New Releases | July 7th, 2026

• New Release List (Click to Expand)

  Activity Books

  • Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie: Official Activity Book - Golden Books (Author), Golden Books (Illustrator)

  Adult Fiction

  • Men in Love - Welsh, Irvine (Author)

  • An Infinite Love Story - Cleeton, Chanel (Author)

  • Bitter Sweet - Williams, Hattie (Author)

  • Finding Grace - Rothschild, Loretta (Author)

  • The Great Wherever - Sanders, Shannon (Author)

  • The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero - Sethi, Roshan (Author)

  • Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt - Reeves, Ben (Author)

  • Country People - Mason, Daniel (Author)

  • We Were Forbidden - Harpman, Jacqueline (Author), Schwartz, Ros (Translator)

  Chapter Books

  • The Princess in Black and the Trick-Or-Treating Trouble (Princess in Black) - Hale, Shannon (Author), Hale, Dean (Author), Pham, Leuyen (Illustrator)

  Children’s Art Books

  • Mega How to Draw (Pokémon)

  Coloring Books

  • Spooky Cutie: Coloring Book for Adults and Kids (Cozy Spaces Coloring) - Wyo, Coco (Author)

  • Wings of Fire Glow-In-The-Dark Coloring Book (Media Tie-In) - Sutherland, Tui T (Author), Walsh, Brianna C (Illustrator)

  Graphic Novels

  • A Super Scary Narwhalloween (a Narwhal and Jelly Book #8) (Narwhal and Jelly Book) - Clanton, Ben (Author)

  • Wolf's Belly - August, John (Author), Estrada, Simón (Illustrator)

  • My Tokyo Summer: A Graphic Novel - Denson, Abby (Author), Utomaru (Illustrator)

  • Offside: A Graphic Novel - Gonzalez, Christina Diaz (Author), Costa, Mari (Illustrator)

  • Unico: Lost (Volume 3): An Original Manga (Unico Awakening) - Tezuka, Osamu (Created by), Sattin, Samuel (Author), Gurihiru (Illustrator)

  • I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived Graphic Novel #14) (I Survived Graphix) - Tarshis, Lauren (Author), Wartman, Peter (Illustrator)

  • Exit Elsewhere (Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly #13) - Quinn, Jordan (Author), Glass House Graphics (Illustrator)

  Horror

  • Fabulous Bodies - Tingle, Chuck (Author)

  • You Weren't Meant to Be Human - White, Andrew Joseph (Author)

  Just the Facts

  • Who Was Lizzie Borden? (Who Was?) - Belviso, Meg (Author), Who Hq (Author), Marchesi, Stephen (Illustrator)

  Literary Collections

  • I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays - Kreizman, Maris (Author)

  Manga & Graphic Novels

  • Amazing Spider-Man: Torn (Amazing Spider-Man: Torn) - Straczynski, J Michael (Author), Perez, Pere (Illustrator), Hughes, Adam (Not Available)

  • Spider-Men: Worlds Collide [Marvel Premier Collection] - Bendis, Brian Michael (Author), Pichelli, Sara (Illustrator), Bagley, Mark (Illustrator), Pichelli, Sara (Not Available)

  • The Credits Roll Into the Sea Volume 1 (The Credits Roll Into the Sea) - Tarachine, John (Author), Tarachine, John (Illustrator), Allen, Jocelyne (Translator)

  • Batgirl of Burnside: DC Compact Comics Edition (DC Compact Comics) - Stewart, Cameron (Author), Fletcher, Brenden (Author), Koh, Irene (Illustrator), Tarr, Babs (Illustrator)

  • Batman and the Monster Men (New Edition) - Wagner, Matt (Author), Wagner, Matt (Illustrator)

  • One Piece, Vol. 112 - Oda, Eiichiro (Author)

  Middle Readers

  • The Chime Seekers - Montgomery, Ross (Author)

  • Sleepless - Korman, Gordon (Author)

  • The Trouble with Heroes - Messner, Kate (Author)

  • The Frog Princess and Peter Pan (Or, Wendy Darling and the Secret Prince) (Princess Swap) - Bussing, Kim (Author)

  My First Readers

  • DK Super Readers Level 1 Pokémon Pumpkin Party

  • DK Super Readers Level 2 Pokémon Explore Paldea

  Mystery and Thrillers

  • Stolen in Death (In Death #62) - Robb, J D (Author)

  • Billion-Dollar Ransom: A Thriller - Patterson, James (Author), Swierczynski, Duane (Author)

  • The Woman in Suite 11 - Ware, Ruth (Author)

  • Helpless - Knoll, Jessica (Author)

  • The Man - Sims, Laura (Author)

  Nature

  • Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature - Kaishian, Patricia Ononiwu (Author)

  Picture Books

  • The Skeleton and the Cat - Scott, Brandon James (Author), Scott, Brandon James (Illustrator)

  • The Teacher's Pet - Rissi, Anica Mrose (Author), Ohora, Zachariah (Illustrator)

  • Vampurr - Colón, Justin (Author), Wen, Lenny (Illustrator)

  • Fritz: A Mushroom Story - Garrity-Riley, Kelsey (Author)

  • We Are Lock, Shock, and Barrel (Disney Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas) (Little Golden Book) - Gilbert, Matthew J (Author), Robinson, Bill (Illustrator)

  • Mysterious Mittens: A Moontime Cats Halloween Story(Moontime Cats) - Morris, Jordan (Author), Mylie, Charlie (Illustrator)

  • Just for Today (a Maybe Tomorrow Book) - Agell, Charlotte (Author), Ramírez González, Ana (Illustrator)

  • How to Draw a Zombie - Abbott, Zoey (Author), Wagner, August (Author), Abbott, Zoey (Illustrator), Wagner, August (Illustrator)

  • A Day Off School - Jeffers, Oliver (Author), Waldron, Kevin (Illustrator)

  • All the Ways We Learn - Ito Ward, Chloe (Author), Apollonova, Yaroslava (Illustrator)

  • The Pup That Never Gives Up (Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie) (Little Golden Book) - Roth, Megan (Author), Golden Books (Illustrator)

  • Illumination's Minions & Monsters Little Golden Book (Little Golden Book) - Golden Books (Author), Golden Books (Illustrator)

  • Millie Fleur's Pumpkin Problem (Millie Fleur) - Mandin, Christy (Author), Mandin, Christy (Illustrator)

  Poetry

  • The Acrobat: Essential Poems - Szymborska, Wislawa (Author), Cavanagh, Clare (Introduction by)

  Romance

  • Manor of Decay (Threadmender Chronicles #2) - Martineau, Maxym M (Author)

  • The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy (Dearly Beloathed) - Knightley, Brigitte (Author)

  • The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk: Book 2 of the Shadowborn Duet (The Crowns of Nyaxia #4) - Broadbent, Carissa (Author)

  • Most Ardently Yours - Sampson, Freya (Author)

  • The Farewitch of Foxe Holler - Goff, Ellen Pauley (Author)

  • The MASH Up - Meyers, Laura Marie (Author)

  Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 1: Outworlder (He Who Fights with Monsters #1) - Deverell, Travis (Author), Shirtaloon (Author)

  • Dune: Deluxe Trade Paperback Edition (Special) (Dune) - Herbert, Frank (Author)

  Spinner Rack Books

  • How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words - Galer, Sophia Smith (Author)

  Social Sciences

  • How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words - Galer, Sophia Smith (Author)

  Spinner Rack

  • Big Dinosaur Adventure (Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie) (Pictureback) - Roth, Megan (Author), Random House (Illustrator)

  • Peppa Pig: Peppa Loves Unicorns and Mermaids

  Young Adult

  • Shadow Over the Pumpkin Queen (Pumpkin Queen) - Shepherd, Megan (Author)

  • Coming Out Perfect #1: A Graphic Novel - Mercado, Richard (Author), Mercado, Richard (Illustrator)

  • Heartstopper #6: A Graphic Novel (Heartstopper) - Oseman, Alice (Author), Oseman, Alice (Illustrator)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

• Heartstopper #6: A Graphic Novel

  New York Times and Sunday Times Bestselling Author

  Heartstopper Forever movie coming soon from Netflix

  Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The final installment in the bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel series about life, love, and everything that happens in between.

  Everyone in school knows Nick and Charlie. Everyone knows they're going to be together forever. But Charlie's busy with his bid to become Head Boy. And while Nick is preparing to leave for college, he's starting to wonder who he'll be... without Charlie.

  Contains discussions around mental health and eating disorders, and sexual references.

• Trouble With Heroes

  An instant New York Times bestseller!

  A USA Today bestseller!

  Read with Jenna Jr. Summer Reading List Pick!

  "Genuinely moving." --The New York Times Book Review

  "Explores the healing power of hiking." --NPR's All Things Considered

  Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year: Middle Grade The Week Jr. Best Book of the Year Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year An NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book The Week Jr.'s Book Club Pick

  Bestselling and award-winning author Kate Messner takes readers on a heart-filling journey as a boy finds his path to healing.

  One summer.

  46 mountain peaks.

  A second chance to make things right.

  Finn Connelly is nothing like his dad, a star athlete and firefighter hero who always ran toward danger until he died two years ago. Finn is about to fail seventh grade and has never made headlines . . . until now.

  Caught on camera vandalizing a cemetery, he's in big trouble for knocking down some dead old lady's headstone. Turns out that grave belongs to a legendary local mountain climber, and her daughter makes Finn an unusual offer: she'll drop all the charges if he agrees to climb all forty-six Adirondack High Peaks in a single summer. And there's just one more thing--he has to bring along the dead woman's dog.

  In a wild three months of misadventures, mountain mud, and unexpected mentors, Finn begins to find his way on the trails. At the top of each peak, he can see for miles and slowly begins to understand more about himself and his dad. But the mountains don't care about any of that, and as the clock ticks down to September, they have more surprises in store. Finn's final summit challenge may be more than even a hero can face.

• Country People

  A year in the life of a family as they strike out into the unknown (aka Vermont), leaving all the comforts of home behind--a rollicking, lyrical novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Daniel Mason, the bestselling author of North Woods and one of America's greatest living writers

  Miles Krzelewski is a devoted husband, a doting father beloved for his outlandish bedtime stories, and the proud owner of a truffle-hunting dog in a land with no truffles. He is also a bit lost, twelve years late with his PhD on Russian folktales and increasingly haunted by a sense that he's become a disappointment to his family. So when his wife, Kate, accepts a visiting professorship at a prestigious college in the faraway forests of Vermont, he decides that this will be the year to finally move forward with his life.

  But Miles is a man of many enthusiasms, one who possesses, in Kate's words, a great capacity "to fall in with anyone, anywhere." And no sooner does he arrive than he finds himself entangled with a cast of characters as colorful as those of any of his folktales, from a ghostly tree surgeon to a scythe-mad biochemist, from a Shakespearean temptress to a photographer of snowflakes obsessed with chronicling, on thousands of index cards, the world's delusions in an Inventory of Wrong Ideas.

  The new friends, the enchanted woods, the histories: sure, no PhD, but all good fun. Until Miles stumbles upon a bizarre--perhaps ridiculous--local legend, which, he soon suspects, might not be just a legend after all.

  Joyous, absurd, and life-affirming, Country People is a luminous exploration of marriage and parenthood, the nature of belief and the power of stories, and the ways in which we find connection in an increasingly fragmented world.

• Millie Fleur's Pumpkin Problem

  New York Times bestselling character Millie Fleur has a BIG problem in this compact storybook perfect for the season! Includes stickers!

  Autumn has arrived, and the residents of Garden Glen are feeling dreary thinking about the gray months ahead. Lucky for them, Millie Fleur has a plan to bring color back to town. Her unusual pumpkin patch is sure to delight her neighbors.

  But when Millie Fleur's growing gourds take on a life of their own, she'll have to find a way out of this pumpkin problem!

  A new compact storybook featuring kid-favorite character Millie Fleur, Millie Fleur's Pumpkin Problem is the perfect pick for fall! Includes stickers!

• The Man

  PRAISED BY ANA REYES, MONA AWAD, ANDREA BARTZ, VANESSA CHAN, DANIELLE TRUSSONI, AND MORE!

  "Fiercely intelligent and deeply chilling. . . . The perfect book club read." --Ana Reyes, New York Times bestselling author of The House in the Pines

  From the highly acclaimed author of How Can I Help You, a New York Times Best Thriller of the Year: a singular take on the psychological suspense novel that follows a 1960s housewife turned amateur photographer who begins to fear for her life when she notices the dark silhouette of a man in the background of her self-portraits.

  The photos Judith Stanley takes are just for her, a private passion to fill her suburban days. But when she shares them with Paul Sorenson, her new photography instructor, she's unprepared to hear his astonished praise. "Stunning," he calls her photos. "Extraordinary." She has an uncanny eye, he says, and should consider publication. He could help. Except Judith has no interest in sharing her work; in fact, the mere idea of it frightens her.

  Still, emboldened by Paul's encouragement, Judith ventures out beyond her quiet neighborhood to the city in search of increasingly striking images. When she starts to notice the dark shape of a man in the corner of her self-portraits, Judith is certain he's an attacker from her past. She doesn't know why he has returned, but she's sure of his presence: the hoarse sound of his breathing, his hard grip on her elbow. Perhaps it would appease the man if she were to put her camera down and give up her private passion. But she can't; she refuses. Until one night when the man finally emerges from the shadows, and Judith's story suddenly and irrevocably becomes his own.

  Chilling and heart-poundingly propulsive, The Man is a phenomenal and timely novel exploring the inescapable fear of living as a woman, the tantalizing seduction of artistic freedom, and the very real dangers that lurk both inside and outside the confines of the mind. The Man marks Laura Sims as an extraordinary talent at the top of her game; and this, her third novel, is her greatest achievement yet.

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Monthly Staff Picks | July, 2026

New Monthly Staff Picks are here for July to help you beat the heat this summer!

Susie Dent’s mystery ‘Guilty by Definition’ is our Adult selection this month. The kick-off to a brand new series, this crime puzzler sees a letter arrive at the offices of the Clarendon English Dictionary that begins the unraveling of the mysterious disappearance of one of their own. This fun, code-filled novel is perfect for word-nerds and British cozy mystery fans alike.

This month’s Young Adult selection is perfect for those looking for a beachy romance read; K.L. Walther’s ‘Summer of Second Chances’ is a Martha Vineyard set story of summer and young love as Olivia follows in her grandmother’s footsteps during a family vacation only to be reintroduced to a boy from her past who might be the key to opening her heart.

‘Norman and the Smell of Adventure’ is our pick for picture book readers this month. Norman is back in this Ryan T. Higgins sequel and he’s ready for an adventure, but when that means leaving behind his best friend Mildred, a tree, he learns that perhaps the best adventures are the ones that we share.

It’s a cryptid creature double feature for our Chapter Book and Middle Reader picks this month! ‘Big Foot and Little Foot’ is an early chapter book that sees a Sasquatch and a young boy’s worlds collide as they set out on an adventure in search of even more mythical beasts. ‘What Do We Know About Bigfoot?’ is perfect for fact finding fans as this favorite series follows the sightings, science, and lore of one of the world’s most recognizable cryptids.

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Monthly Staff Picks | June, 2026

Little Village Toy & Book Shop’s Monthly Staff Picks for June are here!

As you may have seen last month, the Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Angel Down’ kicked things off a little earlier in May than expected but will continue as one of our Adult picks throughout June, too.

We’ve added an additional Adult title this month with ‘Ducks, Newburyport’ by Lucy Ellmann; another title that plays with form and function, like ‘Angel Down’, but in an entirely different setting. This Booker Prize shortlisted tome of a novel follows an American housewife’s stream of consciousness in a not-too-distant Ohio; it’s an ambitious but worthwhile effort for the author and readers alike.

Our Middle Reader and Picture Book Picks this month are a delightful pair with Katherine Applegate’s ‘Odder’ & ‘Odder: An Otter's Story’. ‘Odder’, for middle readers, is the bestselling novel told in verse that follows a remarkable otter off the coast of central California. ‘Odder: An Otter’s Story’ is a picture book adaptation of the novel sure to delight readers young and old. Both versions of this heartwarming tale inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium Program feature gorgeous illustrations from Charles Santoso.

And last but certainly not least, our YA selection this month is ‘Encore!’ (available 6/2). This queer graphic novel rom-com sees two former best friends reunite in high school after drifting apart during childhood.

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Monthly Staff Picks | May, 2026

A new month means new Monthly Staff Picks, here’s what we're highlighting this May!

Romance readers, or perhaps those looking to expand their literary horizons, are in for a real treat with the latest from Chloe Liese, ‘Happy Ending’. The perfect rom-com to kick off your summer follows divorcees who meet when their ex spouses begin dating; what follows is a thoughtful friends-to-lovers, slow-burn tale of a bookseller, a chef, and a “two family” beach vacation that changes everything.

Author and Illustrator Robert McCloskey’s Classic ‘Make Way For Ducklings’ is our Picture Book Pick this month. This merry tale of Mrs. Mallard and her eight ducklings as they travel to make a new home of the pond at the Boston Public Garden is as heartwarming and meaningful as ever and sure to delight readers new and old.

Another classic, albeit, in a new form is our Middle Reader selection this month; ‘Heidi: A Graphic Novel’ sees the titular heroine sent to live with her Grandfather in the Swiss Alps and this familiar story is given new life as adapted by Mariah Marsden and beautifully illustrated by Elena Bia.

For YA readers, our Pick this month is ‘Happyhead’ from Josh Silver, a dystopian thriller set in an experimental mental health facility where not all is as it seems and the risks one boy is willing to take to escape. The first in a twist-filled duology that is sure to please dystopian fans looking for something new and perhaps a little different.

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New Releases | April 7th, 2026

• New Release List (Click to Expand)

  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

• Fablehaven

  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

• Nightshade

  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).

• London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth

  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 Graduation Day!

  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.

• This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History

  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

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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