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2nd Grade – Hooray!
The art teacher at Yarmouth Elementary School (YES), Ms. Higgison, was kind enough to let us in to explore the school on Labor Day. We were out of town during back to school orientation. Our daughter Lila was starting 2nd grade, which meant a move from Rowe School to YES. We found the classroom for…
Read MoreHarry Potter and the Cursed Child – Now Available!
Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne,Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s…
Read MoreSummer Reading
Where are the lazy days of summer? My husband is a builder, so these certainly aren’t his lazy days. With kids out of school I am running around to different camps and scrambling to keep up with work and stuff around the house. I am thrilled to be stepping into my flip flops every day…
Read MoreDirt, Water & Worms, What’s Not to Like?
The neighborhood kids were over last Sunday and started the day with an arts & crafts project. While their googly-eyed green monsters were drying, my daughter said, “Let’s do a science project!” Pete, my husband, walked in and told the kids about how he and his buddies used to turn over old logs in the…
Read MoreAmazon and Empty Storefronts
On January 25, Civic Economics and the American Booksellers Association released a groundbreaking new study, “Amazon and Empty Storefronts,” which details the overall negative impact that Amazon has had on Main Street retailers and jobs, and the communities in which they are located, across the country. As Internet sales have risen unabated in recent years,…
Read MoreRinker Buck, author of The Oregon Trail, to speak in North Yarmouth on 2/7/16
Who: Rinker Buck, author of The Oregon Trail Where: North Yarmouth Congregational Church, 3 Gray Road in N. Yarmouth When: Sunday, February 7th, 2016 at 3pm Rinker Buck had a dream and together with his brother Nick they turned that dream into an epic adventure. They turned back the clock to discover what it would…
Read MoreHappy New Year!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank our lovely customers for supporting Royal River Books over the last 8 years. I am happy to report that 2015 was our best year ever! The Christmas season was a lot busier than I had anticipated and I appreciate your patience as we helped everyone as…
Read MoreShop Local this Weekend – Christmas Cards, Advent Calendars, Journals, Activity Books, Unique Gifts & More!
Don’t forget to support our local businesses on Small Business Saturday, 11/28. First observed on November 27, 2010, it is a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which feature big box retail and e-commerce stores respectively. By contrast, Small Business Saturday encourages holiday shoppers to patronize brick and mortar businesses that are small and…
Read MoreNew Faces at Royal River Books
Yarmouth, Maine is a wonderful place to open a small, independent bookstore. A lot of adults around here read books. A lot of kids around here read books. A lot of adults around here read books to kids. Many people in the community appreciate and support local business. There have been a lot of interesting…
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