Celebrate Black History Month With These Powerful Reads

This February, we celebrate the incredible contributions, resilience, and rich cultural legacy of African Americans. From history-changing leaders to trailblazing artists, there’s so much to learn and be inspired by!

We'd like to share a few must-read stories to honor their voices and powerful narratives:

- "King: A Life" by Jonathan Eig
- "The 1619 Project" by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
- "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" - David W. Blight
- "Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America" by Michael Harriot

Let’s keep celebrating, learning, and supporting these important voices.

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Black History Month 2025

New Releases | February 18th, 2025

• New Release List (Click to Expand)

  Activity Books

  • Sticker Jigsaw: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Baum, L Frank (Author) , Odd Dot (Author) , Mirtalipova, Dinara (Illustrator)

  Adult Fiction

  • The Turtle House - Churchill, Amanda (Author)

  • The Dressmakers of London - Kelly, Julia (Author)

  • The Nightingale Deluxe Edition - Hannah, Kristin (Author)

  • King Nyx - Bakis, Kirsten (Author)

  Adult Science

  • Pseudoscience: An Amusing History of Crackpot Ideas and Why We Love Them - Kang, Lydia (Author) , Pedersen, Nate (Author)

  Arts & Entertainment

  • Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live - Morrison, Susan (Author)

  Biography

  • Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe - Guy, John (Author) , Fox, Julia (Author)

  • Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend - Romney, Rebecca (Author)

  Board Books

  • Spring Blooms - Elys, Dori (Author) , Dulieu, Fiona (Illustrator)

  Coloring Books

  • Creative Haven the Four Elements Coloring Book - Adatto, Miryam (Author)

  • Picture the Past(tm) Western Pioneers: Historical Coloring Book - Copeland, Peter F (Author)

  Current Events & Politics

  • The Future of Geography: How the Competition in Space Will Change Our World (Politics of Place #5) - Marshall, Tim (Author)

  Family Issues

  • The 5 Principles of Parenting: Your Essential Guide to Raising Good Humans - Pressman, Aliza (Author)

  Graphic Novels

  • Halfway to Somewhere - Pimienta, Jose (Author)

  • Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Wild Ghost Chase - Green, John Patrick (Author) , Hastings, Christopher (Author) , Lewis, Pat (Illustrator)

  • Cassi and the House of Memories - Stuart, Dean (Author) , Stuart, Dean (Illustrator)

  • Almost Sunset - Algarmi, Wahab (Author) , Algarmi, Wahab (Illustrator)

  History

  • Golden State: The Making of California - Hiltzik, Michael (Author)

  • Presidents at War: How World War II Shaped a Generation of Presidents, from Eisenhower and JFK Through Reagan and Bush - Gillon, Steven M (Author)

  • Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts - O'Reilly, Bill (Author) , Dugard, Martin (Author)

  Horror

  • The Gwendy Trilogy (Bind-Up): Gwendy's Button Box, Gwendy's Magic Feather, Gwendy's Final Task (Bind-Up) (Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy) - King, Stephen (Author) , Chizmar, Richard (Author)

  Just the Facts

  • Revolutionary Mary: The True Story of One Woman, the Declaration of Independence, and America's Fight for Freedom - Blumenthal, Karen (Author) , McCartney, Jen (Author) , Baddeley, Elizabeth (Illustrator)

  Literary Collections

  • Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost's Poetry - Plunkett, Adam (Author)

  • Treenotes: A Year in the Company of Trees - Nadkarni, Nalini (Author)

  Mystery & Thriller

  • A Death in Cornwall (Gabriel Allon #24) - Silva, Daniel (Author)

  • The 24th Hour: A Women's Murder Club Thriller (A Women's Murder Club Thriller #24) - Patterson, James (Author) , Paetro, Maxine (Author)

  Picture Books

  • Good Golden Sun - Wenzel, Brendan (Author)

  • Night Walk - Cockcroft, Jason (Author) , Cockcroft, Jason (Illustrator)

  • Worm Makes a Sandwich - Farley, Brianne (Author)

  Puzzle Books

  • Sudoku Rush: Test Your Skills and Beat the Clock with 175+ Easy to Hard Challenges - Timmerman, Charles (Author)

  Romance

  • The Fox and the Falcon (Deluxe Edition) (Special) (No Other Gods #2) - Cj, Piper (Author)

  • I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com - Lemming, Kimberly (Author)

  Social Sciences

  • Latinoland: A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority - Arana, Marie (Author)

  • Who's Afraid of Gender? - Butler, Judith (Author)

  • Disposable: America's Contempt for the Underclass - Jones, Sarah (Author)

  True Crime

  • The Serial Killer's Apprentice - Ramsland, Katherine (Author) , Ullman, Tracy (Author)

Our Top 5 Picks

• Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

  The definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America's most beloved comedy show
  
  Over the fifty years that Lorne Michaels has been at the helm of Saturday Night Live, he has become a revered and inimitable presence in the entertainment world. He's a tastemaker, a mogul, a withholding father figure, a genius spotter of talent, a shrewd businessman, a name-dropper, a raconteur, the inspiration for Dr. Evil, the winner of more than a hundred Emmys--and, essentially, a mystery. Generations of writers and performers have spent their lives trying to figure him out, by turns demonizing and lionizing him. He's "Obi-Wan Kenobi" (Tracy Morgan), the "great and powerful Oz" (Kate McKinnon), "some kind of very distant, strange comedy god" (Bob Odenkirk).

  Lorne will introduce you to him, in full, for the first time. With unprecedented access to Michaels and the entire SNL apparatus, Susan Morrison takes readers behind the curtain for the lively, up-and-down, definitive story of how Michaels created and maintained the institution that changed comedy forever.

  Drawn from hundreds of interviews--with Michaels, his friends, and SNL's iconic stars and writers, from Will Ferrell to Tina Fey to John Mulaney to Chris Rock to Dan Aykroyd-- Lorne is a deeply reported, wildly entertaining account of a man singularly obsessed with the show that would define his life and have a profound impact on American culture.

• Who's Afraid of Gender?

  National Bestseller. Named a Best Book of 2024 by NPR, Harper's Bazaar, W, and Esquire.
  
  "A profoundly urgent intervention." --Naomi Klein

  "A timely must-read for anyone actively invested in reimagining collective futurity." --Claudia Rankine
  
  From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politics around the world.

  Judith Butler, the groundbreaking thinker whose iconic bookGender Troubleredefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on "gender" that have become central to right-wing movements today. Global networks have formed "anti-gender ideology movements" that are dedicated to circulating a fantasy that gender is a dangerous, perhaps diabolical, threat to families, local cultures, civilization--and even "man" himself. Inflamed by the rhetoric of public figures, this movement has sought to nullify reproductive justice, undermine protections against sexual and gender violence, and strip trans and queer people of their rights to pursue a life without fear of violence.

  The aim ofWho's Afraid of Gender?is not to offer a new theory of gender but to examine how "gender" has become a phantasm for emerging authoritarian regimes, fascist formations, and trans-exclusionary feminists. In their vital, courageous new book, Butler illuminates the concrete ways that this phantasm of "gender" collects and displaces anxieties and fears of destruction. Operating in tandem with deceptive accounts of "critical race theory" and xenophobic panics about migration, the anti-gender movement demonizes struggles for equality, fuels aggressive nationalism, and leaves millions of people vulnerable to subjugation.

  An essential intervention into one of the most fraught issues of our moment,Who's Afraid of Gender?is a bold call to refuse the alliance with authoritarian movements and to make a broad coalition with all those whose struggle for equality is linked with fighting injustice. Imagining new possibilities for both freedom and solidarity, Butler offers us a hopeful work of social and political analysis that is both timely and timeless--a book whose verve and rigor only they could deliver.

• I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com

  A FEBRUARY LIBRARYREADS PICK!

  A hilarious and sexy romance about a woman who gets dropped on a strange planet only to fall for not one, but two, aliens, from the author of I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf.

  Dorothy Valentine is close to getting her PhD in wildlife biology when she's attacked by a lion. On the bright side, she's saved! On the not-so-bright side, it's because they're abducted by aliens. In her scramble to escape, Dory and the lion commandeer an escape pod and crash-land on an alien planet that has...dinosaurs?

  Dory and her new lion bestie, Toto, are saved in the nick of time by a mysterious and sexy alien, Sol. On their new adventure, they team up with the equally hot, equally dangerous Lok, who may or may not be a war criminal. Whether it be trauma, fate, or intrigue, Dory can't resist the attraction that's developing in their trio....

  As this ragtag group of misfits explore their new planet, Dory learns more about how and why they've all ended up together, battles more prehistoric creatures than she imagined (she imagined...zero), and questions if she even wants to go back home to Earth in this hilarious and steamy alien romance adventure comedy romp.

• The Gwendy Trilogy (Bind-Up): Gwendy's Button Box, Gwendy's Magic Feather, Gwendy's Final Task (Bind-Up) (Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy)

  The complete omnibus collection of the New York Times bestselling trilogy from Stephen King and Richard Chizmar!

  In Gwendy's Button Box, twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson's life is forever changed when she is given a mysterious wooden box by a stranger for safekeeping. It offers enticing treats and vintage coins, but he warns her that if she presses any of the box's beautifully colored buttons, death and destruction will follow.

  Years later, in Gwendy's Magic Feather, she's a successful novelist with a promising future in politics. But when the button box suddenly reappears in her life, she must decide if she is willing to risk everything for its temptations.

  And in the thrilling conclusion Gwendy's Final Task, evil forces seek to possess the button box and it is up to Senator Gwendy Peterson to keep it from them at all costs. But where can one hide something so destructive from such powerful entities?

• Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Wild Ghost Chase

  THE MEGA-BESTSELLING GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES CONTINUES!

  More than three million copies in print!

  InvestiGators fans, get ready to dive into the third volume of Agents of S.U.I.T. with the weirdest mystery yet!

  New S.U.I.T. recruit Zeb the sheep joins the flock to help crack the greatest mystery of all! But, uhh...just what is the greatest mystery of all?

  That's the question that's kept the dearly departed General Inspectre haunting Earth long after he should have moved on to the great super-spy base in the sky. Having a ghost in the halls of S.U.I.T. wouldn't be so bad...except he's possessing agents! Zeb -- along with Cilantro, Bongo, Marsha, and everyone's favorite Gators -- must decipher the series' biggest mystery EVER. They've got to free their pal and finish the Inspectre's unfinished business!

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New Releases | February 18th, 2025

New Releases | February 11th, 2025

• New Release List (Click to Expand)

  Adult Fiction

  • The American No: Stories - Everett, Rupert (Author)

  • Three Days in June - Tyler, Anne (Author)

  • We All Live Here - Moyes, Jojo (Author)

  • The Queens of Crime - Benedict, Marie (Author)

  • Idle Grounds - Bamford, Krystelle (Author)

  • Stone Yard Devotional - Wood, Charlotte (Author)

  • Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories - Peters, Amanda (Author)

  • The Fox Wife - Choo, Yangsze (Author)

  Biography

  • The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their Stories Are Better Than the Bestsellers (Heroes Among Us #4) - Patterson, James (Author) , Eversmann, Matt (Author)

  Board Books

  • The ABCs of Spring - Howarth, Jill (Illustrator)

  • The Digger and the Flower Board Book - Kuefler, Joseph (Author) , Kuefler, Joseph (Illustrator)

  • Why Does the Wind Blow?: Weather with the Very Hungry Caterpillar - Carle, Eric (Author) , Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

  Body, Mind & Spirit

  • Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious - Douthat, Ross (Author)

  Children’s Poetry

  • The MacMillan Collection of Greek Myths: A Luxurious and Beautiful Gift Edition - MacMillan (Author)

  Current Events & Politics

  • The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy - Toobin, Jeffrey (Author)

  • The Jack Smith Report: Final Report on Efforts to Interfere with the Lawful Transfer of Power Following the 2020 Presidential Election by Don - Smith, Jack (Author)

  Graphic Novels

  • Hilo Book 11: The Great Space Iguana - Winick, Judd (Author)

  • Unicorn Book Club: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure Volume 21 - Simpson, Dana (Author)

  History

  • Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America - Inskeep, Steve (Author)

  • The World After Gaza: A History - Mishra, Pankaj (Author)

  Horror

  • The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy #3) - Jones, Stephen Graham (Author)

  • Boys in the Valley - Fracassi, Philip (Author)

  Just the Facts

  • The Six -- Young Readers Edition: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts - Grush, Loren (Author) , Stefoff, Rebecca (With)

  Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

  • My Hero Academia, Vol. 40 - Horikoshi, Kohei (Author)

  • Fantastic Four: Grand Design - Scioli, Tom (Author) , Lee, Stan (Author) , Scioli, Tom (Illustrator) , Kirby, Jack (Illustrator) , Scioli, Tom (Not Available)

  • Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe - Ennis, Garth (Author) , Maberry, Jonathan (Author) , Braithwaite, Doug (Illustrator) , Parlov, Goran (Illustrator) , Percival, Nick (Not Available)

  My First Readers

  • DK Super Readers Level 1 Pokémon a New Journey - DK (Author)

  • DK Super Readers Level 2 Pokémon Battle Buddies! - DK (Author)

  Mystery & Thriller

  • Paranoia: The Most Beloved Family in Crime Fiction (A Michael Bennett Thriller #17) - Patterson, James (Author) , Born, James O (Author)

  • A Calamity of Souls - Baldacci, David (Author)

  Personal Growth

  • The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing - O'Connor, Mary-Frances (Author)

  • The Life Brief: A Simple Practice to Navigate Life's Big Decisions - Wan, Bonnie (Author)

  • Single: Living a Complete Life on Your Own Terms - Slawson, Nicola (Author)

  • Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections - Nagoski, Emily (Author)

  Picture Books

  • Hatch and Match: A Springtime Seek-And-Find Book - Paul, Ruth (Author) , Paul, Ruth (Illustrator)

  • Let's Be Bees - Harris, Shawn (Author)

  Poetry

  • Autopsy (of an Ex-Teen Heartthrob): (Poems of Rage, Love, Sex, and Sadness) - Jogia, Avan (Author)

  Romance

  • Scythe & Sparrow: The Ruinous Love Trilogy (Ruinous Love Trilogy #3) - Weaver, Brynne (Author)

  • The Launch Date - Slator, Annabelle (Author)

  • First-Time Caller (Heartstrings) - Borison, B K (Author)

  • What Lies Beyond the Veil (Of Flesh & Bone #1) - Woods, Harper L (Author)

  • Beneath the Stands (Sugarlake #2) - McIntire, Emily (Author)

  • Charming Devil (Deluxe Edition) (Special) (Gilded Monsters #2) - Kenney, Rebecca (Author)

  • A Fate Inked in Blood: Book One of the Saga of the Unfated (Saga of the Unfated) - Jensen, Danielle L (Author)

  Science & Nature

  • We Spy Fungi: Search and Find Mushrooms, Cacti, and Other Fascinating Plants - Donnelly, Rebecca (Author) , Fonseca, Francisco (Illustrator)

  Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Mickey7 (Mickey7 #1) - Ashton, Edward (Author)

  • The Book of Love - Link, Kelly (Author)

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

  • The Crimson Road - Slatter, Angela (Author)

  Spinner Rack Books

  • Pete the Cat Rocks On!: Includes Over 30 Stickers! - Dean, James (Author) , Dean, James (Illustrator) , Dean, Kimberly (Author)

  Sports

  • Magic in the Air: The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk - Sielski, Mike (Author)

  Young Adult

  • A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic (Reprint) - Lai, Yi Shun (Author)

  • The Forest King's Daughter (Thirstwood #1) - Blake, Elly (Author)

Our Top 5 Picks

• Paranoia: The Most Beloved Family in Crime Fiction (A Michael Bennett Thriller #17)

  NYPD Detective Michael Bennett will stop at nothing to protect family: his wife, his kids--and his fellow officers--in the latest psychological thriller from bestselling author James Patterson.

  At every death scene, Bennett says a prayer over the victim.
  But recently, too many of the departed have been fellow cops.
  "I want you to look at these deaths on special assignment," NYPD Inspector Celeste Cantor says. "Report only to me."
  Bennett excels as a solo investigator. But he's chasing a killer who feeds on isolation... and paranoia.

• Mickey7 (Mickey7 #1)

  Now experience where the hit movie from Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon Ho, starring Robert Pattinson, started in Mickey7 (the inspiration for the film Mickey 17).

  Dying isn't any fun...but at least it's a living.

  Mickey Barnes is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there's a mission that's too dangerous--even suicidal--the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. After six deaths, Mickey7 understands the terms of his deal...and why it was the only colonial position unfilled when he took it.

  On a routine scouting mission, Mickey7 goes missing and is presumed dead. By the time he returns to the colony base, surprisingly helped back by native life, his fate has been sealed. There's a new clone, Mickey8, reporting for Expendable duties, and there can only be one Expendable. If Mickey7 reports his survival to Command, one of them is going into the recycler. If he doesn't and they're caught, they both are.

  Meanwhile, life on Niflheim is getting worse. The atmosphere is unsuitable for humans, food is in short supply, and terraforming is going poorly. The native species are growing curious about their new neighbors, and that curiosity has Commander Marshall very afraid. Ultimately, the survival of both lifeforms will come down to Mickey7.

  That is, if he can just keep from dying for good.

• We All Live Here

  The #1 New York Times bestselling author, whose books so many love, brings us a fresh, contemporary story of a woman and her unruly blended family

  "Nobody writes women the way Jojo Moyes does." --Jodi Picoult

  Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A broken marriage, two wayward daughters, a house that is falling apart, and an elderly stepfather who seems to have quietly moved in. Her career is in freefall and her love life is . . . complicated. So when her real dad--a man she has barely seen since he ran off to Hollywood thirty-five years ago--suddenly appears on her doorstep, it feels like the final straw. But it turns out even the family you thought you could never forgive might have something to teach you: about love, and what it actually means to be family.

• Why Does the Wind Blow?: Weather with the Very Hungry Caterpillar

  Learn why the wind blows with the help of The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

  In this nonfiction story, young readers will discover what makes the wind whoosh around them. The wonders of nature come to life in this early-learning series centered around weather, featuring simple text and Eric Carle's classic illustrations!

• A Fate Inked in Blood: Book One of the Saga of the Unfated (Saga of the Unfated)

  A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king--while also fighting her growing desire for his fiery son--in the first book of a Norse-inspired fantasy romance series from the bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom series.

  Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior. And of putting an axe in her boorish husband's back.

  Freya's dreams abruptly become reality when her husband betrays her to the region's jarl, landing her in a fight to the death against his son, Bjorn. To survive, Freya is forced to reveal her deepest secret: She possesses a drop of a goddess's blood, which makes her a shield maiden with magic capable of repelling any attack. It was foretold such a magic would unite the fractured nation of Skaland beneath the one who controls the shield maiden's fate.

  Believing he's destined to rule Skaland as king, the fanatical jarl binds Freya with a blood oath and orders Bjorn to protect her from their enemies. Desperate to prove her strength, Freya must train to fight and learn to control her magic, all while facing perilous tests set by the gods. The greatest test of all, however, may be resisting her forbidden attraction to Bjorn. If Freya succumbs to her lust for the charming and fierce warrior, she risks not only her own destiny but the fate of all the people she swore to protect.

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New Releases | February 11th, 2025

Penny Jar Proceeds | February 2025

This month's penny jar proceeds will be going towards the WOMB Initiative.

Their Story:

The WOMB Initiative started because of the growing need of women throughout different points during their pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum seeking support and information about procedures, choices, and the journey of motherhood.

Their Vision:

That pregnancy, labor, birth and the postpartum are honored and respected as pieces of a sacred journey.

You’re on a journey like no other, and WOMB Initiative is here to support you throughout the whole process. They're known for holistic information and research that will help you gather vital resources for your journey into and through motherhood.

Why We Need WOMB​:

The rate of Maternal Mortality in the U.S. is on the rise. WOMB was designed to help equip mothers with the resources they need for a safer pregnancy and birth.

You can learn more about the WOMB Initiative and the services they provide via their website or Facebook.

Website - https://www.wombinitiative.org/
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Penny Jar Proceeds | February 2025

New Releases | February 4th, 2025

• New Release List ( Click to Expand)

  Adult Fiction

  • Gliff - Smith, Ali

  • Greta & Valdin - Reilly, Rebecca K.

  • Fruit of the Dead - Lyon, Rachel

  • Isola - Goodman, Allegra

  • This Is a Love Story - Soffer, Jessica

  • Black Woods, Blue Sky - Ivey, Eowyn

  Biography

  • Shattered: A Memoir - Kureishi, Hanif

  • Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class - Henderson, Rob

  • Memorial Days: A Memoir - Brooks, Geraldine

  Board Books

  • My Big Playbook: Farm - Arrhenius

  • Your Forest - Klassen, Jon

  • Your Farm - Klassen, Jon

  • Maisy Loves Birds: A Maisy's Planet Book - Cousins, Lucy

  • Hap-Pea Easter - Baker, Keith

  Chapter Books

  • Sparkle Pigs #2: Piggie Parade - Holliday, Kit

  • Sparkle Pigs #1: Carrot Chaos - Holliday, Kit

  • Sparkle Pigs #3: Sparkly Spotlight - Holliday, Kit

  • Lost and Found in the City (Ratnip #1) - Higgins, Cam

  • Pizza Dreams Do Come True (Ratnip #2) - Higgins, Cam

  Current Events & Politics

  • The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom - Boaz, David

  Dungeons & Dragons

  • D&D: Monster Manual 2024, Alt Cover

  • Dungeons & Dragons Rpg: Monster Manual Hard Cover (2024)

  Field Guides

  • National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of the United States and Canada--East, 2nd Edition - Floyd, Ted

  Fun & Games

  • Lego How to Build Everything! - DK

  Graphic Novels

  • Sweet Valley Twins: Sneaking Out: (A Graphic Novel) - Pascal, Francine

  • Saphie the One-Eyed Cat Volume 1 - Joho

  • Space Chasers by Leland Melvin - Melvin, Leland

  • Sea Legs: A Graphic Novel - Bakes, Jules

  History

  • The Deerfield Massacre: A Surprise Attack and the Fight for Survival in Early America - Swanson, James L.

  Homestead

  • How to Read a Chicken's Mind: Understand How Chickens Learn, Perceive People, Express Emotions, and Pass Down Knowledge - Caughey, Melissa

  Horror

  • Lost Man's Lane - Carson, Scott

  • Victorian Psycho - Feito, Virginia

  Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

  • Dandadan, Vol. 11 - Tatsu, Yukinobu

  Middle Readers

  • The Sea of Terror (Reprint) (Once Upon a Tim #3) - Gibbs, Stuart

  • A Wolf Called Fire: A Voice of the Wilderness Novel - Parry, Rosanne

  • The Great Catnapping (Reprint) (The Great Pet Heist) - Ecton, Emily

  • The Quest of Danger (Reprint) (Once Upon a Tim #4) - Gibbs, Stuart

  Nature

  • Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future - Shubin, Neil

  Picture Books

  • Scamp - Wilder, Anden

  • Squash, the Cat: Stuck in the Middle - Mayer, Sasha

  • It's Not Easy Being a Leprechaun - Sadler, Marilyn

  • If You Find a Fawn: A What-To-Do for Wild Wanderers - Gillis, Kellie DuBay

  • Bruce Saves the Planet: A Disney Planet Possible Book - Higgins, Ryan T.

  • Home Is a Wish - Kuo, Julia

  • Happy Mother's Day from the Crayons - Daywalt, Drew

  • Happy Father's Day from the Crayons - Daywalt, Drew

  • Bitsy Bat, Team Star - Windness, Kaz

  • Hope in a Jar - Marcero, Deborah

  Romance

  • Shallow River - Carlton, H. D.

  • Gothikana - RuNyx

  • Expiration Dates - Serle, Rebecca

  • Deep End - Hazelwood, Ali

  Science & Nature

  • You Are a Wildlife Warrior!: Saving Animals & the Planet - Irwin, Bindi

  • Weirdest Animals on the Planet - National Geographic

  Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • The Bones Beneath My Skin - Klune, Tj

  Social Sciences

  • Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans - Marie, Jane

  Travel

  • On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer - Steves, Rick

  True Crime

  • A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime - Sherman, Casey

  Workbooks

  • A Kids Book about ADHD - Both, Elly

  Young Adult

  • The Hunger Games: Deluxe Edition - Collins, Suzanne

  • The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: Deluxe Edition - Collins, Suzanne

  • Catching Fire: Deluxe Edition - Collins, Suzanne

  • Mockingjay: Deluxe Edition - Collins, Suzanne

  • Where You See Yourself - Forrest, Claire

  • All Better Now - Shusterman, Neal

Our Top 5 Picks

• A Wolf Called Fire: A Voice of the Wilderness Novel

  The stand-alone companion to Rosanne Parry's New York Times bestseller A Wolf Called Wander tells the wilderness survival story of the wolf pup known as Warm and is illustrated in black and white throughout. This Voice of the Wilderness Novel features extensive back matter, including a map.

  Warm is the smallest pup, the one his father calls the heart of the pack. But all Warm sees is his bigger brothers Sharp and Swift, even his sisters Pounce and Wag, winning all the wrestling matches. Just as Warm is finding his place, enemy wolves destroy and scatter the pack. Warm helps lead the pups away from the fight, only to find himself alone with four pups to defend and feed. Can he be both the heart and the head of a new pack? Does he have to choose the aggressive leadership style of his father and brothers? Or is there another way?

  A Wolf Called Fire is a stand-alone companion novel to A Wolf Called Wander. It's inspired by Wolf 8, a real Yellowstone wolf who was the smallest of his pack and constantly bullied by his bigger brothers. Wolf 8 survived a tumultuous first year and grew up to be a different sort of leader--one who fought many rival wolves to submission but never killed any. He had a rare talent for mentoring young wolves and became the patriarch of the largest and most successful pack in Yellowstone by choosing a more collaborative and generous leadership style. Features black-and-white illustrations throughout and extensive back matter, including a map.

• The Hunger Games: Deluxe Edition

  A stunning deluxe edition of The Hunger Games, the international bestseller! This paperback edition features gorgeous sprayed edges with stenciled artwork and an iconic new cover. This is a breathtaking collectible perfect for the long-time fan or new Hunger Games reader.

  Even at the age of sixteen, Katniss Everdeen knows it takes hard work, keen observation, and inner fortitude to survive in the world. Her home, District 12, is under the merciless rule of the Capitol, continually forced to pay after losing a long-ago civil war in the nation of Panem.

  One of the ways the Capitol keeps control is its annual Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death featuring two young tributes from each of Panem's twelve districts. This gruesome battle is meant to send home a chilling message: Rebellion will always be punished.

  When Katniss finds herself within the Hunger Games arena, she knows the odds aren't in her favor. Any wrong move will end her life--and even the right moves come with a cost. But if she can survive, there is a chance the districts may survive as well...

  The Hunger Games has enthralled millions of readers in its examination of the price of war, human nature, and the powerful force of both love and resistance.

• Catching Fire: Deluxe Edition

  A stunning deluxe edition of Catching Fire, book two in the Hunger Games series! This paperback edition features gorgeous sprayed edges with stenciled artwork and an iconic new cover. This is a breathtaking collectible perfect for the long-time fan or new Hunger Games reader.

  Sparks are igniting. Flames are spreading. And the Capitol wants revenge.

  Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just earned for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules, and now there are rumors of rebellion in the districts. Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.

• Mockingjay: Deluxe Edition

  A stunning deluxe edition of Mockingjay, book three in the Hunger Games series! This paperback edition features gorgeous sprayed edges with stenciled artwork and an iconic new cover. This is a breathtaking collectible perfect for the long-time fan or new Hunger Games reader.

  "My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead."

  Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

  District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Though she's long been a part of the revolution, Katniss hasn't known it. Now it seems that everyone has had a hand in the carefully laid plans but her.

  The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay--no matter what the cost.

• The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: Deluxe Edition

  A stunning deluxe edition of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes! This paperback edition features gorgeous sprayed edges with stenciled artwork and an iconic new cover. This is a breathtaking collectible perfect for the long-time fan or new Hunger Games reader.

  It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.

  The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined--every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute... and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

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“𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘻𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘨𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯.”

It’s a new month and that means it’s time for a new Monthly Staff Pick here at Little Village Toy & Book Shop and we’ve chosen an essay collection full of bite-sized treats perfect for the short month!

Our selection this February is Kate Kennedy’s ‘One in a Millenial: On Friendships, Feelings, Fangirls & Fitting In’. At once both a deep dive into the pop culture zeitgeist of millennials as well as a look at the deeper historical events that shaped them, how these two things intertwine, and their lasting effects and connections that continue today. This New York Times Bestseller is perfect for fans of last year’s bestselling ‘The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality’ by Amanda Montell and Dolly Alderton’s ‘Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir’, one of our bestselling former Monthly Staff Picks.

Visit us this month for 20% off ‘One in a Millenial: On Friendships, Feelings, Fangirls & Fitting In’, while supplies last.

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From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a celebration of the millennial zeitgeist

One in a Millennial is an exploration of pop culture, nostalgia, the millennial zeitgeist, and the life lessons learned (for better and for worse) from coming of age as a member of a much-maligned generation.

Kate is a pop culture commentator and host of the popular millennial-focused podcastBe There in Five. Part-funny, part-serious, Kate navigates the complicated nature of celebrating and criticizing the culture that shaped her as a woman, while arguing that great depths can come from surface-level interests.

With her trademark style and vulnerability,One in a Millennialis sharp, hilarious, and heartwarming all at once. She tackles AOL Instant Messenger, purity culture, American Girl Dolls, going out tops, Spice Girl feminism, her feelings about millennial motherhood, and more. Kate's laugh-out-loud asides and keen observations will have you nodding your head and maybe even tearing up.

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February 2025 Monthly Staff Pick | One in a Millenial