Monthly Staff Picks | March, 2026

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

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

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

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

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

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New Releases | March 3rd, 2026

• New Release List (Click to Expand)

  Adult Fiction

  • Lake Effect - Sweeney, Cynthia D'Aprix (Author)

  • The Inheritors - Golding, William (Author), Okri, Ben (Foreword by), Greenwald Smith, Rachel (Contribution by)

  • Free Fall - Golding, William (Author), Gray, John (Foreword by), Greenwald Smith, Rachel (Contribution by)

  • Black Woods, Blue Sky - Ivey, Eowyn (Author), Hulbert, Ruth (Illustrator)

  • A Sea of Unspoken Things - Young, Adrienne (Author)

  • Death Takes Me - Rivera Garza, Cristina (Author), Myers, Robin (Translator), Booker, Sarah (Translator)

  • Lady Tremaine - Hochhauser, Rachel (Author)

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

  • The Story She Left Behind - Callahan Henry, Patti (Author)

  • A Far-Flung Life - Stedman, M L (Author)

  • The Last Poem - Peppernell, Courtney (Author)

  Arts & Entertainment

  • Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism - Smee, Sebastian (Author)

  Award Winners

  • The First State of Being - Kelly, Erin Entrada (Author)

  • Phoenix (Ride on) - Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker (Author)

  Biography

  • You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir - Applegate, Christina (Author)

  • Delusions: Of Grandeur, of Romance, of Progress - David, Cazzie (Author)

  • Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist - Munson, Richard (Author)

  • A Different Person: A Memoir - Merrill, James (Author), Als, Hilton (Author)

  Board Books

  • Bloom Into Spring - Diesen, Deborah (Author), Lundquist, Mary (Illustrator)

  • Odd Bugs (a Curious Critters Board Book): Meet Nature's Weirdest Insects - Gehl, Laura (Author), Lucas, Gareth (Illustrator)

  • Spring! (Leslie Patricelli Board Books) - Patricelli, Leslie (Author), Patricelli, Leslie (Illustrator)

  • How Do Dinosaurs Go from A to Z? - Yolen, Jane (Author), Teague, Mark (Illustrator)

  • Rabbit's Nap (a Lift-The-Flap Book) (Tales from Acorn Wood) - Donaldson, Julia (Author), Scheffler, Axel (Illustrator)

  • Monster Jam: Thunderroarus Unleashed! a Board Book with Wheels - Aveling, Marisa (Author), Vandenberg, Neil (Illustrator)

  Body, Mind & Spirit

  • A Grief Observed (Deluxe Edition) - Lewis, C S (Author)

  • The Screwtape Letters (Deluxe Edition) - Lewis, C S (Author)

  Chapter Books

  • Daisy Dolittle: The Rabbit Rescue (Daisy Dolittle) - Lockhart, Melody (Author), Lopez, Anuki (Illustrator)

  • Daisy Dolittle: Otter Chaos! (Daisy Dolittle) - Lockhart, Melody (Author), Lopez, Anuki (Illustrator)

  • Gus the Mushroom Dragon: An Acorn Book (Dragon Hill #2) - West, Tracey (Author), Vázquez, Carolina (Illustrator)

  • How to Save a Tortoise (Wildlife Rescue 3) - Messner, Kate (Author)

  Children's Poetry

  • Goldfinches - Oliver, Mary (Author), Sweet, Melissa (Illustrator)

  • Time for Haiku: Four Seasons of Poems - Santaeulàlia, Josep (Author), Lozano, Luciano (Illustrator), Schimel, Lawrence (Translator)

  Children's Science & Nature

  • Light as a Feather: Fifteen Phenomenal North American Birds - Hillenbrand, Will (Author), Hillenbrand, Will (Illustrator)

  Coloring Books

  • Inklings: A Pocket-Sized Inky Coloring Book - Basford, Johanna (Author)

  Graphic Novels

  • Paws: The Trouble with Leo: A Graphic Novel (Paws) - Fairbairn, Nathan (Author), Assarasakorn, Michele (Illustrator)

  • The Greenies (Greenies #1) - Mills, Emma (Author), Kennedy, Sarah Nicole (Illustrator)

  • The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 6: Volume 6 - Watterson, Bill (Author)

  • Lego Ninjago: Strike of the Serpentine (Graphic Novel) (Lego Ninjago) - Chittock, Cameron (Author), Morris, Will (Illustrator), Antonellini, Sara (Illustrator)

  History

  • Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America - Risen, Clay (Author)

  Homestead

  • Victory Gardens for Bees: A DIY Guide to Saving the Bees, Revised Edition - Weidenhammer, Lori (Author)

  • Floraphile's Almanac: An Illustrated Miscellany - Evans, Jessi (Author), Work, Lauren (Author)

  Horror

  • The Staircase in the Woods - Wendig, Chuck (Author)

  Humor Books

  • This Is the Only Book of Dad Jokes You'll Ever Need: 302 of the Best and Most Cringeworthy Dad Jokes - Nowak, Thomas (Author), Miranda, Alberto (Illustrator)

  Just the Facts

  • What Do We Know about Dragons? (What Do We Know About?) - Hubbard, Ben (Author), Who Hq (Author), Thomson, Andrew (Illustrator)

  Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

  • Absolute Superman Vol. 2: Son of the Demon (Absolute Universe) - Aaron, Jason (Author), Sandoval, Rafa (Illustrator)

  • Nightwing: Leaping Into the Light: DC Compact Comics Edition (DC Compact Comics) - Taylor, Tom (Author), Redondo, Bruno (Illustrator), Edwards, Neil (Illustrator)

  • Nana 25th Anniversary Edition, Vol. 3 (Nana 25th Anniversary Edition #17) - Yazawa, Ai (Author)

  • Chainsaw Man, Vol. 20 - Fujimoto, Tatsuki (Author)

  • DC Encyclopedia New Edition - Beatty, Scott (Author), Brooks, Dan (Author)

  • Shugo Chara! 20th Anniversary Edition 1 - Peach-Pit (Author)

  Middle Readers

  • Minecraft: Adventure School (Minecraft) - Sanz, Monica (Author)

  • Aku: Journey to Ibra (Aku 1) - Johnson, Micah (Author), Van Der Meer, Durk (Illustrator)

  • Firebred: (Storm Dragons, Book 2) - Kagawa, Julie (Author)

  • Dragon Girl and the Awakened Flames (Deluxe Edition) (Dragon Girl #1) - Moore, Jenny (Author)

  • The Academy V: Cup of Nations (Academy #5) - Layton, T Z (Author)

  • The Beautiful Game - Méndez, Yamile Saied (Author)

  • The Hybrid Prince (Wings of Fire, Book 16) - Sutherland, Tui T (Author)

  • One Night at Camp Bigfoot (Goosebumps House of Shivers #6) - Stine, R L (Author)

  My First Readers

  • Jane Goodall (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 1) - Kramer, Barbara (Author), National Geographic Kids (Author)

  Mystery & Thriller

  • Want to Know a Secret? - McFadden, Freida (Author)

  Nature

  • The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary - Tempest Williams, Terry (Author)

  • Grizzled: Love Letters to 50 of North America's Least Understood Animals - Bittel, Jason (Author)

  Personal Growth

  • The Supreme Gift: Love Is the Greatest Thing in the World - Coelho, Paulo (Author), Costa, Margaret Jull (Translator)

  Picture Books

  • Bartleby - Phelan, Matt (Author), Phelan, Matt (Illustrator)

  • Thank You, School - Borden, Louise (Author), Keiser, Paige (Illustrator)

  • When You Dream Big! - Reynolds, Peter H (Author), Reynolds, Peter H (Illustrator)

  • Goodnight, Bruce (Mother Bruce) - Higgins, Ryan (Author)

  • Bothered by Bugs - Gravett, Emily (Author)

  • Is This . . . Spring? (Helen Yoon's Is This . . .?) - Yoon, Helen (Author), Yoon, Helen (Illustrator)

  • The Dark Is for - Kohuth, Jane (Author), Derby, Cindy (Illustrator)

  • Loops - Awan, Jashar (Author), Awan, Jashar (Illustrator)

  • Welcome to the Rabbit Residence: A Seek-And-Find Story - Nohana, Haluka (Author)

  • The Future Book - Barnett, Mac (Author), Harris, Shawn (Illustrator)

  Poetry

  • The Witch Doesn't Drown in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic) - Lovelace, Amanda (Author)

  Political Science

  • The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from History - Westad, Odd Arne (Author)

  • Truth and Consequence: Reflections on Catastrophe, Civil Resistance, and Hope - Ellsberg, Daniel (Author), Ellsberg, Michael (Volume Editor), Thomas, Jan R (Volume Editor)

  Romance

  • House of Blight (Threadmender Chronicles #1) - Martineau, Maxym M (Author)

  • Enigma: A Dark Academia Romance - RuNyx (Author)

  • Verity - Hoover, Colleen (Author)

  Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Elphie: A Wicked Childhood - Maguire, Gregory (Author)

  Sidelines

  • This Classic Belongs to . . .: 60 Bookplates for Collections Big and Small (Classics Gift)

  Social Sciences

  • The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change - Solnit, Rebecca (Author)

  Stickers

  • Wings of Fire: The Official Stickerpedia - Sutherland, Tui T (Author), Walsh, Brianna C (Illustrator)

  Travel

  • Belonging to the World: A Journey from Grief to Connection in Every Country on Earth - Hoffner, Barry (Author)

  Workbooks

  • Awe! - Stiefel, Chana (Author), Gal, Susan (Illustrator)

  Young Adult

  • A Thousand Perfect Lies - Murphy, Monica (Author)

  • Her Hidden Fire (Her Hidden Fire) - O'Sullivan, Cliodhna (Author)

  • The Squad: Perfect Cover (Squad 1) - Barnes, Jennifer Lynn (Author)

  • The Squad: Killer Spirit (Squad 2) - Barnes, Jennifer Lynn (Author)

  • Burn the Water - Ray, Billy (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

• Want to Know a Secret?

  From #1 internationally bestselling author Freida McFadden!

  Everyone has secrets. Some are worse than others.

  Influencer and baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she'd rather you didn't know.

  Like... Where did her son go when he snuck out late at night? What was she doing with the local soccer coach behind fogged windows?

  And what's buried in her backyard?

  April's secrets are enough to destroy her.

  I'll make sure of that.

  #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden peels back the layers of a seemingly flawless life to expose a picture of obsession, deception, and the quiet menace that waits just beyond the frame.

• Goodnight, Bruce (Mother Bruce)

  Mother Bruce's family of mice and geese will do ANYTHING to get out of going to sleep in this hilarious and all-too-relatable bedtime story.

  It's bedtime in Soggy Hollow.

  But Bruce's family of mice and geese would rather watch late-night monster movies than go to sleep.

  There are so many more fun things to do like . . .

  build model airplanes

  and eat ice cream.

  and keep up their correspondence.

  Will Bruce ever get them to sleep? What's a tired old bear to do?

  Kids and caretakers alike will relate wholeheartedly to this laugh-out-loud story of pre-bedtime hijinx.

• The Hybrid Prince (Wings of Fire, Book 16)

  The #1 New York Times bestselling series is back with a brand new tale! Discover what happens next in this thrilling addition to the Wings of Fire saga.

  Umber was never supposed to be a hero . . . .

  As the youngest sibling of his MudWing hatching, Umber doesn't have the responsibilities of his bigwings, Reed, nor the heroic destiny prophesied for his brother, Clay. He's always been content with his role as the cheerful, goofy, little brother. But when his sister, Sora, causes a tragedy at Jade Mountain Academy, Umber finds himself on the run and thrown into a whole new role--that of protector.

  Umber and Sora fly south in search of a place where they can live far away from other dragons . . . until a kind, hybrid dragon named Mulberry saves him from a kraken attack, and Umber realizes they don't have to survive alone after all. In fact, there's an entire community living on a forgotten island, full of dragons hiding from their own dark pasts.

  As the two MudWings settle into the Court of Refuge, they start to realize that nothing in this place is quite what it seems, and the protection it offers comes with a price. Even as Umber falls for Prince Mulberry, he learns he must find a way to unlock the past of this mysterious island to ensure he and Sora have a future. And when the dragons in power try to stop him, he'll have to decide what he cares about most . . . and whether he can be the hero these dragons need after all.

• Goldfinches

  Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet gorgeously illustrates the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver for the first time in picture book form.

  Have you heard them singing in the wind, above the final fields?

  Have you ever been so happy in your life?

  Mary Oliver, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, is one of America's most beloved poets. Introducing her unforgettable words to children for the very first time, her poem "Goldfinches" joyfully observes the power of the natural world as only Mary Oliver can.

  Illuminated by the exquisite mixed-media artwork of Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet, Goldfinches fills the reader with wonder for the beauty around them and gratitude for the ability to bear witness to it.

• Black Woods, Blue Sky

  NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Snow Child returns to the mythical landscapes of Alaska with an unforgettable dark fairy tale that asks the question: Can love save us from ourselves?

  "No one writes like Eowyn Ivey."--Geraldine Brooks

  "You will find yourself in places you have never been."--Louise Erdrich

  "Ivey is an enthralling storyteller."--The New York Times Book Review

  AN NPR AND SEATTLE TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

  Birdie's keeping it together; of course she is. So she's a little hungover, sometimes, and she has to bring her daughter, Emaleen, to her job waiting tables at an Alaskan roadside lodge, but she's getting by as a single mother in a tough town. Still, Birdie can remember happier times from her youth, when she was free in the wilds of nature.

  Arthur Neilsen, a soft-spoken and scarred recluse who appears in town only at the change of seasons, brings Emaleen back to safety when she gets lost in the woods. Most people avoid him, but to Birdie, he represents everything she's ever longed for. She finds herself falling for Arthur and the land he knows so well.

  Against the warnings of those who care about them, Birdie and Emaleen move to his isolated cabin in the mountains, on the far side of the Wolverine River.

  It's just the three of them in the vast black woods, far from roads, telephones, electricity, and outside contact, but Birdie believes she has come prepared. At first, it's idyllic and she can picture a happily ever after: Together they catch salmon, pick berries, and climb mountains so tall it's as if they could touch the bright blue sky. But soon Birdie discovers that Arthur is something much more mysterious and dangerous than she could have ever imagined, and that like the Alaska wilderness, a fairy tale can be as dark as it is beautiful.

  Black Woods, Blue Sky is a novel with life-and-death stakes, about the love between a mother and daughter, and the allure of a wild life--about what we gain and what it might cost us.

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New Releases | February 24th, 2026

• New Release List (Click to Expand)

  Adult Fiction

  • Playworld (Vintage Contemporaries) - Ross, Adam (Author)

  • Kin - Jones, Tayari (Author)

  • Brawler: Stories - Groff, Lauren (Author)

  • More Than Enough - Quindlen, Anna (Author)

  • A Good Animal - Maurer, Sara (Author)

  • Saoirse - Hurtubise, Charleen (Author)

  • One of Us - Day, Elizabeth (Author)

  Adult Science

  • A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness - Pollan, Michael (Author)

  Animals

  • Raising Hare: A Memoir - Dalton, Chloe (Author)

  Biography

  • The Pit Bull King: Building Dark Dynasty with the World's Most Legendary Dogs - Grennan, Marlon (Author), Alexander, Jamie (With)

  Children’s Science & Nature

  • The Weedy Garden: A Happy Habitat for Wild Friends - Renkl, Margaret (Author), Renkl, Billy (Illustrator)

  • Bog Buddies (Tiny Habitats) - Hevron, Amy (Author), Hevron, Amy (Illustrator)

  • An Anthology of Flowers: A Collection of Flowers from Gardens, Mountains and More, with Fascinating Secrets (DK Little Anthologies)

  Cookbooks

  • Obsessed with the Best: 100+ Methodically Perfected Recipes Based on 20+ Head-To-Head Tests - Quittner, Ella (Author)

  Graphic Novels

  • Cat & Cat Adventures: The Lair of the Owl King: A Graphic Novel (Cat & Cat Adventures #6) - Yi, Susie (Author), Yi, Susie (Illustrator)

  • Mr. Terrific: Year One - Letson, Al (Author), Galmon, Edwin (Illustrator)

  History

  • We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America - O'Donnell, Norah (Author), Andersen Brower, Kate (Author)

  Horror

  • Night of the Mannequins - Jones, Stephen Graham (Author)

  • Hungerstone - Dunn, Kat (Author)

  Just the Facts

  • Talking Books: Audiobook Inventor Dr. Robert B. Irwin and a New Way to Read - Lacika, Jenny (Author), Fortson, Ashanti (Illustrator)

  Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

  • Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell - Soule, Charles (Author), McNiven, Steve (Illustrator), McNiven, Steve

  • Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Madness Volume 1 - Sztybor, Bartosz (Author), Asano (Illustrator)

  Mystery & Thriller

  • Curtain: Poirot's Last Case: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #37) - Christie, Agatha (Author)

  • Trust No One: A Thriller - Rollins, James (Author)

  • The Crossroads (Joe Pickett Novel) - Box, C J (Author)

  Personal Growth

  • How to Stop Trying: An Overachiever's Guide to Self-Acceptance, Letting Go, and Other Impossible Things - Williams, Kate (Author)

  Picture Books

  • Is It Spring? - Henkes, Kevin (Author), Henkes, Kevin (Illustrator)

  • Forty the Fortune Teller - Daywalt, Drew (Author), Cornell, Kevin (Illustrator)

  • Disney Frozen Ever After (Little Golden Book)

  • The Rare Bird - Cooper, Elisha (Author), Cooper, Elisha (Illustrator)

  • Kitty Caterpillar - Bondor-Stone, Annabeth (Author), White, Connor (Author), Barrager, Brigette (Illustrator)

  • The Monster and Puppet Show!-Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!) - Micucci, Kate (Author), Willems, Mo (Author)

  Political Sciences

  • Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery - Newsom, Gavin (Author)

  Romance

  • And Now, Back to You (Heartstrings) - Borison, B K (Author)

  Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • The Red Winter - Sullivan, Cameron (Author)

  • After the Fall - Ashton, Edward (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

• Is It Spring?

  If one day buds bloom and birds chirp, and the next day a late snow falls from the sky, is it spring? Will it ever be spring? An evergreen, child-friendly picture book that explores themes of patience, hope, the seasons, and nature by the New York Times bestseller and Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes.

  A flower in the garden down the street. Birds in the sky. Buds on the branches in the park. It must be spring.

  But wait! What is this icy gust of wind? Why are snowflakes falling from heavy gray clouds? Will it ever be spring? Yes, says the sun. Just be patient.

  Kevin Henkes, the #1 New York Times bestseller who has been awarded the Caldecott Medal, two Caldecott Honors, two Newbery Honors, two Geisel Honors, the Children's Literature Lecture Award, and Children's Literature Legacy Award, among numerous other honors, has created a masterful and classic picture book that combines an evocative call-and-response text with delicate and lovely illustrations. Readers will be left assured that the sun--and spring--will always come again.

• Raising Hare: A Memoir

  NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - FINALIST FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE - A fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman's unlikely friendship with a wild hare.

  A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, TIME, The Boston Globe, The Economist, Scientific American, Slate

  "Moving. . . . Impart[s] valuable lessons about slowing down and the beauty in the unexpected."--USA Today

  "A perfect testimony to the transformative power of love."--Margaret Renkl, author of The Comfort of Crows

  Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and bounded around your bedroom at night, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your attention. Imagine that, more than two years later, it still ran in from the fields when you called it and slept in your house for hours on end. For political advisor and speechwriter Chloe Dalton, who spent lockdown deep in the English countryside, far away from her usual busy London life, this became her unexpected reality.

  In February 2021, Dalton stumbles upon a newborn hare--a leveret--that had been chased by a dog. Fearing for its life, she brings it home, only to discover how difficult it is to rear a wild hare, most of whom perish in captivity from either shock or starvation. Through trial and error, she learns to feed and care for the leveret with every intention of returning it to the wilderness. Instead, it becomes her constant companion, wandering the fields and woods at night and returning to Dalton's house by day. Though Dalton feared that the hare would be preyed upon by foxes, weasels, feral cats, raptors, or even people, she never tried to restrict it to the house. Each time the hare leaves, Chloe knows she may never see it again. Yet she also understands that to confine it would be its own kind of death.

  Raising Hare chronicles their journey together while also taking a deep dive into the lives and nature of hares, and the way they have been viewed historically in art, literature, and folklore. We witness firsthand the joy at this extraordinary relationship between human and animal, which serves as a reminder that the best things, and most beautiful experiences, arise when we least expect them.

• Saoirse

  For readers of Colm Tóibín and Claire Keegan, Saoirse is a powerful novel set between the United States and Ireland about a woman who runs from her traumatic past and the secrets she carries to survive.

  In Michigan, Sarah's childhood was defined by fear and silence. As a teenager, she saw a chance to escape and took it. Now, in 1999, she is an artist living on the rugged coast of Donegal, Ireland, where she is known as Saoirse (pronounced Sear-sha)--a name that sounds like the sea and means freedom in the language of her adopted country. And free is precisely how she is finally beginning to feel. Her partner and two beloved daughters are regular subjects of her paintings, and together they have made the safe home she always longed for. But Saoirse's secrets haunt her. No one must learn of the identity she has stolen in order to survive; they cannot know of the dangers that she crossed an ocean to escape.

  When her artwork wins unexpected acclaim at a Dublin exhibition, the spotlight of fame threatens to unravel the careful lies that hold her world together. Journalists and admirers begin to ask questions about the mysterious artist from Donegal, and she fears the unwanted publicity will expose all that she has done.

  Saoirse is an evocative, suspenseful exploration of the intimate relationship between art and life and the lies we tell ourselves in the name of reinvention.

• We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America

  A vivid portrait of the unsung American women from 1776 to today who changed the course of history in their fight for freedom and helped shape a more perfect union

  "This terrific book reveals the central, though often hidden role that women have played at every stage of our country's history."--Doris Kearns Goodwin

  Over a decades-long, distinguished career, award-winning journalist Norah O'Donnell has made it her mission to shed light on untold wom­en's stories. Now, in honor of America's 250th birthday, O'Donnell focuses that passion on the American heroines who helped change the course of history.

  We the Women presents a fresh look at American his­tory through the eyes of women, introducing us to inspiring patriots who demanded that the country live up to the prom­ises made 250 years ago in the Declaration of Independence: "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Since the signing of that document, the pressing question from women has been: Why don't those unalienable rights apply to us?

  Through extensive research and interviews, as well as historical documents and old photos, O'Donnell curates a compelling portrait of these fierce fighters for freedom. From Mary Katherine Goddard, who printed the first signed Declaration of Independence, to the Forten family women, who were active in the abolition and suffrage movements and were considered the "Black Founders" of Philadelphia, to the first women who served in the armed forces even before they had the right to vote, O'Donnell brings these extraordinary women together for the first time, and in doing so writes the American story anew.

• Trust No One: A Thriller

  From the #1 New York Times bestselling master of international intrigue comes a shocking new stand-alone thriller that thrusts a group of university students, falsely accused of murder, into a treacherous hunt across Europe, all to unlock the secrets buried within a centuries-old book that could change humankind forever.

  Knowledge can be magic--until it falls into the wrong hands.

  The ritualistic murder of a British professor at the University of Exeter points to a startling cast of suspects: his own students. All are enrolled in a postgraduate program covering the history of witchcraft, folklore, and spiritualism.

  All evidence points to Sharyn Karr--an American student. Prior to the professor's death, he had thrust a centuries-old book upon her. It appears to be the handwritten and encrypted diary of an eighteenth-century mystic and occultist, the Comte de Saint-Germain. The professor begged her to keep the text safe, ending with a warning: Trust no one.

  Such a responsibility forces her into cooperation with Duncan Maxwell, a fellow postgrad and the sixteenth in line to the British Crown. Already, Duncan has proven himself a savant with encryptions. Unfortunately, the pair clash at every level, but they both need one another. Especially when they discover the book's opening words: Herein lies the secret to my immortality. Come find me, if you dare.

  As dark forces close upon the pair, she and her friends are forced to flee, pursued by law enforcement and hunted by a powerful cabal. In an explosive chase across Europe--from the Tower of London to Parisian chateaus to a fortress in the Italian Alps--Sharyn must learn the true secret hidden in Saint-Germain's text. It will send her and the others across history and deep into the heart of one of the world's greatest mysteries, a secret buried at the roots of Western Civilization, a discovery that could topple empires and change humanity forever.

  For what lies at the end of Saint-Germain's diary is as shocking as its opening words.

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New Releases | February 17th, 2026

• New Release List (Click to Expand)

  Adult Fiction

  • The Astral Library (Deluxe Limited Edition) - Quinn, Kate (Author)

  • Rebel English Academy - Hanif, Mohammed (Author)

  • So Old, So Young - Ginder, Grant (Author)

  • Laws of Love and Logic (Thousand Voices) - Curtis, Debra (Author)

  • Ashland - Simon, Dan (Author)

  Arts & Entertainment

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

  Biography

  • Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour - Haddon, Mark (Author)

  • A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides - Pelicot, Gisèle (Author), Lehrer, Natasha (Translator), Diver, Ruth (Translator)

  Board Books

  • The Pigeon Won't Say the Abcs! - Mo Willems Workshop (Author)

  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Sheepy: A Sleepy Sheepy Story (Sleepy Sheepy) - Cummins, Lucy Ruth (Author), Oswald, Pete (Illustrator)

  • 123s of Kindness at Bedtime: A Touch & Feel Board Book (Books of Kindness) - Hegarty, Patricia (Author), Macon, Summer (Illustrator)

  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar's First Poems - Ghigna, Charles (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator)

  Children’s Science & Nature

  • Unfathomable: 20 Wild (But True) Stories about the Ocean - Boone, Mary (Author), Temescu, Max (Illustrator)

  Field Guides

  • How to Forage for Medicinal Plants Without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 32 Healing Wild Herbs - Ruiz, Brandon (Author)

  Fun & Games

  • Basketball Encyclopedia - Kingfisher (Author)

  Graphic Novels

  • Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble (Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T. #4) - Green, John Patrick (Author), Hastings, Christopher (Author), Lewis, Pat (Illustrator)

  • Huck 'n' Hairball and the Litterbox Time Machine - Moyer, Rich (Author)

  • Minecraft: Heart of Cobblestone Volume 2 (Minecraft) - Clemson, Andrew (Author), Lawson, Jeremy (Illustrator)

  History

  • American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology - Meacham, Jon (Author)

  • The First to Go West: American Ambition, Bloody Conquest, and the Fateful Journey of Jedediah Smith - Clavin, Tom (Author), Drury, Bob (Author)

  • Shakespeare's Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance - Targoff, Ramie (Author)

  Homestead

  • Chasing Lewis's Monkeyflower: The Amazing Afterlife of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's Wild Plants - Adelman, Elizabeth (Author)

  • Don't Throw It, Grow It, 2nd Edition: 68 Windowsill Plants from Kitchen Scraps - Peterson, Deborah (Author), Selsam, Millicent (Author), Martin, Laurelynn G (Foreword by), Martin, Byron E (Foreword by)

  Literary Collections

  • On Morrison - Serpell, Namwali (Author)

  Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

  • Ultimate Incursion (Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion) - Camp, Deniz (Author), Ziglar, Cody (Author), Scharf, Jonas (Illustrator), Pichelli, Sara (Not Available)

  • Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 2: As My Mothers Made Me - Thompson, Kelly (Author), Sherman, Hayden (Illustrator)

  • Parasyte Paperback Collection 3 - Iwaaki, Hitoshi (Author)

  Middle Readers

  • The Cursed Spotlight: Adventure Stories for K-Pop Fans (K-Pop Academy #2) - Finch, Mina (Author)

  • Pirate Academy: New Kid on Deck (Pirate Academy 1) - Somper, Justin (Author), Skaffa, Teo (Illustrator)

  • Pirate Academy: Missing at Sea(Pirate Academy 2) - Somper, Justin (Author), Skaffa, Teo (Illustrator)

  My First Readers

  • Uni and the Magic Paintbrush (Step Into Reading) - Krouse Rosenthal, Amy (Author), Barrager, Brigette (Illustrator)

  Mystery & Thrillers

  • Paranoia: A Michael Bennett Thriller (A Michael Bennett Thriller) - Patterson, James (Author), Born, James O (Author)

  Picture Books

  • The Dream - Sterer, Gideon (Author), Henderson, Nik (Illustrator)

  • Leave the Trees, Please - Zephaniah, Benjamin (Author), Castrillón, Melissa (Illustrator)

  • All That Glimmers - Baker, Laura (Author), Kaulitzki, Ramona (Illustrator)

  • Exca-Gator! - Hartman, Brooke (Author), Slack, Michael (Illustrator)

  • The Great Escape - Marcero, Deborah (Author), Marcero, Deborah (Illustrator)

  • Duck Delivers - Tinn-Disbury, Tom (Author)

  Poetry

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

  Political Sciences

  • On Democracy - Whitman, Walt (Author), Bromwich, David (Introduction by)

  Puzzle Books

  • New York Times Games Rookie Crosswords: 200 Easy Puzzles - New York Times (Author), Shortz, Will (Editor)

  Romance

  • Firebird (Fire That Binds #1) - Cross, Juliette (Author)

  Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • The Martian Chronicles - Bradbury, Ray (Author)

  • Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter - Fawcett, Heather (Author)

  Social Sciences

  • Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth - Hernández, Daisy (Author)

  True Crime

  • Mafia: A Global History - Gingeras, Ryan (Author)

  Young Adult

  • Love, Sivvy: A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath - Toalson, R L (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

• Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble (Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T. #4)

  "When I'm faced with a Pilkey fan looking to branch out, this graphic novel is the first book I reach for... If eight books aren't enough, the spinoff series, Agents of S.U.I.T., continues the fun." ―The New York Times

  More than four million copies in print!

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

  Someone has stolen the Notorious P.I.G. food truck, and with it, Piggy Smalls's special BBQ sauce! But before Bongo and Marsha can solve the case, they need to solve the problems they're having with each other. To help them realize what a great team they truly are, General Inspector decides to split them up. He assigns Marsha to work with Cilantro on a super-secret pilot program, and Bongo to work with Sven on a not so-secret reality competition: "Sew You Think You Can Sew!"

  But here's the rub: This season includes a chef challenge, and underground sources say Piggy Smalls's notorious sauce was stolen to help one of the contestants win!

• American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology

  The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of America unites centuries of essential American voices to understand our national debates and divisions from 1619 to the present, with his signature commentary on the consequential speeches, letters, and essays that led us to this moment.

  "Jon Meacham has done it again. If there is a soul in American history, it emerges--indeed, explodes--from these pages."--David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

  In a polarized era, history can become a subject of political contention. Many see America as perfect; many others argue that the national experiment is fundamentally flawed. The truth, Meacham shows, likely lies between these extremes. America has had shining hours, and also dark ones.

  In American Struggle, Jon Meacham illuminates the nation's complicated past. This rich and diverse collection covers a wide spectrum of history, from 1619 to the twenty-first century, with primary-source documents that take us back to critical moments in which Americans fought over the meaning and the direction of the national experiment. From the founders to Lincoln to Obama, from Andrew Jackson to Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan, from Seneca Falls to the March on Washington, this chorus--sometimes discordant and always fascinating--tells the story of the country and of its people. As clashes over liberty and slavery, inclusion and exclusion, play out, these voices, brilliantly framed by Meacham's singular commentary, remind us that contentious citizenship and fair-minded observations are essential to bringing about the more perfect union envisioned in the Preamble to the Constitution, which Frederick Douglass called a "glorious liberty document."

  Conflict is nothing new in our democracy; rather, as Meacham and these texts show, tensions are inherent, stubborn, and perennial. And American Struggle teaches us anew that to know what has come before, to watch as long-running disputes rise and fall, is to be armed against despair.

• The Pigeon Won't Say the Abcs!

  From Mo Willems Workshop, the team behind the #1 bestselling Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, comes this hilarious and engaging alphabet early-learning concept board book with touch-and-trace features throughout.

  The Pigeon won't say the ABCs! He has at least 26 reasons and excuses why not! From absolutely no way to zero chance!

  The Pigeon WON'T Say the ABCs! is part of a collection of original board books featuring the beloved character: The Pigeon.

  Ideal for babies, toddlers, and fans of the picture book series.

• Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live

  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The definitive biography of Lorne Michaels, the man behind America's most beloved comedy show

  "The kind of biographical monument usually consecrated to founding fathers, canonical authors and world-historical scientific geniuses."--The New York Times (Editors' Choice)

  "Readers are treated to the Holy Grail for any journalist hoping to crack the show: a warts-and-all week in the life of SNL, where Morrison gets to see the real process of putting the thing together."--Variety

  LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, The New Yorker, Elle, Kirkus Reviews, Denver Public Library

  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.

• Laws of Love and Logic (Thousand Voices)

  A STUNNING DEBUT NOVEL FROM JENNA BUSH HAGER'S NEW VENTURE, THOUSAND VOICES

  A woman finds herself torn between her first love and her devoted husband in this extraordinary debut novel that asks the question: Can one heart hold two great loves?

  "A magnificent, spellbinding love story."--Clare Leslie Hall, New York Times bestselling author of Broken Country

  In the serene town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Lily Webb is deeply in love with a charismatic boy, a college-bound quarterback whose spectacular athletic talents are matched only by his fierce devotion. But their dreams of a life together are cut short when his passionate protectiveness leads to an irrevocable choice--one that tears them apart and leads Lily down a path of heartbreak from which she may never recover.

  Lily already knows the sting of loss, beginning with the death of her mother, a tragedy that left deep scars on both her and her gifted younger sister, Jane. Jane seeks escape in the abstract world of mathematics and quantum mechanics--when she can keep the demons that fuel her addictions at bay. As the years pass, Lily buries her twin griefs deep in her heart, finding solace and a new beginning with Marshall Middleton, a renowned ornithologist whose love is as steadfast as the migration patterns he studies. Yet the shadows of her past linger.

  When the boy who was once everything to Lily reappears in her life, she struggles with questions around that terrible night in high school. Can she reconcile the wild wonderment of her first love with the comfort and safety of her second? Laws of Love and Logic explores love's enduring power and the human spirit's capacity for forgiveness and redemption.

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New Releases | February 10th, 2026

• New Releases List (Click to Expand)

  Adult Fiction

  • This Is Not about Us: Fiction - Goodman, Allegra (Author)

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

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

  • Stone Yard Devotional - Wood, Charlotte (Author)

  Adult Science

  • The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind - Griffiths, Tom (Author)

  • Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature - Hazen, Robert M (Author), Wong, Michael L (Author)

  Arts & Entertainment

  • The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg--And the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema - Fischer, Paul (Author)

  Board Books

  • Indestructibles Baby Loves the Library

  Body, Mind & Spirit

  • Nature Speak: Signs, Omens and Messages in Nature - Andrews, Ted (Author)

  • Psychic Protection: Balance & Protection for Body, Mind & Spirit - Andrews, Ted (Author)

  • Animal Wise: Understanding the Language of Animal Messengers & Companions - Andrews, Ted (Author)

  Children’s Art Books

  • Bluey: How to Draw

  Children’s Science & Nature

  • Why? Animals: Brilliant Answers to Baffling Questions

  • Forest: Walk Through the Fascinating World of the Wild (Earth's Incredible Habitats) - Harvey, Derek (Author)

  Graphic Novels

  • Oh Brother: (A Graphic Memoir) - Chadderton, Georgina (Author)

  • Serendipity - Benda, Gabbie (Author), Benda, Gabbie (Illustrator)

  • Unicorn Secrets: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure Volume 23 (Phoebe and Her Unicorn) - Simpson, Dana (Author)

  History

  • Boss Lincoln: The Partisan Life of Abraham Lincoln - Pinsker, Matthew (Author)

  Homestead

  • The Contemporary Cottage Garden: Climate-Friendly, Mindful Methods for Growing Flowers and Food - Hubbard, Pamela (Author), Cardillo, Rob (Photographer)

  Just the Facts

  • Marie's Magic Eggs: How Marie Procai Kept the Ukrainian Art of Pysanky Alive - Wallace, Sandra Neil (Author), Turk, Evan (Illustrator)

  Manga & Adult Graphic Novels

  • One World Under Doom (One World Under Doom) - North, Ryan (Author), Silva, R B (Illustrator), Harvey, Ben (Not Available)

  • Deadpool/Wolverine: A Time of Stryfe (Deadpool/Wolverine) - Percy, Benjamin (Author), Cassara, Joshua (Illustrator), Gill, Robert (Illustrator), Cassara, Joshua (Not Available)

  • Daredevil: Back in Black - Soule, Charles (Author), McKenzie, Roger (Author), Garney, Ron (Illustrator), Sudzuka, Goran (Illustrator), Buffagni, Matteo (Illustrator)

  • Daredevil: The Dark Art - Soule, Charles (Author), McKenzie, Roger (Author), Garney, Ron (Illustrator), Sudzuka, Goran (Illustrator), Kudranski, Szymon (Illustrator)

  • Daredevil: Death of Daredevil - Soule, Charles (Author), Gage, Christos (Author), Landini, Stefano (Illustrator), Garney, Ron (Illustrator), Shalvey, Declan (Not Available)

  • Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton - North, Ryan (Author), Norton, Mike (Illustrator)

  • Please Look After the Dragon, Vol. 1: Volume 1 - Makise, Shoun (Based on a Book by), Higashiura, Yuki (Author), Burch, Sarah (Translator), Pizarro Lanzas, Elena (Letterer)

  Mystery & Thriller

  • Cross and Sampson: An Alex Cross and John Sampson Thriller (An Alex Cross and John Sampson Thriller #2) - Patterson, James (Author), Sitts, Brian (Author)

  Personal Growth

  • Intimacy: A Field Guide to Finding Connection and Feeling Your Deep Desires - O'Brien, Ita (Author)

  Picture Books

  • The Sweater: A Story of Community - Theule, Larissa (Author), White, Teagan (Illustrator)

  • Beatrix and the Unicorn - Judge, Lita (Author), Judge, Lita (Illustrator)

  • The Unluckiest Leprechaun - Heim, Alastair (Author), Pino, Pablo (Illustrator)

  • There's a Bunny in Your Book (Who's in Your Book?) - Fletcher, Tom (Author)

  • Bingo: A Bluey Storybook (Bluey)

  Poetry

  • She Outgrew the Wound - Sin, R H (Author)

  Romance

  • Throne of Nightmares (Prince of Sin #3) - Maniscalco, Kerri (Author)

  • Wretched (Collector's Edition) (Never After #3) - McIntire, Emily (Author)

  • Two Can Play - Hazelwood, Ali (Author)

  Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Operation Bounce House - Dinniman, Matt (Author)

  • When the Moon Hits Your Eye - Scalzi, John (Author)

  Young Adult

  • Happyhead - Silver, Josh (Author)

This Week’s Top 5 Picks

• 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.

• Operation Bounce House

  A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it in this epic, fast-paced novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the smash-hit Dungeon Crawler Carl.

  All colonist Oliver Lewis ever wanted to do was run the family ranch with his sister, maybe play a gig or two with his band, and keep his family's aging fleet of intelligent agriculture bots ticking as long as possible. He figures it will be a good thing when the transfer gate finally opens all the way and restores instant travel and full communication between Earth and his planet, New Sonora. But there's a complication.

  Even though the settlers were promised they'd be left in peace, Earth's government now has other plans. The colossal Apex Industries is hired to commence an "eviction action." But maximizing profits will always be Apex's number one priority. Why spend money printing and deploying AI soldiers when they can turn it into a game? Why not charge bored Earthers for the opportunity to design their own war machines and remotely pilot them from the comfort of their homes?

  The game is called Operation Bounce House.

  Oliver and his friends soon find themselves fighting for their lives against machines piloted by gamers who've paid a premium for the privilege. With the help of an old book from his grandfather and a bucket of rusty parts, Oliver is determined to defend the only home he's ever known.

• Cross and Sampson: An Alex Cross and John Sampson Thriller

  In latest thriller from the world's most popular storyteller, detective partners Alex Cross and John Sampson are called to separate locations to investigate a pair of serious crimes.

  Stream Season 2 of the #1-rated Cross in February 2026!

  In Washington, DC ...

  Metro PD detective John Sampson stands in a crater in the middle of a DC street, calling in the bomb squad. "Dispatch, this is Sampson. Contact the FBI and the ATF. We've got a suspected terrorist attack here."

  In Chapel Hill, NC ...

  Alex Cross searches the apartment of a missing psychology grad student--his own son Damon. Has following in his famous father's footsteps made Damon a target?

  From FBI headquarters, in police stations, on airplanes, and at murder scenes, the detectives track crimes committed hundreds of miles apart. It will take more than distance to weaken the partnership of Sampson & Cross.

• Stone Yard Devotional

  A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR

  A WASHINGTON POST TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR

  A LOS ANGELES TIMES TOP FIFTEEN BOOK OF THE YEAR

  Shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize, a novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be good, from the award-winning author of The Weekend.

  "Stone Yard Devotional is as extraordinary as you've heard." --The Washington Post

  "An exquisite, wrenching novel of leaving your life behind." --New York Times Book Review

  "Meditative (but by no means uneventful)." --New York Times

  "Riveting prose about how humans beat back despair."--Los Angeles Times

  Burnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of rural Australia. She doesn't believe in God, or know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive existence almost by accident.

  But disquiet interrupts this secluded life with three visitations. First comes a terrible mouse plague, each day signaling a new battle against the rising infestation. Second is the return of the skeletal remains of a sister who disappeared decades before, presumed murdered. And finally, a troubling visitor plunges the narrator further back into her past.

  Meditative, moving, and finely observed, Stone Yard Devotional is a seminal novel from a writer of rare power, exploring what it means to retreat from the world, the true nature of forgiveness, and the sustained effect of grief on the human soul.

• Two Can Play

  An enemies-to-lovers spicy novella set in the world of video gaming from the New York Times bestselling author of Problematic Summer Romance--now in print and ebook!

  Viola Bowen has the chance of a lifetime: to design a video game based on her all-time favorite book series. The only problem? Her co-lead is Jesse F-ing Andrews, aka her archnemesis. Jesse has made it abundantly clear over the years that he wants nothing to do with her--and Viola has no idea why.

  When their bosses insist a wintery retreat is the perfect team-building exercise, Viola can't think of anything worse. Being freezing cold in a remote mountain lodge knowing Jesse is right next door? No, thank you.

  But as the snow piles on, Viola discovers there's more to Jesse than she knew, and heat builds in more ways than one.

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Monthly Staff Pick | February, 2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

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