If you've been reading along with our 7 Days of Summer Reading series, you're probably jazzed to buy some books. Wanna save some dough doing it? The big summer friends-n-family sale is on at Chronicle Books: save 30% and get free shipping by using the code FRIENDS at checkout. Sale runs through August 3.
Now comes the fun part: what to order? For 30% off, I can afford to go a little nuts. Here are a couple of choice picks from the current Chronicle catalog:
Little Hoot
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Illustrated by Jen Corace
In the tradition of Rosenthal's brilliant "Little Pea," a book about a pea who doesn't want to eat his candy for dinner, "Little Hoot" features an owl who doesn't want to stay up all night. Free poster too if you use promo code LITTLEHOOT at checkout.
The Fairest Fowl: Portraits of Championship Chickens
Photographs by Tamara Staples
Essay by Ira Glass
Kids love chickens... I love chickens... and apparently, the host of This American Life does too. Who knew? In this gorgeous coffee-table book, Tamara Staples photographs America's favorite fowl at play and at rest.
Porn for New Moms
From the Cambridge Women’s Pornography Cooperative
Photographs by Susan Anderson
Don't tell me you haven't seen this book. And don't even pretend you don't own a copy of it or its special friend, Porn for Women. Here's your chance to buy one for all of your friends who aren't as cool as you-- at a discount. Buy a bunch and keep them on hand for baby shower gifts. "Prepare to enter a fantasy world," reads the promo copy. "A world where men insist on changing diapers, where guys get up for 3 a.m. feedings, and where they just can't help but admire mom's sexy all-sweatpants wardrobe." Yeah, baby!
