[words] Bookstore is This Year's Autism Awareness Hub

MAPLEWOOD, N.J., April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- [words] Bookstore in Maplewood, NJ, kicks off a month-long series of events in observance of Autism Awareness Month tonight with a ceremony to Light It Up Blue.  The month's free activities at [words] include readings by authors of some of the year's best books on autism, workshops for parents and teachers to help children with autism learn through iPads, yoga for children with special needs, and a lecture on medication options by an autism school psychiatrist. On April 26, [words] Bookstore will host a reception for autism parents and educators followed by a reading with author Priscilla Gilman, an autism Mom (and former Yale professor).

In February 2012, Entrepreneur Magazine featured [words] for providing jobs and vocational training to young adults with autism, entrepreneur.com/article/222638 and last month Fox Business profiled its innovative social enterprise program smallbusiness.foxbusiness.com/entrepreneurs/2012/03/22/small-businesses-giving-back-in-big-ways/.   [words] was selected for the third straight year as New Jersey's Best Indie Bookstore.  "Last month was exciting," said Jonah ZImiles, bookstore owner, "but my wife Ellen and I and the staff hope to top it in April."  

[words] Bookstore is not just about autism.  In the past week, capacity crowds have filled [words] for appearances by best-selling mystery writer, Harlan Coben, and author of the beloved Madeline children's books, John Bemelmans Marciano.  This month, [words] is a New Jersey headquarters for World Book Night, a global program distributing free books to non-readers, and a sponsor of Maplewood's innovative Green Day Fair to promote environmental sustainability.

To learn more about April events at [words] or to purchase books online, visit wordsbookstore.com.  All purchases further the store's mission and help maintain the vocational training program for young people with autism.

About [words] Bookstore
[words] Bookstore offers an extensive selection of books in-store, online and by special order, as well as millions of ebooks through its partnership with Google eBooks.  New Jersey Monthly Magazine's readers have selected [words] as Best Independent Bookstore in New Jersey for each of its three years in business.

For more information, contact:
Jonah Zimiles
179 Maplewood Avenue Maplewood, NJ 07040
973-763-9500
[email protected]
www.wordsbookstore.com

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