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New Releases | April 7th, 2026

April 3, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Mothers and Sons - Haslett, Adam (Author)

    • Transcription - Lerner, Ben (Author)

    • The Book Witch - Shaffer, Meg (Author)

    • Sky Daddy - Folk, Kate (Author)

    • My Dear You: Stories - Khong, Rachel (Author)

    • Yesteryear - Burke, Caro Claire (Author)

    • The Amalfi Curse: A Bewitching Tale of Sunken Treasure, Forbidden Love, and Ancient Magic on the Amalfi Coast (First Time Trade) - Sarah (Author)

    • The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances - Dixon, Glenn (Author)

    • American Fantasy - Straub, Emma (Author)

    Adult Science

    • The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie - Prescod-Weinstein, Chanda (Author)

    Board Books

    • Kitten's Wobbly Bottom (Wobbly Bottoms) - Frost, Kit (Author), Rennocks, Sam (Illustrator)

    • My Amazing Family: Daddy Dinosaur (My Amazing Family) - Priddy Books (Author)

    • Fungi Friends (Nature Heroes) (Nature Heroes) - Kellaway, Moesha (Illustrator), Neon Squid (Author)

    • Busy Bees (Nature Heroes) (Nature Heroes) - Kellaway, Moesha (Illustrator), Neon Squid (Author)

    • Wiggly Worms (Nature Heroes) (Nature Heroes) - Guo, Tinna (Illustrator), Neon Squid (Author)

    • Now I See Fall (Now I See) - Barnett, Mac (Author), Klassen, Jon (Illustrator)

    • Now I See Winter (Now I See) - Barnett, Mac (Author), Klassen, Jon (Illustrator)

    • Now I See Spring (Now I See) - Barnett, Mac (Author), Klassen, Jon (Illustrator)

    • Now I See Summer (Now I See) - Barnett, Mac (Author), Klassen, Jon (Illustrator)

    • Sing-Along Nursery Rhymes (Sound Books) - Taplin, Sam (Author), Giorgi, Laura (Illustrator)

    • Bugs: A Peek-Through Board Book - Teckentrup, Britta (Author)

    • Touch and Feel Tractor: With Tactiles for Toddlers to Explore (Touch and Feel)

    • The Little Engine That Could: A Book with Wheels (Little Engine That Could) - Piper, Watty (Author), Howarth, Jill (Illustrator)

    • Bluey: All about Mum (Bluey)

    • Across the USA with the Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Tabbed Board Book - Carle, Eric (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

    • Bluey: All about Dad (Bluey)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Everyday Witch's Book of Deities: Ancient Gods for Modern Pagans (Everyday Witchcraft) - Blake, Deborah (Author)

    • The Tarot of You: Explorations for Personal Growth - Michelle, Dawn (Author), Greer, Mary K (Foreword by)

    • Classic Spells for Modern Times: Magick for Abundance, Love, and Protection - Ravenwolf, Silver (Author)

    • Olfactory Code: Unveiling the Alchemy of Botanical Perfumery - Roncati, Caterina (Author), Marlamú (Illustrator)

    Business

    • Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class - Scheiber, Noam (Author)

    • Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life - Mayyasi, Alex (Author), Hosts of Npr's Planet Money (Author), Goldmark, Alex (Introduction by)

    Chapter Books

    • Bigfoot and the Wild Boys (Everyone Can Be a Reader (Middle Grade C) - Pearson, Jenny (Author), Bitskoff, Aleksei (Illustrator)

    • Orris and Timble: Star Stories (Orris and Timble) - DiCamillo, Kate (Author), Mok, Carmen (Illustrator)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • Buzz: A Family Guide to Bugs and Bees and How to Spot Them (In Our Nature) - Jones, Richard a (Author), Boccaccini Meadows, Sara (Illustrator)

    • Sound Explorers: Dinosaurs: 20 Thrilling Prehistoric Sounds (Sound Explorers) - Claybourne, Anna (Author)

    Coloring Books

    • Comfy Corner: Coloring Book for Adults and Kids (Cozy Spaces Coloring) - Coco Wyo (Author)

    Cookbooks

    • King Arthur Baking Company's Book of Pizza: Recipes for Every Pizza Maker

    • Jacques Pépin Complete Techniques 50th Anniversary Edition: A Culinary Master Class from the Legendary Teacher--Over 600 Techniques, 1,000 Photographs - Pépin, Jacques (Author)

    Family Issues Books

    • Does My Child Need Me to Lead or to Follow?: A Radically Simple Way to Parent Children from Infancy Through Age 6 - Schwarzlmüller, Claudia (Author)

    Fun & Game Books

    • Once Upon a Cookbook: A Treasury of Recipes Inspired by Timeless Children's Books - Taylor, Bryton (Author), Adams, Emma (Illustrator)

    • My Very First Baking Book - Kartes, Danielle (Author), Wilkinson, Annie (Illustrator)

    Graphic Novels

    • Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel - Ogle, Rex (Author), Valeza, Dave (Illustrator)

    • Ghost-Spider: Broken Chords (an Original Spider-Gwen Graphic Novel) - Brown, Roseanne A (Author), Cerna, Diobelle (Illustrator), Ali, Nabi H (Illustrator), Gil, Maca (Illustrator)

    • Mixed Feelings: A Graphic Novel (Mixed Feelings) - Amini, Sara (Author), Amin, Shadia (Illustrator)

    • Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga (from the Creator of Dog Man) - Pilkey, Dav (Author), Motojiro (Illustrator)

    • Princess Academy Graphic Novel - Hale, Shannon (Author)

    • The Pup Days of Summer (Cloud Puppy #3) - Miller, Kelly Leigh (Author), Miller, Kelly Leigh (Illustrator)

    History

    • This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History - Gage, Beverly (Author)

    Humor Books

    • Bookshop Cats - Du Meowier, Daphne (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp (a Picture Book) - Tonai, Minoru (Author), Gutiérrez, Jolene (Author), Sasaki, Chris (Illustrator)

    Literary Collections

    • The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore - Friss, Evan (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • All-New Hawkeye (All-New Hawkeye) - Lemire, Jeff (Author), Perez, Ramon (Illustrator)

    • Batman: The Dark Knight Returns: DC Compact Comics Edition (DC Compact Comics) - Miller, Frank (Author), Miller, Frank (Illustrator)

    • Ichi the Witch, Vol. 2 (Ichi the Witch #2) - Nishi, Osamu (Author), Usazaki, Shiro (Artist)

    Middle Readers

    • The One and Only Family (One and Only) - Applegate, Katherine (Author)

    • A Wolf Called Fire: A Voice of the Wilderness Novel - Parry, Rosanne (Author), Armiño, Mónica (Illustrator)

    • A Potion, a Powder, a Little Bit of Magic: Or, Like Lightning in an Umbrella Storm - Stead, Philip C (Author), Stead, Philip C (Illustrator)

    • Fablehaven (Fablehaven) - Mull, Brandon (Author)

    • Rise of the Evening Star (Fablehaven) - Mull, Brandon (Author)

    • Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary (Fablehaven) - Mull, Brandon (Author)

    • Grip of the Shadow Plague (Fablehaven) - Mull, Brandon (Author)

    • Keys to the Demon Prison (Fablehaven) - Mull, Brandon (Author)

    • Dragonwatch (Dragonwatch) - Mull, Brandon (Author)

    • The Last Kids on Earth (Last Kids on Earth) - Brallier, Max (Author), Holgate, Douglas (Illustrator)

    • The Winter of Red Snow (Dear America) (Dear America) - Gregory, Kristiana (Author)

    • A Journey to the New World (Dear America) (Dear America) - Lasky, Kathryn (Author)

    My First Readers

    • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: Mario Takes Off! (Step Into Reading) - Harper, Benjamin (Author), Random House (Illustrator)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • The Ending Writes Itself - Clarke, Evelyn (Author)

    • Nightshade (A Catalina Novel #1) - Connelly, Michael (Author)

    • The Girls Trip - Condie, Ally (Author)

    Nature

    • Concrete Botany: The Ecology of Plants in the Age of Human Disturbance - Santore, Joey (Author)

    • In Trees: An Exploration - Moor, Robert (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Llama Llama Graduation Day! (Llama Llama) - Dewdney, Anna (Author), Morrow, Jt (Illustrator)

    • When the Sun Goes Down: A Bedtime Book - Pizzoli, Greg (Author)

    • How to Catch a Bookworm (How to Catch) - Walstead, Alice (Author), Elkerton, Andy (Illustrator), Samaniego, César (Illustrator)

    • Deep Blue: Swimming in the Big Blue Sea - Slater, Dashka (Author), Hughes, Laura (Illustrator)

    • Just One Oak: What a Single Tree Can Be - Gianferrari, Maria (Author), Sudyka, Diana (Illustrator)

    • Mousestache Moosestache - Watkins, Rowboat (Author)

    • Sesame Street the Momster at the End of This Book (Sesame Street) - Sesame Street, Sesame (Author), McInerney, Brittany (Author), Wu, Helena (Artist)

    • The Boy with Big, Big Energy (The Big, Big) - Lee, Britney Winn (Author), Souva, Jacob (Illustrator)

    Poetry

    • Against Breaking: On the Power of Poetry - Limón, Ada (Author)

    Romance

    • The Paris Match - Clayborn, Kate (Author)

    • Bloodsinger (Fire That Binds #2) - Cross, Juliette (Author)

    • Rites of the Starling: A Slow-Burn Epic Romantasy (Shield of Sparrows #2) - Perry, Devney (Author)

    • The Name Game - O'Leary, Beth (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos (Magic: The Gathering) (Magic: The Gathering) - McGuire, Seanan (Author)

    • Where the Axe Is Buried - Nayler, Ray (Author)

    • Gifted & Talented - Blake, Olivie (Author)

    • William Shakespeare's Star Wars: The Mandalorian of Nevarro: Part the First (William Shakespeare's Star Wars) - Doescher, Ian (Author)

    Sidelines

    • The Little Frog Mini Figurine (Rp Minis) - Eequay, Maybell (Author)

    Stickers

    • Build Your Own Supercars Sticker Book (Build Your Own Sticker Book) - Tudhope, Simon (Author), Gong Studios (Illustrator)

    True Crime

    • London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth - Keefe, Patrick Radden (Author)

    Workbooks

    • A Kids Book about Boundaries (Kids Book) - Bendiksen, Ashley (Author)

    • My First Bob Books - Alphabet Story Box Phonics, Letter Sounds, Ages 3 and Up, Pre-K (Reading Readiness) (Bob Books) - Kertell, Lynn Maslen (Author), Wall, Karen (Illustrator)

    Young Adult

    • Release Me (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Shatter Me: Series Two #2) - Mafi, Tahereh (Author)

    • The Escape Game - Meyer, Marissa (Author), Moss, Tamara (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • BOOK ONE OF THE BELOVED FABLEHAVEN SERIES--OVER 3.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD! AND DON'T MISS FORBIDDEN MOUNTAIN, THE START OF BRANDON MULL'S NEW GUARDIANS SERIES!

    Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the beloved worldwide phenomenon of Fablehaven. In this New York Times bestselling series, two siblings inherit a hidden sanctuary for magical creatures and must race against the clock to protect it from looming dangers.

    For centuries, mystical creatures of all kinds have found a home in Fablehaven, a hidden home where they are protected from extinction. The sanctuary is one of the last strongholds of true magic. Enchanting? Absolutely. Exciting? You bet. Safe? Well, actually, quite the opposite . . .

    Kendra and her brother, Seth, have no idea their grandfather is the current caretaker of Fablehaven. Inside the gated woods, ancient laws keep order among greedy trolls, mischievous satyrs, plotting witches, spiteful imps, and jealous fairies. However, when the rules get broken, powerful forces of evil are unleashed, forcing Kendra and Seth to face the greatest challenge of their lives, to save their family, Fablehaven, and perhaps even the world.

    Don't forget to drink the milk. And definitely don't miss any of Brandon Mull's bestselling FABLEHAVEN and DRAGONWATCH books:

    Fablehaven - Rise of the Evening Star - Grip of the Shadow Plague - Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary - Keys to the Demon Prison

    Dragonwatch - Wrath of the Dragon King - Master of the Phantom Isle - Champion of the Titan Games - Return of the Dragon Slayers

    PLUS! The Gorgon's Fury: Tales of Newel and Doren: A Fablehaven Adventure

  • AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    Introducing Detective Stilwell: a cop relentlessly following his mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina Island.

    Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Stilwell has been "exiled" to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found weighed down at the bottom of the harbor--a Jane Doe identifiable at first only by a streak of purple dye in her hair. At the same time, a report of poaching on a protected reserve turns into a case fraught with violence and danger as Stilwell digs into the shady past of an island bigwig.

    Crossing all lines of protocol and jurisdiction, Stilwell doggedly works both cases. Though hampered by an old beef with an ex-colleague determined to thwart him at every turn, he is convinced he is the only one who can bring justice to the woman known as "Nightshade." Soon, his investigation uncovers closely guarded secrets and a dark heart to the serene island that was meant to be his escape from the evils of the big city.

    Propulsive and atmospheric, Nightshade launches a brand new character into the Connelly universe, and proves without question that Michael Connelly is "the undisputed master of the modern crime novel" (Real Book Spy).

  • From the bestselling, prize-winning author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, a spellbinding account of a family devastated by the sudden death of their nineteen-year-old son, only to discover that he had created a secret life which drew him into the dangerous criminal underworld that lies beneath London's glittering surface

    In the early morning of November 29th, 2019, surveillance cameras at the headquarters of MI6, Britain's spy agency, captured video of a young man pacing back and forth on a high balcony of Riverwalk, a luxury tower on the bank of the river Thames. At 2:24 a.m., he jumped into the river.

    In a quiet London neighborhood several miles away, Rachelle Brettler was worried about her son. Zac had told her that he had gone to stay with a friend, but then he did not come home. Days later, a police car pulled up and two officers relayed the dreadful news: her son was dead.

    In their unbearable grief, Rachelle and her husband, Matthew, struggled to understand what had happened to Zac. He had his troubles, but in no way seemed suicidal. As they would soon discover, however, there was a lot they did not know about their son. Only after his death did they learn that he had adopted a fictitious alter-ego: Zac Ismailov, son of a Russian oligarch and heir to a great fortune. Under this guise, Zac had become entangled with a slippery London businessman named Akbar Shamji, and a murderous gangster known as "Indian Dave." As the Brettlers set about investigating their son's death, they were pulled into a different and more dangerous London than the one they'd always known, and came to believe that something much more nefarious than a suicide had claimed Zac's life. But to their immense frustration, Scotland Yard seemed unable--or unwilling--to bring the perpetrators to justice.

    In a bravura feat of reporting and writing, Patrick Radden Keefe chronicles the Brettlers' quest, peeling back layers of mystery and exposing the seedy truths behind the glamorous London of posh mansions and private nightclubs, a city in which everything is for sale, and aspirational fantasies are underwritten by dirty money and corruption. London Falling is a mesmerizing investigation of an inexplicable death and a powerful narrative driven by suspense and staggering revelations. But it is also an intimate and deeply poignant inquiry into the nature of parental love and the challenges of being a parent today, a portrait of a family trying to solve the riddle not just of how their son died, but of who he really was in life.

  • Llama Llama celebrates graduation day in this sweet and poignant installment of the New York Times bestselling Llama Llama series.

    The school year is coming to end, which means it's time for graduation! Llama Llama has learned so much this year, but he isn't so sure he's ready to say goodbye to his teacher or classmates. Change can be scary, but with the help of his friends and family, Llama Llama remembers that it can also be good.

    The beloved Llama Llama, originally created by Anna Dewdney, is back for a graduation day celebration. The perfect gift for little ones celebrating their own important milestones.

  • Pulitzer Prize-winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past.

    Ride along with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments, and souvenir shops where Americans learn--and fight--about our history. From the birth of the nation in Philadelphia to Disneyland and the California dream, This Land Is Your Land offers a guided tour of thirteen places and thirteen key moments that define America's greatest successes and challenges.

    The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a document that proclaimed the liberty and equality of all human beings, but produced a country that often failed to agree upon--or live up to--those ideals. This Land Is Your Land is for everyone who wants to find that history--to experience it and confront it, to celebrate it and condemn it--in the places where it happened.

    Gage shows that Americans can face their past and still love their country. Toss the book in the back seat--or listen on audio with the windows down--and join the journey.

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Monthly Staff Picks | April, 2026

April 2, 2026 Clare Brooks

Our Monthly Staff Picks this April are perfect selections for those looking for a great springtime read!

From bestselling author Kristin Harmel comes ‘The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau’, our Monthly Staff Pick for adults this month. This decades spanning historical novel follows Colette, a one-time jewel thief helping to fund the French Resistance during WWII, as the mysteries and tragedies of the past resurface when a long lost bracelet resurfaces in a Boston Museum.

‘Beatrix Butterfly Wings It for Once’ is our Picture Book selection this month. This bright and colorful tale from Maren Morris & Karina Argow features illustrations from Kelly Anne Dalton is perfect for Spring. When Beatrix wakes up on the wrong side of her watermelon bed and is daunted by a long to-do list it’s through her friends that she learns to find a way to improve a day that gets off on the wrong foot.

For centuries, these gated woods have protected mythical creatures; and for twenty years Brandon Mull’s ‘Fablehaven’ has been delighting readers of all ages. Our selection for Middle Readers this April, join siblings Kendra and Seth as they inherit the role of Fablehaven’s caretaker. When the rules are broken and a powerful evil unleashed, they must race against the clock to save worlds both new and old in the first entry of this beloved series.

Our Young Adult pick this month, journeys into a much, much darker forest in CG Drews’s ‘Don't Let the Forest In’. This psychological horror novel follows two friends as one discovers that the other has been fighting his dark fairy tale drawings and they must band together to destroy these increasingly strong monsters before they can destroy their creator.

Join us this month for 20% off of all four of this April’s selections and for much more!

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New Releases | March 24th, 2026

March 20, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Activity Books

    • Diary of a Wimpy Kid Poster Book: Includes 40 Pull-Out Posters - Kinney, Jeff (Author)

    Adult Art

    • The Bright and Bold Granny Square Card Deck: - 50 Mix and Match Designs - Morgan, Leonie (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • Python's Kiss: Stories - Erdrich, Louise (Author)

    • We Do Not Part - Kang, Han (Author), Yaewon, E (Translator), Morris, Paige Aniyah (Translator)

    • Daughter of Egypt - Benedict, Marie (Author)

    Adult Science

    • The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck - Riskin, Jessica (Author)

    Biography

    • Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry - Streitfeld, David (Author)

    Board Books

    • Leo Lionni's 100 First Words - Lionni, Leo (Author)

    • Baby Sees Farm Animals: A High-Contrast Board Book for Babies (Baby Sees) - Steagall, Janna (Author)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Love Thy Stranger: How the Teachings of Jesus Transformed the Moral Conscience of the West - Ehrman, Bart D (Author)

    Cookbooks

    • Hello, Home Cooking: Do-Able Dishes for Every Day: A Cookbook - El-Waylly, Ham (Author)

    Great Outdoors

    • Women Who Hike National Parks: Walking with America's Most Inspiring Adventurers - Rochfort, Heather Balogh (Author)

    Horror

    • Wolf Worm - Kingfisher, T (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Who Was Cleopatra? (Who Was?) - Waterfield, Kathryn (Author), Who Hq (Author), Gutierrez, Manuel (Illustrator)

    • Who Is Weird Al Yankovic? (Who Was?) - Locher, Wes (Author), Who Hq (Author), Squier, Robert (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Imperial (The Imperial) - Hickman, Jonathan (Author), MacKay, Jed (Author), Coello, Iban (Illustrator), Vicentini, Federico (Illustrator), Checchetto, Marco (Not Available)

    • Statues: Junji Ito Story Collection: Junji Ito Story Collection (Junji Ito) - Ito, Junji (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • All Ears (Funjungle 9) - Gibbs, Stuart (Author)

    • Ape Escape (Funjungle 10) - Gibbs, Stuart (Author)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • ‍Exit Strategy: A Reacher Novel (Jack Reacher) - Child, Lee (Author), Child, Andrew (Author)

    • Nobody's Fool - Coben, Harlan (Author)

    • 25 Alive: A Women's Murder Club Thriller (A Women's Murder Club Thriller) - Patterson, James (Author), Paetro, Maxine (Author)

    Nature

    • How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World - Tapper, Ethan (Author)

    Picture Books

    • While We're Here - Wynter, Anne (Author), Archer, Micha (Illustrator)

    • The God of Sleep - Grossman, Lev (Author), Liên, Huynh Kim (Illustrator)

    • We All Belong - Marino, Gianna (Author), Marino, Gianna (Illustrator)

    • Where Do Race Cars Sleep at Night? (Where Do...Series) - Sayres, Brianna Caplan (Author), Slade, Christian (Illustrator)

    • Into the Wilderness - Iverson, Haven (Author), Zhang, August (Illustrator)

    • Our Home, Our Only Home (Wondrous World) - Bauer, Marion Dane (Author), Diao, Sophie (Illustrator)

    • Go Bananas! - Peele, A B (Author), Watkins, Lala (Illustrator)

    • Judgy Bunny and the Terrible Beach - Rothman, Scott (Author), Hunter, Linzie (Illustrator)

    • I Love Earth with the Very Hungry Caterpillar - Carle, Eric (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

    Political Sciences

    • Stand - Booker, Cory (Author)

    • Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare - Manson, Katrina (Author)

    Romance

    • The Night We Met (Deluxe Edition) - Jimenez, Abby (Author)

    Sidelines

    • Shakespeare Talking Bust [With Battery] (Rp Minis) - Running Press (Author), Tamphanon, Meel (Illustrator)

    Spinner Rack Books

    • Pete the Cat and the Missing Shoes: Includes Over 30 Stickers (Pete the Cat) - Dean, James (Author), Dean, Kimberly (Author), Dean, James (Illustrator)

    Young Adult

    • Silver Wolves - Charyn, Jerome (Author)

    • The Danger of Small Things - Lewis, Caryl (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. The "blockbuster" (Esquire) new Jack Reacher thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child, featuring "the best villain yet" (USA Today)!

    Don't miss the hit streaming series Reacher!

    First--a Baltimore coffee shop. A seat in the corner, facing the door. Black coffee, two refills, no messing around. A minor interruption from two of the customers, but nothing he can't deal with swiftly. As he leaves, a young guy brushes against him in the doorway. Instinctively Reacher checks the pocket holding his cash and passport. There's no problem. Nothing is missing.

    Second--a store to buy a coat. Nothing fancy. Something he can ditch when he heads to warmer climates. Large enough to fit a man the size of a bank vault. As he pulls out his cash, he finds something new in his pocket. A handwritten note. A desperate plea for help.

    Third--wherever this bend in the road takes him. Impressed by the guy's technique and intrigued by the message, Reacher makes it his mission to find out more . . .

  • Winner of the New England Book Award

    Finalist for the Vermont Book Award

    A tender, fearless exploration by a forester writing in the tradition of Suzanne Simard, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Robert Macfarlane.

    Only those who love trees should cut them, writes forester Ethan Tapper. In How to Love a Forest, he asks what it means to live in a time when ecosystems are in retreat and extinctions rattle the bones of the earth. How do we respond to the harmful legacies of the past? How do we use our species' incredible power to heal rather than to harm?

    Tapper walks us through the fragile and resilient community that is a forest. He introduces us to wolf trees and spring ephemerals, and to the mysterious creatures of the rhizosphere and the necrosphere. He helps us reimagine what forests are and what it means to care for them. This world, Tapper writes, is degraded by people who do too much and by those who do nothing. As the ecosystems that sustain all life struggle, we straddle two worlds: a status quo that treats them as commodities, and opposing claims that the only true expression of love for the natural world is to leave it alone.

    Proffering a more complex vision, Tapper argues that the actions we must take to protect ecosystems are often counterintuitive, uncomfortable, even heartbreaking. With striking prose, he shows how bittersweet acts--like loving deer and hunting them, loving trees and felling them--can be expressions of compassion. Tapper weaves a new land ethic for the modern world, reminding us that what is simple is rarely true, and what is necessary is rarely easy.

  • WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

    FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD IN FICTION

    FINALIST FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION

    LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE NBCC BARRIOS BOOK IN TRANSLATION PRIZE

    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR

    ONE OF THE ATLANTIC'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

    ONE OF THE OBSERVER'S 25 BEST BOOKS OF THE CENTURY (SO FAR)

    A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORKER, TIME, THE ECONOMIST, THE GUARDIAN, SLATE, VULTURE, ELLE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, BOOK RIOT, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, PEN AMERICA, CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, BBC - ONE OF BOOKPAGE'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

    Han Kang's most revelatory book since The Vegetarian, We Do Not Part tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter in Korean history--"[A] masterpiece" (The Boston Globe)

    "A haunting exploration of friendship amid historical trauma."--Time

    "A novel that is both disquieting and entrancing."--The Economist

    One winter morning in Seoul, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at the hospital. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyungha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved pet--a white bird called Ama. A snowstorm hits the island when Kyungha arrives. She must reach Inseon's house at all costs, but the icy wind and squalls slow her down as night begins to fall. She wonders if she will arrive in time to save the animal--or even survive the terrible cold that envelops her with every step. Lost in a world of snow, she doesn't yet suspect the vertiginous plunge into darkness that awaits her at her friend's house.

    Blurring the boundaries between dream and reality, We Do Not Part powerfully brings to light the lost voices of the past to save them from oblivion. Both a hymn to an enduring friendship and an argument for remembering, it is the story of profound love in the face of unspeakable pain--and a celebration of life, however fragile it might be.

  • In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by Drew Cukor, an unyielding Marine Corps colonel driven by the deaths of US troops and the prospect of war with an AI-equipped China, the Project Maven team raced to send AI into combat, igniting controversy and forever changing the US military.

    Summoning the mayhem of a tech startup, the Maven team wrestled Pentagon bureaucrats and each other. They enlisted an initially reluctant Silicon Valley, supercharged the growth of Palantir, and sent algorithms made by Amazon, Microsoft, and others into hot wars. Maven fielded technology to identify targets at speed and scale, developed AI-infused command systems, and learned where AI fails.

    The prospect of machines making independent decisions about life and death alarmed members of the military across all ranks and the project sparked a revolt among thousands of tech workers at Google. Yet today, Maven's AI-enabled systems operate in every branch of the US military, and its lessons are folded into developing autonomous technology set to be on the front lines of future war.

    Project Maven and its legacy sit at the intersection of colliding trends: America's insecurity about declining global power, the technological revolution driving AI into every aspect of society, the dominance of Big Tech, all-encompassing surveillance, and the ambitions of China's growing military. As the second Trump administration pours money into military AI and autonomy while the UN Secretary-General clamors for a ban on killer robots, this book investigates whether AI will improve accuracy and save lives or if a fundamentally unreliable black-box technology will unleash mistakes and atrocities at scale.

    Drawing on more than 200 interviews with insiders and opponents, this compelling narrative tells the definitive story of how AI warfare, once the stuff of apocalyptic science fiction, has become a reality.

  • Children! Quiet your engines! Zoom off to sleep with a new "things that go" bedtime story about race cars--from the creators of the bestselling Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? series.

    Race cars, hot rods, and many more speedy vehicles are getting ready for bed in their own special ways. Whether it be by taking one last victory lap or getting tucked in by their parent pit crew, these cars are ready for a good night's sleep. Race car lovers and their families will love this new addition to their bedtime story bookshelf!

    Children who can't get enough vehicles will love all the books in the bestselling Where Do...series. Look for these...and more!

    Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?

    Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night?

    Where Do Diggers Celebrate Christmas?

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New Releases | March 10th, 2026

March 6, 2026 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • Bookish Crafts: 40 Fun, Easy Projects for Book Lovers - Butler, Kanlin (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • It Girl - Pataki, Allison (Author)

    • Westward Women - Martin, Alice (Author)

    • Once and Again - Serle, Rebecca (Author)

    • The Natural Way of Things - Wood, Charlotte (Author)

    Animals

    • The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love - Hoffman, Alice (Author)

    Biography

    • Judy Blume: A Life - Oppenheimer, Mark (Author)

    • William and Catherine: The Monarchy's New Era: The Inside Story - Myers, Russell (Author)

    Board Books

    • ABCD . . . Earth!: An Alphabet Book with Spinning Earth Cover (Our Little Universe) - McAnulty, Stacy (Author), Chou, Joey (Illustrator)

    • See, Touch, Feel Busy Book: The Ultimate Sensory Book for Kids! (See, Touch, Feel) - Priddy Books (Author)

    • Little Cottage Frog: Finger Puppet Book - Huang, Yu-Hsuan (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Llewellyn's Little Book of Pendulums - Webster, Richard (Author)

    • Shadow Magick Spellbook: Spells, Charms & Rituals for Positive Change - Digitalis, Raven (Author)

    • Nero and Paul: How the Gospel of Grace Defeated the Ruler of Rome - Gifford, Kathie Lee (Author), Litfin, Bryan M (With)

    Children’s Science & Nature

    • Shapes of Nature: A Kaleidoscope of the Natural World - Hoare, Ben (Author)

    Great Outdoors

    • Out There: An Uncomplicated Field Guide to Outdoor Photography - Burkard, Chris (Author)

    History

    • The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War - Larson, Erik (Author)

    • Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus - Pagels, Elaine (Author)

    • The History Book (DK Big Ideas)

    Just the Facts

    • Blast Off!: Look Inside Spectacular Spacecraft - Elcomb, Ben (Author), D'Hipolito, Romolo (Illustrator)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Punisher: Welcome Back, Frank [Marvel Premier Collection] (Marvel Premier Collection) - Ennis, Garth (Author), Dillon, Steve (Illustrator), Dillon, Steve (Not Available), Bernthal, Jon (Foreword by), Ennis, Garth (Introduction by)

    • One Piece, Vol. 111 (One Piece #111) - Oda, Eiichiro (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • Big Nate: Code Red!: Volume 34 - Peirce, Lincoln (Author)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • Judge Stone - Patterson, James (Author), Davis, Viola (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Wake Up, Grouchy Bear! - Stein, David Ezra (Author), Stein, David Ezra (Illustrator)

    Romance

    • The Wings That Bind (Deluxe Edition) (Bloodwing Academy #3) - Boleyn, Briar (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • The Book That Held Her Heart (The Library Trilogy) - Lawrence, Mark (Author)

    • Voidverse - Ober, Damien (Author)

    Young Adult

    • They All Had a Fear (They All Had a Reason #3) - Leathers, Michele (Author)

    • Armaveni: A Graphic Novel of the Armenian Genocide - Takvorian, Nadine (Author)

    • Erase Me - Silver, Josh (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • Bursting with color and charm, this adorable frog finger puppet book lets babies and inquisitive toddlers touch, feel, and explore their growing world.

    Newborns and toddlers will love snuggling up with Little Cottage Frog! A tad reminiscent of Frog and Toad, this cottagecore frog lives in a little cottage log, and he is the perfect friend to help children experience woodland magic and wonder. In these pages, Little Cottage Frog hops, skips, and jumps through a mushroom forest to get to a frog party on the pond!

    Featuring a plush finger puppet that peeks into each lovingly illustrated page, this addition to the bestselling Finger Puppet board book series offers parents and children a fun, interactive way to play and read together as little ones build a lifelong love of books (and nature!).

    MORE THAN 9 MILLION COPIES SOLD IN THE SERIES: The Finger Puppet books are a trusted, go-to series for new parents and gift-givers.

    LEARNING PLUS PLAYTIME: A simple storyline celebrates pond life, while a bright and colorful cloth finger puppet offers a chance for little hands to play and build motor skills.

    IRRESISTIBLE ANIMAL: Frogs are wildly popular for their silliness and sliminess! This board book is perfect for lovers of this adorable amphibian.

    NEW BABY GIFT: Just the thing for baby showers, birthdays, and stocking stuffers! Pair with a cute frog plush toy or set of frog stickers to create an adorably memorable gift.

    STURDY AND SECURE: Never worry about losing this soft plush finger puppet, which is permanently attached to the back cover of the book.

    Perfect for:

    Parents and caregivers looking for an interactive and educational way to entertain little ones

    Gift-givers searching for cute, distinctive presents for birthday parties, baby showers, or holidays

    Fans of frogs, newts, salamanders, axolotls, and other amphibians

    Nature lovers of all ages

    Fans of finger puppet books for babies and toddlers

    Fans of the Frog and Toad and Froggy series

  • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From a renowned National Book Award-winning scholar, an extraordinary new account of the life of Jesus that explores the mystery of how a poor young man inspired a religion that reshaped the world.

    "This is a brilliant and necessary book. Sober, wise, respectful, and fearless." --Jon Meacham, author of The Soul of America

    "Pagels's story is for believers and non-believers alike." --Tara Westover, author of Educated

    "The depth of spirituality she uncovers is profound." --The New York Times Book Review

    Early in her career, Elaine Pagels changed our understanding of the origins of Christianity with her work in The Gnostic Gospels. Now, in the culmination of a decades-long career, she explores the biggest subject of all, Jesus. In Miracles and Wonder she sets out to discover how a poor young Jewish man inspired a religion that shaped the world.

    The book reads like a historical mystery, with each chapter addressing a fascinating question and answering it based on the gospels Jesus's followers left behind. Why is Jesus said to have had a virgin birth? Why do we say he rose from the dead? Did his miracles really happen and what did they mean?

    The story Pagels tells is thrilling and tense. Not just does Jesus comes to life but his desperate, hunted followers do as well. We realize that some of the most compelling details of Jesus's life are the explanations his disciples created to paper over inconvenient facts. So Jesus wasn't illegitimate, his mother conceived by God; Jesus's body wasn't humiliatingly left to rot and tossed into a common grave--no, he rose from the dead and was seen whole by his followers; Jesus isn't a failed messiah, his kingdom is a metaphor: he lives in us. These necessary fabrications were the very details and promises that electrified their listeners and helped his followers' numbers grow.

    In Miracles and Wonder, Pagels does more than solve a historical mystery. She sheds light on Jesus's enduring power to inspire and attract.

  • Academy Award winning actress Viola Davis and the world's #1 bestselling author James Patterson's Judge Stone " delivers first-class courtroom drama, small-town excitement, and strong characters all wrapped in a moral dilemma. Tense, readable, and relevant." ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review)

    "Talk about a power combo! ... With Davis's razor-sharp emotional insight and Patterson's mastery of rocket-fuel pacing, this is the dream team to deliver an up-all-night read that will keep the group chat buzzing." --Oprah Daily

    "Wonderfully satisfying ... This legal thriller from [a] superstar duo ... demands attention from its opening pages and never lets go." --Booklist, starred review

    All rise ... for Judge Stone.

    The most respected citizen in Union Springs, Alabama (population 3,314), is Judge Mary Stone. She holds two responsibilities sacred: running her family farm and presiding over her courtroom. It's there she draws the most controversial case in the history of the South.

    Criminally, it's open-and-shut.

    Ethically, there is no middle ground. Essentially, it's a choice between life and death.

    No judge can satisfy everyone. It would be dangerous to try. But Judge Stone is willing to fight to bring justice to the people and place she loves.

  • #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this "riveting reexamination of a nation in tumult" (Los Angeles Times).

    "A feast of historical insight and narrative verve . . . This is Erik Larson at his best, enlivening even a thrice-told tale into an irresistible thriller."--The Wall Street Journal

    A PARADE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

    On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Harbor: Fort Sumter.

    Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln's election and the Confederacy's shelling of Sumter--a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were "so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them."

    At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter's commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardor at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between them. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous secretary of state, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable--one that will eventually kill 750,000 Americans.

    Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink--a dark reminder that we often don't see a cataclysm coming until it's too late.

  • A sweeping, sensational novel of America's first "It Girl," whose dramatic journey to center stage echoes through the decades--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post

    "As stunning as the incomparable leading lady who inspired it . . . unputdownable, with a twist that will leave you breathless."--Emily Giffin

    At the dawn of the twentieth century, New York's streets teem with change: electricity, automobiles, the brash young President Teddy Roosevelt--and the It Girls. As artists' muses and working models, these independent young women soar to stardom not because of their pedigrees or inherited wealth, but because of their talent, charisma, and irresistible beauty. Pop culture is born, and in a world alight with Mr. Edison's new bulbs, no one shines brighter than America's sweetheart, Evelyn Talbot.

    But the journey to stardom is not simple or straight. While working as a shopgirl, the young Evelyn is recruited as a studio model and soon catches the eye of the preeminent artists of the age. When Broadway comes calling, Evelyn solidifies her status as the first self-made American female celebrity: the iconic Gibson Girl, the most sought-after figure and face of her time. Enter a parade of powerful and power-hungry men, from world-famous architect Stanley Pierce, the visionary behind Manhattan's mansions and iconic landmarks, to Hal Thorne, the shockingly wealthy railroad heir and premier "playboy" of high society. Each man promises comfort, glamour, security--even love. But fame and fortune are cruel teachers, and Evelyn learns that the only person she can rely on is herself.

    When Evelyn finds herself at the center of a murder of passion declared "the Crime of the Century," she is blamed for the acts of the men in her life. In the media frenzy that spirals around her, Evelyn realizes that to survive, she will have to write her own ending. But can this artists' muse turned showgirl pull off the greatest act of her life?

    It Girl is a breathtaking ride inspired by a singular artist and icon who captured the collective imagination of American society. Allison Pataki has crafted yet another unforgettable leading lady, a heroine who must find the power to change not only the world around her but her own destiny.

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Monthly Staff Picks | March, 2026

March 1, 2026 Clare Brooks

March is here! Spring is… thinking about it. And a new batch of Monthly Staff Picks are here at Little Village Toy & Book Shop!

Our Adult selection this month is a real treat for those looking for a Spring-time read, as Chloe Dalton’s acclaimed ‘Raising Hare’ is now in paperback. This nature memoir follows the author as she takes in a newborn hare she finds in the English countryside and is both a heartwarming tale of their relationship and how hares have been viewed across the history of art, literature, and folklore.

The sun shines. The temperature falls. Snowfall is in the forecast once again. And beloved author Kevin Henkes is asking ‘Is It Spring?’; this month’s Picture Book pick, full of colorful illustrations, is perfect for little ones looking to explore the signs as Spring slowly begins to show itself but Winter seems to want to stay.

For Middle Readers, and fans of all ages, our selection is ‘Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World ’- just in time to prepare for this month’s latest entry. From the world of the bestselling Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland comes this collection that sees the dragons of Pyrrhia and Pantala join forces to tell the histories of their tribes through all-new short stories, letters, songs, recipes and so much more. Featuring full-color maps and new illustrations throughout, this is a delightful expansion of the much loved fantasy series.

There be dragons in store for our YA readers this month, too. ‘A Language of Dragons’ by S.F. Williamson is our YA Pick this March; a thrilling alternate history fantasy set in 1920s London sees one young woman’s efforts to free a dragon ignite a civil war.

Visit us in store this March for 20% off all our Monthly Staff Picks, while supplies last!

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Monthly Staff Pick | February, 2026

February 1, 2026 Clare Brooks

February has arrived and with it a new selection of Monthly Staff Picks here at Little Village Toy & Book Shop!

For adults this month, we have ‘Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space’. This riveting history follows decades of spaceflight all leading to a moment-to-moment account of the 1986 tragedy that forever changed America.

‘Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee’ is our Picture Book selection this month and is a seasonal New England favorite. Author and Illustrator Chris Van Dusen’s Mr. Magee returns, with his pet dog Dee in tow, as he heads out to ski and slapstick hi-jinks ensue in this fun read aloud tale for all ages.

Our Young Adult pick this month is ‘Alanna: The First Adventure’, the first book in the Song of the Lioness Quartet, by beloved fantasy author Tamora Pierce. This fantasy adventure classic follows Alanna as she finds a way to switch places with her brother and disguise herself in order to train as a page, all in the hopes of fulfilling her dream and setting her off on the road to knighthood.

And, releasing this Tuesday 2/3, for Middle Readers we have ‘The Lions’ Run’ from the award-winning Sara Pennypacker as our pick this month which is a thrilling historical WWII adventure of animals, friendship, and resistance!

Visit us this February for 20% off all of this month’s selections, while supplies last, and for so much more!

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