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New Releases \ November 11th, 2025

November 9, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • No Needles Knitting: Easy Techniques and Projects for Making Quick and Cozy Modern Knits by Hand - Howell, Vickie (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • Some Bright Nowhere - Packer, Ann (Author)

    • The White Hot - Hudes, Quiara Alegría (Author)

    • Next Time Will Be Our Turn - Sutanto, Jesse Q (Author)

    • Evensong - O'Nan, Stewart (Author)

    • The Land in Winter - Miller, Andrew (Author)

    Adult Science

    • Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story - Kluger, Jeffrey (Author)

    • The Tree of Life: Solving Science's Greatest Puzzle - Telford, Max (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Making Mary Poppins: The Sherman Brothers, Walt Disney, and the Creation of a Classic Film - Pierce, Todd James (Author)

    • Insomnia - Robertson, Robbie (Author)

    • Star of the Show: My Life on Stage - Parton, Dolly (Author), Roland, Tom (With)

    Biography

    • From Here to the Great Unknown: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir - Presley, Lisa Marie (Author), Keough, Riley (Author)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Ancestral Magic: A Modern Witch's Guide to Folk Traditions & Reconnection - Castanea, Frankie (Author)

    Business

    • Freakonomics Twentieth Anniversary Edition: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything - Levitt, Steven D (Author), Dubner, Stephen J (Author)

    Chapter Books

    • Dog Man: Big Jim Believes (Dog Man #14): From the Creator of Captain Underpants - Pilkey, Dav (Author), Pilkey, Dav (Illustrator)

    Children’s Science and Nature

    • Flurry, Float, and Fly!: The Story of a Snowstorm - Salas, Laura Purdie (Author), Fedele, Chiara (Illustrator)

    Coloring Book

    • Calico Critters: Cozy Friends Coloring Book: Cute and Comfy Coloring for All Ages

    Cookbooks

    • Turtle Island: Foods and Traditions of the Indigenous Peoples of North America - Sherman, Sean (Author), Nelson, Kate (Author), Donnelly, Kristin (Author)

    • Something from Nothing: A Cookbook - Roman, Alison (Author)

    Fun & Games

    • Minecraft Escape Rooms - Mojang Ab (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Besties: Set Sail (The World of Click) - Miller, Kayla (Author), Canino, Jeffrey (Author), Luu, Kristina (Illustrator)

    History

    • The American Revolution: An Intimate History - Ward, Geoffrey C (Author), Burns, Kenneth (Author)

    • Declaring Independence: Why 1776 Matters - Larson, Edward J (Author)

    • Sword Beach: D-Day Baptism by Fire - Hastings, Max (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novel

    • Green Lantern Corps Vol. 1: New World Rising - Adams, Jeremy (Author), Hampton, Morgan (Author), Pasarin, Fernando (Illustrator)

    • Star Wars: Path of the Lightsaber, Vol. 1 - Ruiz, Kenny (Author)

    • One Piece, Vol. 110 (One Piece #110) - Oda, Eiichiro (Author)

    • Kingdom, Vol. 1 - Hara, Yasuhisa (Author)

    Middle Readers

    • Unraveled Book 9.5 (Keeper of the Lost Cities) - Messenger, Shannon (Author)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • Exit Strategy: A Reacher Novel (Jack Reacher 30) - Child, Lee (Author), Child, Andrew (Author)

    • Nash Falls - Baldacci, David (Author)

    • The King's Ransom (The Recovery Agent #2) - Evanovich, Janet (Author)

    Picture Books

    • This Is Not a Sleepy Bear Book - Gehrlein, Brian (Author) , Harney, Jennifer (Illustrator)

    • Earl & Worm #3: Snow Problem and Other Stories - Pizzoli, Greg (Author)

    • The Bunny Ballet: A Picture Book - Ericson, Nora (Author), MacKay, Elly (Illustrator)

    • Nina Climbs a Mountain - Janelle, Elizabeth (Author)

    Political Sciences

    • On My Watch: Leading NATO in a Time of War - Stoltenberg, Jens (Author)

    Romance

    • This Gilded Abyss (Titan's Wrath Trilogy #1) - Thorne, Rebecca (Author)

    • Between Two Kings (Deluxe Edition)(Split or Swallow #2) - Straube, Lindsay (Author)

    • Your Knife, My Heart (Deluxe Edition) (Dark Forces #1) - Moronova, K M (Author)

    • Leather & Lark Collector's Edition: The Ruinous Love Trilogy (Ruinous Love Trilogy) - Weaver, Brynne (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales (Emily Wilde 3) - Fawcett, Heather (Author)

    • Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes) - Baldree, Travis (Author)

    • The Strength of the Few (The Hierarchy #2) - Islington, James (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • Without Consent: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle to Make Spousal Rape a Crime - Weinman, Sarah (Author)

    Spinner Rack Books

    • Get Well, Curious George - Rey, H A (Author), Rey, Margret (Author), Young, Mary O'Keefe (Illustrator)

    True Crime

    • Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever - Cox, Joseph (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • Power up with Dog Man: Big Jim Believes from the global #1 bestselling author and award-winning artist Dav Pilkey. Join the journey as our heroes discover the influence of belief and find truth from within. With threads of self-awareness, confidence, and integrity, Dav Pilkey masterfully crafts a humorous and heartfelt adventure, weaving together the importance of truth, goodness, and believing in yourself.

    The celebration comes to a halt for our heroes in Dog Man: Big Jim Believes when the mischievous Space Cuties From Space return. Our caped crusaders -- Dog Man (aka Scarlet Shedder), Commander Cupcake, and Sprinkles -- along with Mecha Molly discover that the city has changed, and nothing is how it should be. Can Big Jim's positivity and innocence help our heroes? Will Dog Man, Big Jim, Grampa, and Molly have the courage to trust each other and save the day? How does the past help shape the future? And who is the chosen one?

    Readers will want to hold onto their hero capes as they soar into a new thrilling Dog Man story. The series follows the hilarious adventures of Dog Man, a lovable canine superhero and his friends. Each exciting graphic novel features inspiring characters, animated Flip-O-Ramas, and more!

    For additional awesome, action-packed, inspiring escapades filled with creativity and imagination, read Dav Pilkey's Cat Kid Comic Club series, Super Diaper Baby graphic novels (now in full color), Captain Underpants series, and Dragon series. Also be sure to check out the two acclaimed major motion pictures: Dog Man and Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.

  • Description text goes hereThis highly anticipated sequel to The Will of the Many--one of 2023's most lauded and bestselling fantasy novels--follows Vis as he grapples with a dangerous secret that could unravel history across alternate dimensions.

    Book two of the Hierarchy quartet.

    OMNE TRIUM PERFECTUM

    The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am.

    But with all that has happened--with what I fear is coming--I am not sure it matters anymore.

    I am no longer one. I won the Iudicium, and lost everything--and now, impossibly, the ancient device beyond the Labyrinth has replicated me across three separate worlds. A different version of myself in each of Obiteum, Luceum, and Res. Three different bodies, three different lives. I have to hide; fight; play politics. I have to train; trust; lie. I have to kill; heal; prove myself again, and again, and again.

    I am loved, and hated, and entirely alone.

    Above all, though, I need to find answers before it's too late. To understand the nature of what has happened to me, and why.

    I need to find a way to stop the coming Cataclysm, because if all I have learned is true, I may be the only one who can.

  • When Walter Nash is recruited by the FBI to help bring down a global crime network his life is turned completely upside down in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.

    Nash is an intelligent man, tough but fair-minded. He has a wife and a daughter and a very high-level position at Sybaritic Investments, where his innate skills and dogged tenacity have carried him to the top of the pyramid in his business career. Despite never going on grand adventures, and always working too many hours, he has a happy and upscale life with his family.

    However, following his estranged Vietnam-veteran father's funeral, Nash is unexpectedly approached by the FBI in the middle of the night. They have an important request: become their inside man to expose an enterprise that is laundering large sums of money through Sybaritic. At the top of this illegal operation is Victoria Steers, an international criminal mastermind that the FBI has been trying to bring down for years.

    Nash has little choice but to accept the FBI's demands and try to bring Steers and her partners to justice. But when Steers discovers that Nash is working with the FBI, she turns the tables on him in a way he never could have contemplated. And that forces Nash to take the ultimate step both to survive and to take his revenge: He must become the exact opposite of who he has always been.

    And even that may not be enough.

  • #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough.

    A PEOPLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

    In 2022, Lisa Marie Presley asked her daughter to help finally finish her long-gestating memoir.

    A month later, Lisa Marie was dead, and the world would never know her story in her own words, never know the passionate, joyful, caring, and complicated woman that Riley loved and now grieved.

    Riley got the tapes that her mother had recorded for the book, lay in her bed, and listened as Lisa Marie told story after story about smashing golf carts together in the yards of Graceland, about the unconditional love she felt from her father, about being upstairs, just the two of them. About getting dragged screaming out of the bathroom as she ran toward his body on the floor. About living in Los Angeles with her mother, getting sent to school after school, always kicked out, always in trouble. About her singular, lifelong relationship with Danny Keough, about being married to Michael Jackson, what they had in common. About motherhood. About deep addiction. About ever-present grief. Riley knew she had to fulfill her mother's wish to reveal these memories, incandescent and painful, to the world.

    To make her mother known.

    This extraordinary book is written in both Lisa Marie's and Riley's voices, a mother and daughter communicating--from this world to the one beyond--as they try to heal each other. Profoundly moving and deeply revealing, From Here to the Great Unknown is a book like no other--the last words of the only child of an American icon.

  • Jack Reacher will make three stops today. Not all of them were planned for. The page-turning new Jack Reacher thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.

    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 . .

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Monthly Staff Pick | November, 2025

November 2, 2025 Clare Brooks

We’ve got a unique selection of Monthly Staff Picks for November that are perfect for those looking for something a little different or make a great gift no matter the season.

Our Adult Monthly Staff Pick is ‘Polostan’ from acclaimed Science Fiction author Neal Stephenson and the opening entry in his Bomb Light series. While bite-sized in comparison with his usual tomes, this historical epic is just as full of big ideas as we follow a young woman, Dawn Rae Bjornberg, born in America and raised in Russia, amid the intrigue and espionage of a world racing towards the Atomic Age.

The classic ‘D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths’ is our selection for Middle Readers. Greek Mythology takes on new life in the words and illustrations of Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire in this timeless take that also makes a great read aloud tale for adventurous younger book lovers.

‘Gilbert the Moose Learns to Ski’ is our Picture Book selection this November. Written by Heidi Shadix-Pieros with photography by Rick Pieros and illustrations by Corbet Curfman, this delightful tale follows the young moose as he takes to the slopes and finds that friends make learning something new much easier.

And, for the Young Adult reader this month we have E. Lockhart’s ‘We Were Liars’. This modern YA classic is a New England set family drama and psychological thriller. Whether you’ve seen the recent television series based on the book or are just looking for a clever read, ‘We Were Liars’ is the first entry in this twist filled series with the latest entry hitting shelves this month!

Visit us in-store for 20% off all four of our selections this November, while supplies last!

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New Releases | October 14th, 2025

October 12, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Fiction

    • Remain: A Supernatural Love Story - Sparks, Nicholas (Author) , Shyamalan, M Night (Author)

    • Boleyn Traitor - Gregory, Philippa (Author)

    • The Wayfinder - Johnson, Adam (Author)

    • Minor Black Figures - Taylor, Brandon (Author)

    • A Guardian and a Thief - Majumdar, Megha (Author)

    • Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming - Krasznahorkai, László (Author) , Mulzet, Ottilie (Translator)

    • Workhorse - Palmer, Caroline (Author)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Vagabond: A Memoir - Curry, Tim (Author)

    • Taylor Swift All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track (All the Songs) - Somville, Damien (Author) , Benoit, Marine (Author)

    • Future Boy: Back to the Future and My Journey Through the Space-Time Continuum - Fox, Michael J (Author) , Fortenberry, Nelle (Author)

    • The Beatles Anthology (25th Anniversary Edition) - Beatles (Author)

    Biography

    • Unseen: How I Lost My Vision But Found My Voice - Burke, Molly (Author)

    • Joyride: A Memoir - Orlean, Susan (Author)

    Board Books

    • Me (Emma Dodd's Love You Books) - Dodd, Emma (Author), Dodd, Emma (Illustrator)

    Body, Mind & Spirit

    • Jesus Listens: Prayers for Every Season: A 365-Day Illustrated Prayer Book - Young, Sarah (Author)

    • How to Love: Hardcover Gift Edition (Mindfulness Essentials) - Nhat Hanh, Thich (Author) , Deantonis, Jason (Illustrator)

    Business

    • 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History - And How It Shattered a Nation - Sorkin, Andrew Ross (Author)

    Chapter Books

    • Beast Mode Unleashed (Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol #26) - Miedoso, Andres (Author) , Rivas, Victor (Illustrator)

    Children’s Poetry

    • Walt Disney's Cinderella: 75th Anniversary Edition - Mazique, Brittany (Author) , Vee, Maxine (Illustrator)

    Children’s Reference

    • All You Can Be with ADHD - Holderness, Penn (Author) , Holderness, Kim (Author) , Vogel, Vin (Illustrator)

    Cookbooks

    • Milk Street Shorts: Recipes That Pack a Punch - Kimball, Christopher (Author)

    • My Harvest Kitchen: 100+ Recipes to Savor the Seasons - Bullock-Prado, Gesine (Author)

    • Snoop Dogg's Treats to Eat: 55 Baking Recipes--Baking with (or Without) Weed (Snoop Dogg Presents) - Dogg, Snoop (Author) , Achilleos, Antonis (Photographer)

    Family Issues

    • We're Having a Baby: Adapting to a New Baby (Campbell Big Steps) - Cocklico, Marion (Illustrator) , Books, Campbell (Author)

    • Overcoming School Avoidance: What to Do When Your Kid Won't Go to School - Demsky, Jayne (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics: The Graphic Novel (Mr. Lemoncello's Library) - Grabenstein, Chris (Author) , Holgate, Douglas (Illustrator)

    • Muted: Volume 2 (Muted) - Mundt, Miranda (Author)

    • Kindred Dragons (Book 1): A Graphic Novel - Mensinga, Sarah (Author)

    • Not-So-Sweetie Pie (Weenie Featuring Frank and Beans Book #3) - Fergus, Maureen (Author) , Bye, Alexandra (Illustrator)

    History

    • The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II - Nasaw, David (Author)

    • The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery - Kara, Siddharth (Author)

    Homestead

    • Little Woodchucks: Offerman Woodshop's Guide to Tools and Tomfoolery - Offerman, Nick (Author) , Buchanan, Lee (Author)

    • Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden: A Guide to Creating Sustainable Outdoor Spaces - Wilson, Kendra (Author) , Editors of Gardenista (Author) , Atkinson, Caitlin (Photographer)

    Horror

    • The Graceview Patient - Starling, Caitlin (Author)

    • Ring Shout - Clark, P Djèlí (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • Rock Star: How Ursula Marvin Mapped Moon Rocks and Meteorites - Wallace, Sandra Neil (Author) , Carpenter, Nancy (Illustrator)

    • Taylor Swift: A Who HQ Illustrated Biography (Who HQ Illustrated Biographies) - Mayer, Kirsten (Author) , Mariana, Yenna (Illustrator) , Who Hq (Author)

    • Michael Jordan: A Who HQ Illustrated Biography (Who HQ Illustrated Biographies) - Labrecque, Ellen (Author) , Badiu, Alexandra (Illustrator) , Who Hq (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm - Mackesy, Charlie (Author)

    • Destroy All Humans. They Can't Be Regenerated. a Magic: The Gathering Manga, Vol. 5 - Ise, Katsura (Author) , Yokota, Takuma (Artist)

    Middle Readers

    • A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning (Deluxe Limited Edition) - Snicket, Lemony (Author)

    • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, Book 4) (Interactive Illustrated Edition) - Rowling, J K (Author) , Mountford, Karl James (Illustrator) , Tice-Gilbert, Jess (Not Available)

    • Dragonborn - Murray, Struan (Author)

    Mystery & Thrillers

    • The Picasso Heist: A Thriller - Patterson, James (Author), Roughan, Howard (Author)

    • Gone Before Goodbye - Coben, Harlan (Author), Witherspoon, Reese (Author)

    Nature

    • In the Circle of Ancient Trees: Our Oldest Trees and the Stories They Tell - Trouet, Valerie (Author) , Cyan, Blaze (Illustrator)

    Personal Growth

    • All about Love: The Deluxe Collector's Edition: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation #1) - Hooks, Bell (Author)

    • Year of Yes: 10th Anniversary Edition - Rhimes, Shonda (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Knight Owl's Little Christmas (The Knight Owl) - Denise, Christopher (Author)

    • A Dance with Santa Claus - Boynton, Sandra (Author)

    • Llama Llama: A Gift for Mama: A Christmas Book for Kids and Toddlers - Dewdney, Anna (Author) , Morrow, Jt (Illustrator)

    • Nunu and the Sea - Kung, Isabella (Author)

    • The Bears' Christmas (the Berenstain Bears) (Beginner Books) - Berenstain, Stan (Author) , Berenstain, Jan (Author)

    • The Five Wolves - McCarty, Peter (Author)

    • And They Walk on - Maillard, Kevin (Author) , López, Rafael (Illustrator)

    • Broken - Fang, X (Author)

    • I Am Fiyero (Universal Pictures Wicked) (Little Golden Book) - Man-Kong, Mary (Author) , Mengert, Hollie (Illustrator)

    • We Are Shiz (Universal Pictures Wicked) (Little Golden Book) - Man-Kong, Mary (Author) , Mengert, Hollie (Illustrator)

    • I Am Elphaba: Ultimate Fan Edition (Universal Pictures Wicked): 22 Bonus Pages! Stickers! (Little Golden Book) - Man-Kong, Mary (Author), Chang, Elsa (Illustrator)

    • I Am Glinda: Ultimate Fan Edition (Universal Pictures Wicked): 22 Bonus Pages! Stickers! (Little Golden Book) - Man-Kong, Mary (Author) , Chang, Elsa (Illustrator)

    Poetry

    • Soon It Will Be Sunday - Leav, Lang (Author)

    Political Sciences

    • The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World - Chomsky, Noam (Author) , Robinson, Nathan J (Author)

    • Life, Law & Liberty: A Memoir (Not for Online) - Kennedy, Anthony (Author)

    Romance

    • Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon - Norman, Matthew (Author)

    • Daughter of No Worlds (The War of Lost Hearts #1) - Broadbent, Carissa (Author)

    • Sawyer (Deluxe Edition) (Lucky River Ranch #3) - Peterson, Jessica (Author)

    • Wolf.E (Deluxe Edition) (The Soldiers of Bedlam #1) - Hope, Paisley (Author)

    • Lights Out Collector's Edition: An Into Darkness Novel - Allen, Navessa (Author)

    • Conform (Thousand Voices) - Sullivan, Ariel (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Polostan: Volume One of Bomb Light (Bomb Light #1) - Stephenson, Neal (Author)

    • The Keeper of Magical Things - Leong, Julie (Author)

    • Red Rising (Deluxe Slipcase Edition) (Red Rising #1) - Brown, Pierce (Author)

    • Red City (New Alchemists #1) - Lu, Marie (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • We Survived the Night - Noisecat, Julian Brave (Author)

    • Three or More Is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025 - Cobb, Jelani (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • 'One day you'll look back and realise how hard it was, and just how well you did'

    Charlie Mackesy's four unlikely friends are wandering through the wilds again. They're not sure what they are looking for. They do know that life can be difficult, but that they love each other, and cake is often the answer.

    When the dark clouds come, can the boy remember what he needs to get through the storm?

    The hugely anticipated new book from Charlie Mackesy, revisiting the much-loved world of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - the internationally bestselling book, with over ten million readers around the world.

    This beautiful paper-over-board hardcover includes a dark blue satin ribbon, textured blue quarter bind, illustrated endpapers, and cream sketchbook-quality paper.

  • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new series--an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.

    The first installment in Neal Stephenson's Bomb Light cycle, Polostan follows the early life of the enigmatic Dawn Rae Bjornberg. Born in the American West to a clan of cowboy anarchists, Dawn is raised in Leningrad after the Russian Revolution by her Russian father, a party line Leninist who re-christens her Aurora. She spends her early years in Russia but then grows up as a teenager in Montana, before being drawn into gunrunning and revolution in the streets of Washington, D.C., during the depths of the Great Depression. When a surprising revelation about her past puts her in the crosshairs of U.S. authorities, Dawn returns to Russia, where she is groomed as a spy by the organization that later becomes the KGB.

    Set against the turbulent decades of the early twentieth century, Polostan is an inventive, richly detailed, and deeply entertaining historical epic, and the start of a captivating new series from Neal Stephenson.

  • Celebrate the winter season with Knight Owl and friends as they gather for a special Christmas celebration in this festive board book bursting with holiday cheer, featuring beloved characters from the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

    Knight Owl and Early Bird are counting down the days until Christmas! They have many festive activities planned, such as wrapping presents, baking cookies, and singing carols. With help from good friends, and with a cup of holiday cheer, their Christmas is sure to be merry and bright!

    Featuring the loveable characters from the series, this original board book follows Knight Owl and his friends as they perform all the special activities associated with the winter season, proving that the best way to celebrate the holidays is with loved ones.

  • A one-of-a-kind novel that grapples with the supernatural mysteries of life, death, and human connection--an unprecedented collaboration between the globally bestselling author of love stories like The Notebook and the renowned writer and director of blockbuster thrillers like The Sixth Sense

    COMING SOON AS A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN AND STARRING JAKE GYLLENHAAL AND PHOEBE DYNEVOR

    The stunning hardcover of Remain features a premium dust jacket, beautiful endpapers, and a deluxe case stamped with replica images of the authors' signatures! These stamped "signatures" are reproduced in gold foil.

    When New York architect Tate Donovan arrives in Cape Cod to design his best friend's summer home, he is hoping to make a fresh start. Recently discharged from an upscale psychiatric facility where he was treated for acute depression, he is still wrestling with the pain of losing his beloved sister. Sylvia's deathbed revelation--that she can see spirits who are still tethered to the living world, a gift that runs in their family--sits uneasily with Tate, who struggles to believe in more than what reason can explain. But when he takes up residence at a historic bed-and-breakfast on the Cape, he encounters a beautiful young woman named Wren who will challenge every assumption he has about his logical and controlled world.

    Tate and Wren find themselves forging an immediate connection, one that neither has ever experienced before. But Tate gradually discovers that below the surface of Wren's idyllic small-town life, hatred, jealousy, and greed are festering, threatening their fragile relationship just as it begins to blossom. Tate realizes that in order to free Wren from an increasingly desperate fate, he will need to unearth the truth about her past before time runs out . . . a quest that will make him doubt whether we can ever believe the stories we tell about ourselves, and the laws that govern our existence. Love--while transformative--can sometimes be frightening.

    A story about the power of transcendent emotion, Remain asks us all: Can love set us free not only from our greatest sorrows, but even from the boundaries of life and death?

  • In this new cookbook, Gesine Bullock-Prado invites her fans into her kitchen, where the harvest is local. Whether she's picked the lettuce from her own garden, visited a farmers' market, or shopped at the local grocery store, her seasonal cooking is accessible to all readers. Delicious recipes share the page with fan-favorite family stories and tips on growing food, understanding the soil, and more, for aspirational (and actual) gardeners. Bullock-Prado once dreamed of homesteading--living off the land, cooking pies with scavenged berries, keeping bees and savoring the honey, and foraging all things wild--but was not wholly successful. Her hybrid approach is on display here, and she encourages readers to be realistic and celebrate fresh ingredients wherever they were grown. From Zucchini Waffles to Pickled Peaches, Green Mountain Carbonara to Key Lime Ice Cream Pie, Peony Jelly to Preserved Lemons, these are dishes to make time and again.

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New Releases | October 7th, 2025

October 5, 2025 Clare Brooks
  • Adult Art

    • Creepy Embroidery: 20 Gothic Patterns to Capture the Spirit of the Supernatural - Violet, Carrie (Author)

    Adult Fiction

    • Twice - Albom, Mitch (Author)

    • Heart the Lover - King, Lily (Author)

    • The Heartbeat Library - Imai Messina, Laura (Author)

    • Shadow Ticket - Pynchon, Thomas (Author)

    • My Brilliant Friend Deluxe Edition: The Four Volumes - Ferrante, Elena (Author), Goldstein, Ann (Translator)

    Arts & Entertainment

    • Last Rites - Osbourne, Ozzy (Author)

    Biography

    • Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America - Macy, Beth (Author)

    • Girl Warrior: On Coming of Age - Harjo, Joy (Author)

    Board Books

    • Where's the Fire Truck?: A Stroller Book - Arrhenius, Ingela P (Illustrator)

    • Mushroom Lullaby - Kraegel, Kenneth (Author) , Kraegel, Kenneth (Illustrator)

    • See, Touch, Feel: Baby Signs: First Words to Sign with Your Baby - Priddy, Roger (Author), Priddy Books (Author)

    • The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Christmas Colors - Carle, Eric (Author) , Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

    • The Birds of Bethlehem: A Nativity Story - dePaola, Tomie (Author) , dePaola, Tomie (Illustrator)

    Chapter Books

    • I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 - Tarshis, Lauren (Author)

    • Ember the Fire Dragon: An Acorn Book (Dragon Hill #1) - West, Tracey (Author), Vázquez, Carolina (Illustrator)

    Children’s Art Books

    • Draw with Art for Kids Hub Dinosaurs - Art for Kids Hub (Author), Jensen, Rob (Author)

    • Draw with Mei: How to Draw Anime Characters: With Quick and Easy Templates - Yu, Mei (Author)

    Children’s Poetry

    • Astrologica: An Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends from the Planets, Stars and Skies - Ferguson, Suki (Author), Pham, Camelia (Illustrator)

    • Greeking Out Tales from the Underworld: Ghostly Myths from Around the Globe - Curtis, Kenny (Author) , Hughes, Jillian (Author) , Espila, Javier (Illustrator)

    Coloring Books

    • Cozy Vibes (Cozy Spaces Coloring) - Coco Wyo (Author)

    Cookbooks

    • Bad B*tch in the Kitch: Craveable Asian Recipes to Ditch the Takeout - Yeung, Cassie (Author)

    Fun & Games

    • The Story Orchestra: I Can Play: Swan Lake: Learn 8 Easy Pieces from the Series! - Tickle, Jessica Courtney (Illustrator)

    • Bluey and Bingo's Christmas Cookbook

    • Lego Minecraft Visual Dictionary: With an Exclusive Lego Minecraft Minifigure - Dowsett, Elizabeth (Author) , Jelley, Craig (Author)

    Graphic Novels

    • Refugee: The Graphic Novel - Gratz, Alan (Author) , Fini, Syd (Illustrator)

    • Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter: A Graphic Novel (the Baby-Sitters Club #18) - Crenshaw, Ellen T (Adapted by) , Crenshaw, Ellen T (Illustrator) , Martin, Ann M (Author)

    • The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 5: Volume 5 - Watterson, Bill (Author)

    • The Scarlet Ship: An Original Graphic Novel - Grimond, Claire (Author) , Verrier, Léo (Artist) , Potters, Rebecca (Translator)

    • Galactic Unicorn: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure Volume 22 - Simpson, Dana (Author)

    Great Outdoors

    • Après Ski: The Scene, the Style, the Menu - Isakov, Erin (Author)

    History

    • The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Bacon, John U (Author)

    • Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present - Zakaria, Fareed (Author)

    • The Boston Way: Radicals Against Slavery and the Civil War - Kurlansky, Mark (Author)

    • The Federalist Papers - Hamilton, Alexander (Author) , Madison, James (Author) , Jay, John (Author) , Meacham, Jon (Introduction by)

    Homestead

    • The Complete Folk Herbal: An Illustrated Guide to Natural Remedies and Everyday Healing - Beyer, Rebecca (Author)

    Horror

    • The Salt Grows Heavy - Khaw, Cassandra (Author)

    • The Last One at the Wedding - Rekulak, Jason (Author)

    Humor Book

    • Sorry in Advance for Making Things Weird.: A Disappointing Affirmations Collection - Tarnowski, Dave (Author)

    • And to Think We Started as a Book Club . . . - Toro, Tom (Author)

    Just the Facts

    • The Six Triple Eight: A True Story of the Black Woman Battalion of World War II - Abari, Tonya (Author) , Evans, Lance (Illustrator)

    • History Smashers: Ancient Egypt - Messner, Kate (Author)

    • Scholastic Book of World Records 2026

    • Hide and Seek History: The Vikings: With More Than 80 Flaps! - Evans, Harriet (Author) , Prabhat, Chaaya (Illustrator)

    • An Anthology of Christmas - Bishop, Auriol (Author)

    Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

    • Lore Olympus: Volume Nine - Smythe, Rachel

    • Rick and Morty Oni Compact Comics Edition: The Unkillable Collection - Starks, Kyle (Author), Howard, Tini (Author), Dawson, Delilah S (Author), Gorman, Zac (Author) , Zub, Jim (Author), Ellerby, Marc (Illustrator), Cannon, Cj (Illustrator), Gorman, Zac (Illustrator), Little, Troy (Illustrator)

    • Batman: The Long Halloween: DC Compact Comics Edition - Loeb, Jeph (Author) , Sale, Tim (Illustrator)

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

    • Kamudo, Vol. 1 (Kamudo #5) - Himekawa, Akira (Author)

    • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles X Naruto - Goellner, Caleb (Author) , Prasetya, Hendry (Illustrator)

    Middle Readers

    • The Dragonet Prophecy: Special Edition (Stenciled Edges) (Wings of Fire Book One) - Sutherland, Tui T (Author)

    • The Lost Heir: Special Edition (Wings of Fire, Book Two) - Sutherland, Tui T (Author)

    • The Hidden Kingdom: Special Edition (Wings of Fire Book Three) - Sutherland, Tui T (Author)

    • The Dark Secret: Special Edition (Wings of Fire Book Four) - Sutherland, Tui T (Author)

    • The Brightest Night: Special Edition (Wings of Fire Book Five) - Sutherland, Tui T (Author)

    • Coyote Lost and Found: (Coyote Sunrise 2) - Gemeinhart, Dan (Author)

    • Busted - - Gemeinhart, Dan (Author)

    • War Games - Gratz, Alan (Author)

    • Bunns Rabbit - Barillaro, Alan (Author) , Barillaro, Alan (Illustrator)

    • Shaddow Fox - Sorosiak, Carlie (Author)

    • Outside - Holm, Jennifer L (Author)

    • The Rise of Neptune (The Dragonships #2) - Reintgen, Scott (Author)

    • Spy School Blackout (Spy School 13) - Gibbs, Stuart (Author)

    Mystery & Thriller

    • All of Us Murderers - Charles, KJ (Author)

    • The Intruder - McFadden, Freida (Author)

    • Lies He Told Me: A Thriller - Patterson, James (Author), Ellis, David (Author)

    • To Die for (6:20 Man) - Baldacci, David (Author)

    • Safe Enough: And Other Stories - Child, Lee (Author)

    Nature

    • The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal - Yovel, Yossi (Author)

    Personal Growth

    • Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can't Look Away - Scrivner, Coltan (Author)

    Picture Books

    • Rain and the Reading Horse - Gianferrari, Maria (Author), Salyer, Hannah (Illustrator)

    • Moon Song - Goade, Michaela (Author)

    • The Gift of Everything (Perfect Gift 2) - McDonnell, Patrick (Author)

    • I'm Very Busy: A (Nearly Forgotten) Birthday Book - Jeffers, Oliver (Author) , Jeffers, Oliver (Illustrator)

    • The Bakery Dragon and the Fairy Cake - Kurtz, Devin Elle (Author)

    • My Friend, Billy Whiskers - Litchfield, David (Author)

    • While We Wait - Johnson, Bee (Author) , Johnson, Bee (Illustrator)

    • Bear and Bird: The Secret and Other Stories - Jarvis (Author) , Jarvis (Illustrator)

    • The Newest Gnome - Soloy, Lauren (Author)

    • Steam Train, Dream Train: Next Stop, Christmas! - Rinker, Sherri Duskey (Author) , Ford, Ag (Illustrator)

    • Bluey's Night Before Christmas - Holowaty, Lauren (Author) , Hankinson, Kiara (Illustrator) , Bayley, Jemma (Illustrator) , Kassab, Costa (Illustrator)

    • Winter is the Worst! - Tavis, Dan (Author) , Tavis, Dan (Illustrator)

    • The Secret Hiding Place - Volk, Katherina E (Author), CICCIò, Arianna (Illustrator)

    Political Sciences

    • Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War - Tapper, Jake (Author)

    Romance

    • The Duke and I Deluxe Collector's Edition: Bridgerton 1 - Quinn, Julia (Author)

    • Hollow (Gothic Shade of Romance) - Halle, Karina (Author)

    • Mate - Hazelwood, Ali (Author)

    • Yours for the Season - Stone, Emily (Author)

    • For Whom the Belle Tolls (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Hell's Belles #1) -Lynn, Jaysea (Author)

    • Willing Prey - Oleander, Allie (Author)

    Science Fiction & Fantasy

    • Hole in the Sky - Wilson, Daniel H (Author)

    • Alchemy of Secrets - Garber, Stephanie (Author)

    Social Sciences

    • The Penguin Book of Cults - Laycock, Joseph P (Editor)

    • Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do about It - Doctorow, Cory (Author)

    Young Adult

    • Mercy - Ward, Patricia (Author)

    • They Both Die at the End Collector's Deluxe Limited Edition - Silvera, Adam (Author)

    • Catching Fire: Illustrated Edition (the Hunger Games #2) - Collins, Suzanne (Author), Delort, Nico (Illustrator)

    • Desolate - Storm, Kelli (Author)

    • Mint to Be (Scratch & Sniff Cover Edition) - Cicatelli-Kuc, Katie (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

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  • A Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by National Book Award longlister and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Ellen T. Crenshaw!

    The Mancusis don't have any kids... but they sure do have a lot of pets! So when they're desperate for a sitter, who do they call? The Baby-sitters Club! Kristy feels pretty sure that the BSC does not pet-sit. But Jessi has always liked animals, and she talks Kristy into being okay with her taking the job.

    With snakes on the loose and sick hamsters, Jessi's got plenty of pet-sitting troubles, and things don't get any easier when she and her friends get into a big fight. Will Jessi be able to handle her pet-sitting job when things are going wrong with the baby-sitters, too?

  • The first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series, now in a special edition paperback with colorful stenciled edges! This edition includes never-before-seen sketches, a Q&A with author Tui T. Sutherland, and an alternate opening chapter. A must-have for FanWings of all ages!

    Clay has lived his whole life under the mountain. The MudWing dragonet knows that war is raging between the dragon tribes in the world outside -- a war that he and four other dragonets are destined to end, according to the mysterious Prophecy they've been taught. The five "chosen" dragonets were stolen from their homes while they were still in their eggs and hidden away ever since -- all to fulfill the Prophecy.

    But not every dragonet wants a destiny. And when danger threatens one of their own, Clay and his friends must choose freedom over fate...leave the mountain...and set the dragon world on a course that no one could have predicted.

  • In the thirteenth book in Stuart Gibbs's New York Times bestselling Spy School series, superspy middle schooler Ben Ripley goes off the grid to eliminate a cybersecurity threat.

    After a devious computer hacker pulls off the CIA's worst-case scenario, shutting down power networks all over the world, Ben and his fellow spies-in-training are forced to make a harrowing emergency landing of their plane in Indonesia. While chaos begins to erupt around the planet, Ben deduces that his team is closer to the mysterious hacker's base than anyone else. But with all computers and phones down, there's no way to communicate with anyone at the CIA. On their latest mission to save the world, Ben and his friends face a conniving villain, assassins, pirates, sharks, and very big lizards in the most remote--and deadly--location of any spy school yet!

  • Running a bakery is no cakewalk for a tiny dragon with a big sweet tooth! Tummy rumbles turn to belly laughs in this feel-good picture book from the bestselling author and illustrator of The Bakery Dragon.

    Batter up!

    Ember is in charge while the baker takes a trip and he's excited to show what he can do! When an opinionated fairy princess swoops in demanding a cake, he eagerly agrees. So what if he's only baked bread before? How hard can it be?

    The sugar hits the fan when Ember's first attempt is a complete disaster. He tries again and again, but the royal customer is not happy. Everyone told Ember he was such a good baker, so why can't he get this right? If he doesn't figure it out soon, the only thing on the menu will be humble pie.

    Magic shimmers on every page of this whimsical story about how to bake a cake, make new friends and learn from your mistakes.

  • Obsession and persistence warp reality in this collection of macabre stories set in Junji Ito's bloodcurdling world.

    A dark evil lurks in the unreachable depths of a pipe, groaning out moans that echo through the house of a germophobe mother and her daughters. In another tale, flowers blooming in the shape of eyeballs are only the beginning of the strange phenomena surrounding a mysterious transfer student. Could he have supernatural abilities? Also, a man in a village deep in the mountains shares memories of his wife. What happened to her after she said she would give freely of her blood?

    Legendary horror author Junji Ito presents six stories that will make your blood run cold!

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Monthly Staff Pick | October, 2025

October 1, 2025 Clare Brooks

Thrills & Chills for all ages are in store with our spooky selection of Monthly Staff Picks this October at Little Village Toy & Book Shop!

‘Model Home’ is our pick for Adults this month. From acclaimed author Rivers Solomon, comes a stunning twist on the haunted house novel as three siblings return to their Dallas suburb childhood home, following the passing of their parents, where horrors past and present await.

Our YA title needs little introduction, celebrate the 20th Anniversary(!) of ‘Twilight’ with this special edition paperback featuring sprayed edges and full color interior cover art. There’s never been a better time to rediscover this favorite or introduce it to the next generation of YA Romance fans.

For the middle grade reader, we have James Preller’s ‘Scary Tales: 3 Spooky Stories in 1’. These three spine-tingling tales, featuring “One-Eyed Doll”, “Swamp Monster”, & “Nightmareland”, are perfect for the long dark Fall evenings and sure to delight those thrilled by things that go bump in the night.

And last, but certainly not least, this month’s Picture Book selection is ‘Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden’ by Christy Mandin. Join Millie as she protects her beloved garden by helping the residents of Garden Glen embrace the strange, weird, and wonderful in the world around us and within.

Visit us to pick up a copy of this October’s Monthly Staff Picks, all available for 20% off, while supplies last.

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Monthly Staff Pick | September, 2025

September 7, 2025 Clare Brooks

Romance is back on the Monthly Staff Pick menu with our selection for Adults this month, Mazey Eddings’s ‘Well, Actually’. Filled with favorite tropes like second chances, enemies to lovers, and black cat & golden retriever energy all while tackling toxic masculinity, trauma, and forgiveness; this recent release from the fan-favorite author features all of the witty dialogue, strong characters, and a dash of spice that make it a perfect pick for Romance readers of all types.

Middle-grade readers, it’s time to journey to the Archipelago! Katherine Rundell’s ‘Impossible Creatures’ is now available in paperback in a special Griffin Edition featuring sprayed edges, while supplies last. This launch of a new fantasy series was an immediate favorite, and with the next entry ‘The Poisoned King’ just a few short weeks away, there’s no better time to pick up a copy.

‘Sync’, the latest novel in verse from Ellen Hopkins, is our Young Adult selection this month. Using her trademark voice and deft handling of topics that have resonated with readers for decades, ‘Sync’ follows twins separated in the foster care system on their own journeys as told through their unsent letters to each other.

Our picture book selection needs little introduction, the all-ages Classic ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ by Maurice Sendak is our pick this September in celebration of this month’s release of ‘Hansel and Gretel’, the collaboration between the late Sendak and horror icon Stephen King (available tomorrow, September 2nd).

All four of our Monthly Staff Picks this September are available for 20% off, while supplies last!

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