This August’s Monthly Staff Picks are here!
In a summer filled with the return of DC’s Man of Steel and Marvel’s First Family, venture to the dawn of the Golden Age of comics with the early aughts classic that is Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay’. Follow the titular cousins and “boy geniuses” as they navigate the bustling streets, toil for their art in the gleaming skyscrapers of a bygone New York, and rise in fame alongside names like Siegel & Shuster & Kirby & Lee, all in pursuit of their American Dreams while the world teeters on the brink of World War II.
The Back to School season is here… and both of our kids picks this August are here to celebrate and help ease learners of all ages into the new school year. Our picture book selection ‘Ruby’s Tools for Making Friends’, written and illustrated by Apryl Stott, follows a young fox moving to a new school as she learns to overcome her anxieties and forge new friendships during a group project. ‘The New Girl’, from cartoonist and humorist Cassandra Calin, is our graphic novel pick for Middle Readers and is a lovely coming-of-age tale following Lia as she navigates the many changes that come with family moves… and becoming a teenager.
For Young Adult readers, and puzzle lovers of all ages, comes Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s ‘The Grandest Game’. This first-in-series spin-off entry to The Inheritance Games Saga features faces both new and familiar as seven golden tickets lead to a private island full of mystery and filled with puzzles and twists galore.
Visit us throughout August for 20% off all of this month’s selections, while supplies last.
