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Arts & Entertainment
Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood - Maureen Ryan
The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage - Nick De Semlyen
Biography
You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir - Maggie Smith
Paris: The Memoir - Paris Hilton
Board Books
Diggers Love to Go to School - Brianna Caplan Sayres
Potty Time! (Little Loves) - Caroline Jayne Church
David Goes to School - David Shannon
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Birthday Party: With a Special Foldout Surprise - Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Nature Walk: A Search-And-Find Book - Eric Carle
Calendars
Disney Dreams Collection by Thomas Kinkade Studios: 2025 Wall Calendar - Thomas Kinkade
Thomas Kinkade Studios 2025 Deluxe Wall Calendar - Thomas Kinkade
Chapter Books
Fairy-Tale Puppy Picnic : [The Party Diaries 4] - Mitali Banerjee Ruths
Cookbooks
The Young Forever Cookbook: More Than 100 Delicious Recipes for Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life - Mark Hyman
Amrikan: 125 Recipes from the Indian American Diaspora - Khushbu Shah
Current Events & Politics
Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind - Annalee Newitz
Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation - Tom McGrath
The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free - Pete Hegseth
The Death of Truth - Steven Brill
Fiction
Banyan Moon: A Read with Jenna Pick - Thao Thai
Fire Exit - Morgan Talty
My Husband - Maud Ventura
Maybe Next Time: A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick - Cesca Major
Enlightenment - Sarah Perry
Swift River - Essie Chambers
Brat - Gabriel Smith
Good Night, Irene - Luis Alberto Urrea
Service - Sarah Gilmartin
The Coast Road - Alan Murrin
Shelterwood - Lisa WIngate
A Cage Went in Search of a Bird: Ten Kafkaesque Stories
Crook Manifesto - Colson Whitehead
The First Ladies - Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher
Lucky Red - Claudia Cravens
Fun & Games
Outdoor Skills for Kids: The Essential Survival Guide to Increasing Confidence, Safety, and Enjoyment - Buck Tilton, Christine Conners
Graphic Novels
Super Pancake and the Mini Muffin Mayhem: (A Graphic Novel) - Megan Wagner Lloyd
The New Girl: A Graphic Novel (the New Girl #1) - Cassandra Calin
History
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten Expeditions - Amanda Bellows
The Hidden History of the White House: Power Struggles, Scandals, and Defining Moments - Corey Mead
When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day - Garrett M. Graff
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped - Timothy Egan
Why War? - Richard Overy
Horror
Youthjuice - E.K. Sathue
The Beast You Are: Stories - Paul Tremblay
Manga & Adult Graphic Novels
My Hero Academia, Vol. 38 - Kohei Horikoshi
Sakamoto Days, Vol. 12 - Yuto Suzuki
Batman: The Court of Owls Saga: DC Compact Comics Edition - Scott Snyder
Watchmen: DC Compact Comics Edition - Alan Moore
Spider-Man: Reign [New Printing] - Kaare Andrews
Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 10 - Naoya Matsumoto
Middle Readers
The City Beyond the Sea : [Greenwild 2] - Pari Thomson
Blackberry Fox - KathrinTordasi
Ruby's Tools for Making Friends - Apryl Stott
My First Readers
Pupstruction: Meet the Pups Level Pre K - Sheila Sweeny Higginson
Mystery & Thriller
Dead Man's Wake - Paul Doiron
How Can I Help You - Laura Sims
The 6:20 Man: A Thriller - David Baldacci
The Unwedding - Ally Condie
Eruption: The Big One Is Coming--Michael Crichton and James Patterson--The Thriller of the Year - Michael Crichton, James Patterson
Nature
This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder - Alan Townsend
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds - Jennifer Ackerman
Picture Books
The Outside - Gianna Marino
Little Shrew - Akiko Miyakoshi
Pete the Cat Screams for Ice Cream! - James Dean, Kimberly Dean
Are You Small? - Mo Willems
Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall - Lynn Brunelle
Romance
The Wren in the Holly Library (Deluxe Limited Edition) - K. A. Linde
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King: Book 2 of the Nightborn Duet - Carissa Broadbent
Off to the Races - Elsie Silver
Leather & Lark: The Ruinous Love Trilogy - Brynne Weaver
Out on a Limb - Hannah Bonam-Young
Summer Romance - Annabel Monaghan
Experienced - Kate Young
Fate of the Sun King - Nisha J. Tuli
Science & Nature
1,000 Facts about Sharks - Sarah Wassner Flynn
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Wolfsong: A Green Creek Novel - T. J. Klune
Mirrored Heavens [Between Earth and Sky 3] - Rebecca Roanhorse
Social Sciences
Dear Cis(gender) People: A Guide to Allyship and Empathy - Kenny Ethan Jones
The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America - Elizabeth Dias, Lisa Lerer
Birds Aren't Real: The True Story of Mass Avian Murder and the Largest Surveillance Campaign in Us History - Peter McIndoe, Connor Gaydos
Spinner Rack Books
Getting Ready for Preschool - Vera Ahiyya
Getting Ready for Kindergarten - Vera Ahiyya
Young Adult
The Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel - Molly Knox Ostertag
Past Present Future - Rachel Lynn Solomon
The First to Die at the End - Adam Silvera
Looking for Smoke - K. A. Cobell
Heiress Takes All - Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka
I Kissed Shara Wheeler - Casey McQuiston
Penny Jar Proceeds June 2024
June Penny Jar Proceeds will be going to North Country Pride - Littleton, NH !
All of us here at Little Village are truly elated to help support their mission and promote equality and diversity.
If you would like to learn more, stay up to date with, or get involved with this wonderful organization, visit their website and social media accounts below:
➜ NCP Website: https://www.northcountrypridenh.org
➜ NCP on Instagram: North Country Pride - Littleton, NH
Pride picks @ Little Village!
Happy Pride!
We’ve curated a handful of fantastic pride themed items such as LGBTQ+ titles, dice for your next campaign, stickers, button badges, and more!
“Before Can’t Resist Her, romance was the only genre I didn’t read. This second chance romance featuring rivals to lovers was my turning point for the genre. If you’re looking for a queer, contemporary romance with characters forced to examine their own moral convictions in a chance for love, look no further.” - Andi
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue - “Pirates, adventure, and a secret crush set in the eighteenth century makes for a modernized version of a classic style story. Mackenzi Lee writes a fast paced adventure story with good LGBTQ+ representation. Monty is the typical spoiled heir trying to differentiate himself from his father, but through his friendship and the quest for a cure for his friend's epilepsy he learns who he is and who he wants to be.” - Katherine
Want a sneak peek? Click a title in the drop-down below for a peek at the back of the book!
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A stunning "portrait of the enduring grace of friendship" (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century.
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After years away from home, Summer Graves is back in Austin, Texas, to accept a new teaching position. Of all the changes to the old neighborhood, the most dispiriting one is the slated demolition of the high school her grandmother founded. There's no way she can let developers destroy her memories and her family legacy. But the challenge stirs memories of another kind.
On the architectural team revitalizing the neighborhood, hometown girl Aiko Holt is all about progress. Then she sees Summer again. Some things never change.
Neither can forget the kiss they shared at their senior-year dance. Neither can back down from her unwavering beliefs about what's right for the neighborhood.
For now, the only thing Summer and Aiko are willing to give in to is a heat that still burns. But can two women with so much passion--for what once was and what could be--agree to disagree long enough to fall in love? -
KIRKUS PRIZE NOMINEE
ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK FOR TEENS
NEIBA NEW ENGLAND YOUNG ADULT BOOK AWARD WINNER
Witty, romantic, and irresistible from the first line to the last, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue is the unforgettable escapade of Lord Henry "Monty" Montague, a charming young scoundrel who fully expects to carouse his way through his Grand Tour. However, Monty's plan for one last hedonistic hurrah with his best friend and secret crush, Percy, quickly turns into a harrowing manhunt across eighteenth-century Europe. Truly a novel that's meant to be savored and not to be missed. -
In the past, the universe is a glitterball I hold in the palm of my hand.
In the past, I am brilliant and I am happy and my every tomorrow is madness.
In the past, I am soaring, and falling, and breaking, and lost.
And now, there is only this.
Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on hope, happiness, and--most of all--himself. He lives his life between the cycles of his illness, haunted by the ghosts of other people's expectations.
Then a chance encounter throws him into the path of Essex-born Darian Taylor. Flashy and loud, radiant and full of life, Darian couldn't be more different...and yet he makes Ash laugh, reminding him of what it's like to step beyond the boundaries of his anxiety. But Ash has been living in his own shadow for so long that he can no longer see a way out. Can a man who doesn't trust himself ever trust in happiness? And how can someone who doesn't believe in happiness ever fight for his own? -
"A moving chronicle of trans resilience and joy" (Vogue) from one of Out100's Most Impactful and Influential LGBTQ+ Storytellers
"Groundbreaking . . . [Rocero] quite literally models what triumph can look like."--Glamour (Women of the Year) -
A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER!
A 2021 Alex Award winner!
The 2021 RUSA Reading List: Fantasy Winner!
An Indie Next Pick!
One of Publishers Weekly's "Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2020"
One of Book Riot's "20 Must-Read Feel-Good Fantasies"
Lambda Literary Award-winning author TJ Klune's bestselling, breakout contemporary fantasy that's "1984 meets The Umbrella Academy with a pinch of Douglas Adams thrown in." (Gail Carriger)
A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages.
When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they're likely to bring about the end of days.
But the children aren't the only secret the island keeps. Their caretaker is the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, who will do anything to keep his wards safe. As Arthur and Linus grow closer, long-held secrets are exposed, and Linus must make a choice: destroy a home or watch the world burn.
An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place--and realizing that family is yours. -
***An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!***
From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a deeply intimate memoir of discovery, found family, and self-acceptance. The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the legendary icon on the road to global fame and changing the way the world thinks about drag.
Central to RuPaul's success has been his chameleonic adaptability. From drag icon to powerhouse producer of one of the world's largest television franchises, RuPaul's ever-shifting nature has always been part of his brand as both supermodel and supermogul. Yet that adaptability has made him enigmatic to the public. In this memoir, his most intimate and detailed book yet, RuPaul makes himself truly known.
In The House of Hidden Meanings, RuPaul strips away all artifice and recounts the story of his life with breathtaking clarity and tenderness, bringing his signature wisdom and wit to his own biography. From his early years growing up as a queer Black kid in San Diego navigating complex relationships with his absent father and temperamental mother, to forging an identity in the punk and drag scenes of Atlanta and New York, to finding enduring love with his husband Georges LeBar and self-acceptance in sobriety, RuPaul excavates his own biography life-story, uncovering new truths and insights in his personal history.
Here in RuPaul's singular and extraordinary story is a manual for living--a personal philosophy that testifies to the value of chosen family, the importance of harnessing what makes you different, and the transformational power of facing yourself fearlessly.
A profound introspection of his life, relationships, and identity, The House of Hidden Meanings is a self-portrait of the legendary icon on the road to global fame and changing the way the world thinks about drag. "I've always loved to view the world with analytical eyes, examining what lies beneath the surface. Here, the focus is on my own life--as RuPaul Andre Charles," says RuPaul.
If we're all born naked and the rest is drag, then this is RuPaul totally out of drag. This is RuPaul stripped bare. -
Little Village Toy & Book Shop Monthly Staff Pick - April 2024
2023GMA BUZZ PICK - INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER AND AWARD WINNER - A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during World War I - "Will live in your mind long after you've closed the final pages." --Maggie O'Farrell, best-selling author of Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait
A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, The Washington Post, NPR
"In Memoriam is the story of a great tragedy, but it is also a moving portrait of young love, and there is often a lightness to the book."--The New York Times
It's 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. The violence of the front feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, safely ensconced in their idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. News of the heroic deaths of their friends only makes the war more exciting.
Gaunt, half German, is busy fighting his own private battle--an all-consuming infatuation with his best friend, the glamorous, charming Ellwood--without a clue that Ellwood is pining for him in return. When Gaunt's family asks him to enlist to forestall the anti-German sentiment they face, Gaunt does so immediately, relieved to escape his overwhelming feelings for Ellwood. To Gaunt's horror, Ellwood rushes to join him at the front, and the rest of their classmates soon follow. Now death surrounds them in all its grim reality, often inches away, and no one knows who will be next.
An epic tale of both the devastating tragedies of war and the forbidden romance that blooms in its grip, In Memoriam is a breathtaking debut. -
Little Village Toy & Book Shop Monthly Staff Pick - June 2023
* HUGO AWARD WINNER: BEST NOVELLA * NEBULA AND LOCUS AWARDS WINNER: BEST NOVELLA *
"[An] exquisitely crafted tale...Part epistolary romance, part mind-blowing science fiction adventure, this dazzling story unfolds bit by bit, revealing layers of meaning as it plays with cause and effect, wildly imaginative technologies, and increasingly intricate wordplay...This short novel warrants multiple readings to fully unlock its complexities." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
From award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone comes an enthralling, romantic novel spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future.
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading.
Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.
Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win. That's how war works, right?
Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, This Is How You Lose the Time War is an epic love story spanning time and space. -
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This essay collection from the "bitches gotta eat" blogger, writer on Hulu's Shrill and HBO's And Just Like That, and "one of our country's most fierce and foulmouthed authors" (Amber Tamblyn, Vulture) is sure to make you alternately cackle with glee and cry real tears.
"A sidesplitting polemicist for the most awful situations."--The New York Times
Whether Samantha Irby is talking about how her difficult childhood has led to a problem in making "adult" budgets; explaining why she should be the new Bachelorette (she's "35-ish, but could easily pass for 60-something"); detailing a disastrous pilgrimage-slash-romantic-vacation to Nashville to scatter her estranged father's ashes; sharing awkward sexual encounters; or dispensing advice on how to navigate friendships with former drinking buddies who are now suburban moms (hang in there for the Costco loot!); she's as deft at poking fun at the ghosts of her past self as she is at capturing powerful emotional truths.
Don't miss Samantha Irby's bestselling new book, Quietly Hostile!
We have the purrrfect staff pick for June!
Our Monthly Staff Pick this June is something a little different to kick off your Summer!
This double selection, based on the short film by acclaimed director Makoto Shinkai (‘Your Name’, ‘Suzume’), features the manga adaptation of ‘She and Her Cat’ as well as ‘She and Her Cat: Stories’ and highlight the many ways in which art can be explored and grow over time.
The manga adaptation by Tsubasa Yamaguchi follows Miyu, the titular “She”, and Chobi, the titular “Cat” as they grow and change through the seasons of a year in this coming of age story about early adulthood perfect for fans of slice of life manga and a gentle vibed tale for those looking to enter the genre.
In the recent lit-fic and Bookstagram favorite, ‘She and Her Cat: Stories’, Naruki Nagakawa greatly expands on Shinkai’s tale of Chobi & Miyu in a retelling that switches perspective between the two as they learn to navigate each other and the world around them. The anthology then follows three additional cats and “their” humans in stories intertwining with the first, and each other, about the power of connection in all of their lives.
Both of these titles will be available for 20% off throughout the month of June, while supplies last. (and a special shout-out to, bookseller-owned cat, Jinx, for modeling for our photo)
Audiobook Reader? Libro.fm currently offers ‘She and Her Cat: Stories’ read by a full cast! Check out our Playlist of 2024 Monthly Staff Picks at https://libro.fm/playlists/6654?bookstore=littlevillagetoy for more info or to purchase this month’s pick, in addition to other selections from this year, all while supporting Little Village Toy & Book Shop! (Please note Monthly Staff Pick discount does not apply to Libro.fm purchases or subscriptions)
Pickleball swings into Little Village!
Have you heard of pickleball? It’s the latest craze in the world of sports, but did you know that it’s been around since the 1960’s? It was originally created as a backyard game for children, but has evolved into an indoor/outdoor sport for all ages. It’s a combination of tennis and ping pong that is enjoyed casually or competitively.
Since the sport has been skyrocketing in popularity lately, we wanted to highlight a few new items for all of you pickleball enthusiasts out there.
New Releases | May 28th, 2024
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Adult Fiction
Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos - Nash Jenkins
The Rachel Incident - Caroline O’Donoghue
You Are Here - David Nicholls
The Safekeep - Yael Van Der Wouden
The Wind Knows My Name - Isabel Allende
Ninetails: Nine Tales - Sally Wen Mao
Award Winners
The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine - Katherine Marsh
Biography
Making a Scene - Constance Wu
The Call to Serve: The Life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush: A Visual Biography - Jon Meacham
Kitchen Confidential Annotated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly - Anthony Bourdain
Board Books
Perla the Mighty Dog - Isabel Allende
Children’s Art
Draw with Art for Kids Hub Animals - Rob Jensen
Graphic Novels
Upstaged (a Graphic Novel) - Robin Easter
Great Outdoors
A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon - Kevin Fedarko
History
The Book-Makers: A History of the Book in Eighteen Lives - Adam Smyth
The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War - James Shapiro
Horror
Mister Magic - Kiersten White
A House with Good Bones - T. Kingfisher
Burn the Negative - Josh Winning
Local Interest
Images of America Franconia Notch - Erin Paul Donovan
Manga & Adult Graphic Novels
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two - Emil Ferris
Batman: The Knight Vol. 1 - Chip Zdarsky
Hulk: Grand Design - Jim Rugg
Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree, Vol. 3
Middle Readers
A Galaxy of Whales - Heather Fawcett
Mystery & Thriller
Camino Ghosts - John Grisham
Southern Man - Greg Isles
Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 (a Novel) - T.J. Newman
Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition - Agatha Christie
Resurrection Walk - Michael Connelly
Picture Books
Lighthouse and the Little Boat - Katie Frawley
Poetry
Dream Work - Mary Oliver
Romance
Gleam - Raven Kennedy
Hello Stranger - Katherine Center
Science & Nature
Mushrooms Know: Wisdom from Our Friends the Fungi - Kallie George
Science Fiction
The Fireborne Blade - Charlotte Bond
Dreadful - Caitlin Rozakis
Social Sciences
A Last Supper of Queer Apostles: Selected Essays - Pedro Lemebel
Travel
World Travel: An Irreverent Guide - Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever
True Crime
College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight - Shawn Cohen
Young Adult
Everything We Never Said - Sloan Harlow
Flawless Girls - Anna-Marie McLemore
Lying in the Deep - Diana Urban
Stay Dead - April
Henry
Don't Be a Drag - Skye Quinlan
Twelfth Knight - Alexene Farol Follmuth
Half-Blood [Covenant 1] - Jennifer L. Armentrout