Upcoming Events
Poetry Book Club
Join us this month as we read Helen of Troy, 1993: Poems by Maria Zoccola
Author Visit: Terri Clemmons
Join us for story time with author Terri Clemmons as she reads from her picture book, Maya Hears in Style. Following the reading, there will be a fun ASL lesson for all!
About the book:
Mara takes on the world with her flashy purple hearing aids and sassy, hot pink earmolds.
Mara's first day at her new school is filled with ups and downs surrounding her hearing aids: her teacher doesn't remember to turn on her microphone, the lunchroom is too chaotic for lip-reading, and she keeps reading the same question over and over on her classmates' lips: "What's in her ears?" After a morning spent navigating these challenges, Mara makes a connection on the playground and finds that her hearing aid superpowers are perfect for making new friends.
Accessible and engaging, Mara Hears in Style will encourage readers to respect hearing differences and inspire kids who worry about making new friends. The book is filled with American Sign Language depictions--including a full alphabet spread--so readers can sign alongside Mara as they discover new ways to bridge communication gaps in their own communities.
Junk Journal Meetup
Join Jaida as she walks you through the art of Junk Journaling. Some supplies will be provided but bring your own and plan to swap!
$6/person
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1999036968385?aff=oddtdtcreator
First Friday: Dzhelasi
Join us for an author reception featuring the works of Dzhelasi! You have seen her work in the store, around town, at Alley Art Fest, and many other places!
Author Signing: Sonido Reyes
Join us in welcoming author Sonido Reyes! They will be at the store signing their books from 10-11am! We will have books on hand for purchase but in limited quantities. To ensure you have a copy of the book(s), head to Eventbrite to order your copy ahead of time.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1999115236487?aff=oddtdtcreator
Sonido Reyes, formerly known as Sonora Reyes, is a queer Mexican-American author born and raised in Arizona. They attended Catholic school, an experience that inspired much of their writing Reyes writes across genres and age categories, focusing on stories that celebrate queer and Latinx identities. They currently live in Arizona in a multi-generational family home with a small pack of dogs.
One and Done: A Book Club
In the Shadow of Eight is the first account of a secret childhood lived in the gaps between the frames. Collin is finally sharing the truth about being held down, the basement cell where he was hidden for years, and the cocktail of powerful antipsychotics forced on an eleven-year-old boy. This is a reckoning with the dark side of fame: the systems, the entourage, and the institutions that allowed one boy to be erased. This is the never before told story of how he escaped and found his way back from the dark.
The book releases on 10/13/26. Pre-Order your copy today and get ready to spill the tea!
One and Done: A Book Club
Join us for our One and Done Book club featuring Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury!
First Friday Art Show: Spotlight Lisa Lentz Manning
Join us for November’s art theme as we spotlight local artist, Lisa Lentz Manning! You have seen our logo, you have seen our mural, and you for sure have seen the amazing window paintings throughout the seasons! This month, we celebrate Lisa and her many works of art!
One and Done: A Book Chat
Join us for our One and Done book chat featuring Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Full Moon Novella Club
Join us this month as we read:
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Call For Art: December Makers Giftables
Call for Art: Makers Giftables!
The holidays are upon us! We welcome you to submit some of your giftable items: ornaments, necklaces, journals…whatever!
Full Moon Novella Book Club
Join us this month for So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
Kids Krew-International Dot Day!
Celebrate International Dot Day with September Kids Krew!
Imagine the power of millions of people around the world connecting, collaborating, creating, and celebrating all that creativity inspires! Together, our talents, gifts, and energy can help move the world to a better place.
Join us at Yellow Bird Books for September Kids Krew
from 4 PM–6 PM!
Come create, connect, and celebrate International Dot Day with us!
While supplies last!
Register Link
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1998699594290?aff=oddtdtcreator
Author Signing: Dawn Burns
Join us as we welcome author Dawn Burns! She will be signing her titles in-store during First Fridays!
Call For Art: Correspondence Art
Call For Art: Correspondence Art
You may have seen the “movement” in MN where artists are mailing works of art using postcards, envelopes etc.
The mail art movement is a global artistic network centered on creating and sending small-scale works through the public postal service rather than selling them in galleries (Wikipedia)
Bring us your Correspondence Art!
(picture credit to https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/issue/mail-art-didnt-end-digital-age)
"A Book Club"
“A Book Club” presents Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.
Snail Mail Workshop
Spend the morning creating unique postcards, stationary, or greeting cards to send to your favorite person. All supplies included!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/snail-mail-art-workshop-tickets-1994515298950?aff=oddtdtcreator
Full Moon Novella Book Club
Join us this month as we read:
Small Boat by Vincent Delacroix
Blind Date With A Book Workshop
Craft your own blind-date with a book! All supplies included in ticket price.
Join us for Bookstore Romance day! In this workshop, you will learn wrapping and decorating techniques for blind-date books. You can bring your own book to wrap or purchase one in store (10% off). Items included are paper, decorating accessories, bookmarks, sticky tabs, stickers etc! Extra embellishments will be available for purchase as well. One ticket per book!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1994333403897?aff=oddtdtcreator
Teen Art Market
It’s back! Yellow Bird Books is sponsoring a Teen Art Market for First Friday August.
We will have artists between the ages of 13 and 19 selling their work outside on a beautiful summer evening.
Please mark your calendars to come support these young artists.
Call for Vendors is open!
If you make any kind of art and are 13-19 please fill out this form before July 5th to apply to table.
Please share this post to help spread the word!
**link coming**
Full Moon Novella Club
Join us for our Full Moon Novella Club!
Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
Book Bedazzle
Join us and add some sparkle to your favorite book!
Book bedazzling is one of the newest trends! Bring a favorite book (or purchase one from the store) and get ready to sparkle! All supplies will be provided.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-bedazzling-tickets-1990108371712?aff=oddtdtcreator
Author Signing: Alexis Dunne, MD MSCP
Meet Menopawsy
If one hot flash has ever turned into a full-blown chain reaction of brain fog, outfit changes, midnight wakeups, forgotten plans, phantom odors, and sudden unexplained irritation… meet Menopawsy™.
If You Give a Cat a Hot Flash™ follows what happens when a perfectly ordinary day unravels into the very specific chaos of midlife hormones—told through the eyes of an exhausted calico house cat just trying to remember the reason she walked into the room.
This playful, illustrated parody honestly captures what women are feeling and revealing about perimenopause and menopause.
Created by Alexis Dunne, MD MSCP, with illustrations by Carrie Trimm Drew, this story turns real, midlife hormone chaos into something women rarely get enough of: recognition, relief, and a reason to laugh instead of cry.
Menopause has finally found its mascot.
A portion of proceeds supports the Turner Syndrome Foundation.
Join us for a conversation at Craft Urban from 3pm-4pm followed by a signing and exclusive shopping at Yellow Bird Books (across the street).
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1992065342063?aff=oddtdtcreator
Limited street parking available or a pay-per-hour parking garage located across the street.
Closing Early
We will be closing at 4pm so that our employees can celebrate the fireworks!
Poetry Group
Join us this month for a chat about Something Small Of How To See A River, by Teresa Dzieglewicz
Audiobook Meetup
Meet us at YBB on June 20th for an audiobook meetup sponsored by Libro.fm! Get those phones & ear buds charged and those sneakers laced up! The first 10 attendees will receive a FREE Libro.fm audiobook credit!
YBB joins the Aurora Pride Parade!
Yellow Bird Books is PROUD to be walking in the Aurora Pride Parade this year!
June First Friday
Call for art! Celestial Sights is our theme for this month! Open to your own interpretations!
Full Moon Novella Book Club - Ballad of the Sad Cafe - Carson McCullers
One of the most celebrated and enduringly popular works in Southern literature, this collection assembles Carson McCullers's best stories, including her beloved novella "The Ballad of the Sad Café." A haunting tale of love and violence in a small Southern town, the novella introduces readers to Miss Amelia, a formidable woman whose home serves as the town's gathering place. Among other fine works, the collection also includes McCullers's first published story, "Wunderkind," about a musical prodigy who suddenly realizes she will not go on to become a great pianist.
Buy on Bookshop.org - https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-ballad-of-the-sad-caf-and-other-stories-carson-mccullers/f77a60880ce9b826?ean=9780547416601&next=t
Poetry Group
Join us this month for a chat about Something Small Of How To See A River, by Teresa Dzieglewicz
Author Event: James Stewart III
Join us as we welcome local author James Stewart III on the 1 year anniversary of his book, Defiant Acts.
This event will include a conversation, Q&A session, as well as a signing!
More details to come!
https://youtu.be/OvXAghxDw18?si=0VvGyDfuwgCQaZVJ
In partnership with the Aurora Writers Workshop
Full Moon Novella Book Club - Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn
A hilarious and moving story of one girl’s fight for freedom of expression, as well as a linguistic tour de force sure to delight word lovers everywhere
Ella Minnow Pea is a girl living happily on the fictional island of Nollop off the coast of South Carolina. Nollop was named after Nevin Nollop, author of the immortal phrase containing all the letters of the alphabet, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”
Now Ella finds herself acting to save her friends, family, and fellow citizens from the encroaching totalitarianism of the island’s Council, which has banned the use of certain letters of the alphabet as they fall from a memorial statue of Nevin Nollop. As the letters progressively drop from the statue they also disappear from the novel. The result is "a love letter to alphabetarians and logomaniacs everywhere" (Myla Goldberg, bestselling author of Bee Season).
May First Friday
Call for art! Let’s celebrate all things Comic related! Comic strips, Manga, Graphic Novels…show us your interpretation!
Independent Bookstore Day!
Come out and celebrate Indie Bookstore Day! We will have games, freebies, discounts, goody bags for the first 20 guests, giveaways and so much more! Check back as we update our schedule!
10:00-11:00 Local Author Laura Smetana
11:00-1:00 Plinko for freebies
1:00-2:00 Local Author Heidi Bell
2:00-3:00 Local Author Matthew Salinas
6:00-7:00 Local Author/Poet Donna Vorreyer
Aurora Public Library Foundation Fundraiser Night
Join us as we help the Aurora Public Library Foundation raise funds!
A percentage of all sales this evening will go back to the library for their fundraising needs! Food, fun and prizes!