia
Bailey School Kids
Beginner Reader books such as I Can Read, Rookie Readers
Berenstain Bears
Caillou
Curious George
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Dinotrux
Disney
Dora or Diego
Elephant and Piggie
Fancy Nancy
Froggy
Franklin
Geronimo Stilton
I Spy
Lego
My Weird School
Pete the Cat
Star Wars early readers (especially Lego ones)
Thomas the Tank Engine
Books by these authors/illustrators:
Sandra Boynton
Margaret Wise Brown
Eric Carle (especially paperbacks)
Dr. Seuss
Ed Emberley (esp. Go Away, Big Green Monster!)
Mo Willems
Picture books:
“I Stink”/”I’m Dirty” and/or “I’m Mighty” by Kate McMullan and Jim McMullan
“The Long, Long Line” by Tomoko Ohmura
“Maisy’s Bedtime” by Lucy Cousins
“Maisy Cleans Up” by Lucy Cousins
“Simpson’s Sheep Won’t Go to Sleep!” by Bruce Arant
“The Snatchabook” by Helen Docherty
“This is the Farmer” by Nancy Tafuri
DAUPHIN COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
Anything by:
Mo Willems
Eric Carle
Dr. Seuss
Rosemary Wells
Sandra Boynton
Rick Riordan
Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)
John Green
Cassandra Claire
Veronica Roth
Any book in these series:
Pete the Cat by James Dean
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
Rainbow Magic by Daisy Meadows
Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
Big Nate by Lincoln Pierce
I Spy by Jean Marzollo
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Middle School by James Patterson
Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell
Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
Geronimo Stilton by Geronimo Stilton
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
American Girls by Various Authors
Artemis Fowl by Eion Colfer
HERSHEY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Dean, Kimberly and James. “Pete the Cat and the New Guy”
Litwin, Eric. “Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes”
“Pokemon: Kalos Region Handbook”
“Pokemon Essential Handbook”
Brown, Peter. “Mr. Tiger Goes Wild”
Bryant, Jen. “A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin”
Keller, Laurie. “Bowling Alley Bandits”
McCarthy, Meghan. “Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton”
McCarty, Peter. “Chloe”
Sternberg, Julie. “Like Bug Juice on a Burger”
Fairlie, Emily. “The Lost Treasure of Tuckernuck”
Fradin, Judith Bloom. “The Price of Freedom: How One Town Stood up to Slavery”
Harley, Bill. “Charlie Bumpers vs. The Teacher of the Year”
Kurtz, Chris. “The Adventures of a South Pole Pig”
Laidlaw, Rob. “No Shelter Here”
Moss, Marissa. “Barbed Wire Baseball”
Spinelli, Jerry. “Jake and Lily”
Sutherland, Tui T. “The Dragonet Prophecy”
Tavares, Matt. “Becoming Babe Ruth”
Wissinger, Tamera. “Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse”
Fradin, Judith Bloom. “Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man”
Grabenstein, Chris. “Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library”
Gratz, Alan. “Prisoner B-3087”
Green, Tim. “Force Out”
Messner, Kate. “Wake Up Missing”
Paulsen, Gary. “Road Trip”
Stout, Glenn. “From Hardships to Championships”
Herback, Geoff. “I’m with Stupid”
Hoose, Phillip. “Moonbird: a Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95”
Knisley, Lucy. “Relish: My Life in the Kitchen”
Murdock, Emily. “If You Find Me”
Pena, Matt de la. The Living”
Shepherd, Megan. “The Madman’s Daughter”
LEBANON COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM
Annville Free Library:
“This Is The Farmer” by Nancy Tafuri
Babymouse series by Jennifer & Matt Holm
My Weird School & My Weird School Daze series by Dan Gutman
Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce
Timmy Failure series by Stephan Pastis
Katie Woo series by Fran Manushkin
Ivy & Bean series by Annie Barrows
Lunch Lady series by Jarrett Krosoczka
Amelia Bedelia chapter books by Herman Parish
Platypus Police Squad by Jarrett Krosoczka
Superhero Squad series (various authors)
Comics Squad: Recess by Jennifer Holm
Punk Farm & Punk Farm on Tour by Jarrett Krosoczka
Lego books
Superhero books
Books with hero themes
Lebanon Community Library
“Thumpy Feet” by Betsy Lewin
“Not So fast, Bash and Dash” by Rev. W. Awdry
“Lego Ninjago: Destiny of Doom” by Greg Farshtey
“Lego Ninjago: The Green Ninja” by Greg Farshtey
“Fancy Nancy: Nancy Clancy Sees the Future” by Jane O’Connor
“Mix it Up” by Herve Tullet
“Rosie Revere, Engineer” by Andrea Beaty
“Dear Zoo” by Rod Campbell
“Dragons Love Tacos” by Adam Rubin
“Beautiful Oops!” by Barney Saltzberg
Matthews Public Library
“Dream Animals: A Bedtime Story” by Emily Winfield Martin
“Journey” by Aaron Becker
“Hello, My Name is Ruby” by Philip Stead
“Dream Friends” by You Byum
“The Great Lollipop Caper” by Dan Krall
“Toys in Space” by Mini Grey
“Oh So Tiny Bunny” by David Kirk
“Max and Milo Go to Sleep!” by Heather Long
“Flora and the Flamingo” by Molly Idle
“Spike: The Ugliest Dog in the Universe” by Debra Frasier
“Blanket & Bear, a Remarkable Pair” by L.J.R. Kell
Myerstown Community Library
“When Marian Sang” by Pam Munoz Ryan
“Bone” by Jeff Smith
“Peek-a-Who?” by Nina Laden
“Horton and the Kwuggerbug” by Charles Cohen
“Doggies” by Sandra Boynton
“My Mouth is a Volcano” by Julia Cook
“Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” by Annie Kubler
“Have you Filled a Bucket Today” by Carol McCloud
“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day” by Judith Viorst
“Amelia Bedelia” by Peggy Parish
Palmyra Public Library
“The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade” by Justin Roberts (ages 3-5)
“Shh! We Have a Plan” by Chris Haughton (ages 3-7)
“The Princess in Black” by Shannon Hale (ages 5 -8)
“Dojo Daycare” by Chris Tougas (age 3-7)
“The Lego Neighborhood Book: Build Your Own Town!” by Brian Lyles and Jason Lyles (ages 10 and up)
“Greenglass House” by Kate Milford (ages 10 to 14)
“Lego Ninjago: The Visual Dictionary (Masters of Spinjitzu)” (ages 9 to 11)
“Tuesday Tucks Me In: The Loyal Bond between a Soldier and His Service Dog” by Luis Carlos Montalván, (ages 4 to 8 )
“Little Elliot, Big City” (hardcover) by Mike Curato (ages 4-8)
“And Two Boys Booed” by Judith Viorst (ages 4-8)
Richland Community Library
“Jet Plane” by David Macaulay
“The Way Things Work” by David Macaulay
“Rosie Revere, Engineer” by Andrea Beaty
“The Man in the Moon” by William Joyce
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” by William Joyce
“Ramona Quimby, Age 8” by Beverly Cleary
“Pippi Longstocking” by Astrid Lindgren
“Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH” by Robert C. O’Brien
“Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch” by Donald Sobol
“Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective” by Donald Sobol
“How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes are Untied” by Jess Keating
“Because of Mr. Terupt” by Rob Buyea
“365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne’s Book of Precepts” by R. J. Palacio
“The Tree Lady” by H. Joseph Hopkins
“Flight School” by Lita Judge
LIBRARY SYSTEM OF LANCASTER COUNTY
Any titles in these series:
Little Critter books by Mercer Mayer
Berenstain Bears
Bob the Builder
Curious George
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Froggy books by Jonathan London
Franklin books by Paulette Bourgeois
Caillou by Pierre Brignaud
Thomas the Tank Engine
My Little Pony
Capital Mysteries by Ron Roy
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Smurfs
Jake and the Pirates
We Both Read
Warriors or Survivors series by Erin Hunter
Beginner reader books:
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Fancy Nancy
Superheroes
Barbie
Star Wars
Pete the Cat
Dora
Dorling Kindersley readers Beginning to read books
Seasonal and all holiday books
Books by these authors/illustrators:
Dr. Seuss
Margaret Wise Brown
Mo Willems
Eric Carle
Books about these subjects:
Tractors
Trucks
Trains
Planes
Fire Engines
Dinosaurs
Shapes
Colors
Numbers
Alphabet
Lego
Manners
Doctors
Dentists
Going to daycare
Going to school
Taking care of pets
Countries of the world
YORK COUNTY LIBRARIES
“Mix it Up” by Herve Tullet
“The Book Without Pictures” by B.J. Novak
“Sisters” by Raina Telgemeier
“Tap the Magic Tree” by Christie Matheson
Board books
Holiday books
Picture books
Chapter books
Category: Events
Nov. 1 kids club event kicks off ‘Bouquets for Books’ to benefit area libraries
A book drive to benefit area public libraries represents the final chapter in the Royer’s Kids Club 2014 event schedule.
On Nov. 1, children ages 5 to 12 are asked to bring a new children’s book in support of our annual “Bouquets for Books” event. You can view the libraries’ wish lists here.
Participants will have an opportunity to make a fall arrangement and will receive a balloon.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Registration is required by calling your nearest Royer’s store.
‘Bouquets for Books’ returns Nov. 1-8 to benefit area public libraries
Royer’s annual children’s book drive – “Bouquets for Books” – will return Nov. 1-8.
The books will benefit public libraries in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. Royer’s has stores in each of the counties.
In its eight years, Bouquets for Books has collected more than 12,400 books for the libraries.
For each book, donors will receive a free bouquet, up to three per family per visit, while supplies last. Used books will not be accepted.
Royer’s Stems Hunger food drive tops 2,100 pounds collected for area food banks
Our annual Royer’s Stems Hunger food drive collected 2,157 pounds of non-perishable items for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Greater Berks Food Bank.
From June 20-28, “Royer’s Stems Hunger” asked customers to drop off donations at any of our stores. In return, customers received a free carnation for each food item, up to a maximum of six carnations per family per visit.
The stores collected 1,638 pounds of food and $182.15 in cash contributions.
Also contributing was Drayer Physical Therapy Institute, which participated in the food drive for the first time. Drayer’s outpatient centers in Camp Hill, Carlisle, Lancaster, Lebanon and Mechanicsburg collected 519 pounds and $75.
Thanks to Drayer and to everyone else who has helped to make our event so successful. In its first four years, Royer’s Stems Hunger has collected more than 7,100 pounds of food for the food banks.
2014 Royer’s Kids Club birthday card design contest runs through July 12
For children, summer is for getting out of school, swimming, going on vacation.
And entering the 2014 Royer’s Kids Club birthday card design contest, which is open to children ages 5 to 12 in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties.
The deadline to enter is July 12.
The winning design will be featured in the email birthday card that every kids club member receives on his or her special day.
The winning artist will receive a free flower delivery on his or her birthday.
The entry form may be downloaded at www.royers.com/kidsclub and dropped off at the nearest Royer’s store.
Royer’s Kids Club event June 21 to help kick off annual food drive
Royer’s annual food drive – Royer’s Stems Hunger – will take place June 20-28. The Royer’s Kids Club will help out with a special event on June 21 for children ages 5 to 12.
They are asked to donate a non-perishable food item as the price of admission and to bring an empty food can that they can fill with flowers to take home.
Participants also will receive a free balloon and have an opportunity to enter the kids club’s birthday card design contest for a chance to win a flower delivery.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. at each of our 17 stores in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties. Registration is required by calling your nearest Royer’s store; click here for locations and contact information.
Royer’s Stems Hunger benefits the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the Greater Berks Food Bank.
Royer’s Stems Hunger food drive returns June 20-28
Royer’s annual food drive – Royer’s Stems Hunger – will return June 20-28 to collect non-perishable food items for the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank (see video below) and the Greater Berks Food Bank.
Customers are asked to bring nonperishable food donations to any Royer’s Flowers & Gifts store and place them in a collection barrel. For each food item, they will receive a free carnation, up to a maximum of six carnations per family per visit.
In its first three years, Royer’s Stems Hunger has collected nearly 5,000 pounds of food for the two food banks.
A thorny problem is solved by our annual May-June rose sale
“It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside.”
― Maud Hart Lovelace, author
Indeed, June is National Rose Month, which coincides conveniently with the fact that roses are abundant this time of year.
That abundance explains why Royer’s has its rose sale every June.
As everyone knows, roses, especially red ones, are in great demand at Valentine’s Day. Hence, prices go up for florists and customers alike. Even then, however, the law of supply and demand comes into play.
There’s considerably less demand for yellow and orange and white roses, which become more affordable for us and, in turn, for our customers. This Valentine’s Day, we offered a “rainbow” mixed-rose (colors other than red) arrangement with babies breath, valued at $59.99, for $39.99.
A rose farm typically harvests its crop every six to eight weeks. Conveniently after the Valentine’s Day harvest comes the one for Mother’s Day. But while there’s another big crop of roses in late spring, there is not a corresponding holiday to absorb all of those flowers.
So we created our annual rose sale, which this year started May 17 and runs through June 22. We discount rose arrangements by $10 for one dozen and by $20 for two dozen, among other offers.
Yes, in June the world smells of roses.
There’s also the whiff of our annual rose sale in the air.
Irish eyes smile at St. Patrick’s Day kids club event
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A tip o’ the cap to everyone who joined us on March 15 for our St. Patrick’s Day-themed Royer’s Kids Club event.
Each child who participated had an opportunity to decorate a white carnation by giving it a smiling face. They carnations were dropped in bud vases filled with water that was dyed green to mark the holiday. Eventually, the dye will work its way up the stem to change the color of the flower.
There’s even more fun planned as the kids club has three more events in 2014. The dates and themes:
June 21: Stems Hunger food drive
Aug. 23: Back to school
Nov. 1: Bouquets for Books book drive
Join the Royer’s Kids Club on March 15 for our free St. Patrick’s Day event
At the end of the rainbow is another free Royer’s Kids Club event for ages 5 to 12.
Join us March 15 for an opportunity to decorate a white carnation by giving it a smiling face. You’ll be able to take your creation home in a bud vase and watch as the green dye in the water changes the color of the flower.
Participants also will receive a balloon.
Time slots are available at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. at 17 stores in Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties.
Registration is required by calling your nearest store. Click here for locations and contact information.