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Series: Shame on Me An Anatomy of Race and Belonging Paperback Tessa McWatt 9780735277434 $24.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 24, 2020

FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S AWARD FOR NON-FICTIONInterrogating our ideas of race through the lens of her own multi-racial identity, critically acclaimed novelist Tessa McWatt turns her eye on herself, her body and this world in a powerful new work of non-fiction.Tessa McWatt has been called Susie Wong, Pocahontas and “black bitch,” and has been judged not black enough by people who assume she straightens her hair. Now, through a close examination of her own body—nose, lips, hair, skin, eyes, ass, bones and blood—which holds up a mirror ... + Read More
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Series: A History of My Brief Body Hardcover Billy-Ray Belcourt 9780735237780 $25.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 25, 2020

The youngest ever winner of the Griffin Prize mines his own personal history to reconcile the world he was born into with the world that could be.Billy-Ray Belcourt’s debut memoir opens with a tender letter to his kokum and memories of his early life in the hamlet of Joussard, Alberta, and on the Driftpile First Nation. From there, it expands to encompass the big and broken world around him, in all its complexity and contradictions: a legacy of colonial violence and the joy that flourishes in spite of it, first loves and first loves lost, sexua... + Read More
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Series: NISHGA Hardcover Jordan Abel 9780771007903 $32.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 18, 2021

From Griffin Poetry Prize winner Jordan Abel comes a groundbreaking, deeply personal, and devastating autobiographical meditation that attempts to address the complicated legacies of Canada’s residential school system and contemporary Indigenous existence.As a Nisga’a writer, Jordan Abel often finds himself in a position where he is asked to explain his relationship to Nisga’a language, Nisga’a community, and Nisga’a cultural knowledge. However, as an intergenerational survivor of residential school—both of his grandparents attended the same re... + Read More
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Series: Not on My Watch How a renegade whale biologist took on governments and industry to save wild salmon Hardcover Alexandra Morton 9780735279667 $35.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 23, 2021

NATIONAL BESTSELLERAlexandra Morton has been called “the Jane Goodall of Canada” because of her passionate thirty-year fight to save British Columbia’s wild salmon. Her account of that fight is both inspiring in its own right and a roadmap of resistance.Alexandra Morton came north from California in the early 1980s, following her first love—the northern resident orca. In remote Echo Bay, in the Broughton Archipelago, she found the perfect place to settle into all she had ever dreamed of: a lifetime of observing and learning what these big-brain... + Read More
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Series: Women of the Pandemic Stories from the Frontlines of COVID-19 Paperback Lauren McKeon 9780771050398 $24.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Apr 27, 2021

The story of the pandemic is the story of women. This riveting narrative offers an account of COVID-19, reminding us of women’s leadership and resilience, reflecting back hope and humanity as we all figure out a new normal, together.Throughout history, men have fought, lost, and led us through the world’s defining crises. That all changed with COVID-19. In Canada, women’s presence in the response to the pandemic has been notable. Women are our nurses, doctors, PSWs. Our cashiers, long-haulers, cooks. In Canada, women are leading the fast-paced ... + Read More
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Series: Untamed Hardcover Glennon Doyle 9781984801258 $37.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 10, 2020

REESE’S BOOK CLUB X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICK * In her most personal and inspiring book yet, the beloved speaker, philanthropist, activist, and author explores the wild joy we discover when we stop trying to be good for others and start living true to ourselves.This is how you find yourself.There is a voice of longing inside every woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good mothers, daughters, partners, employees, citizens, and friends. We believe all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelme... + Read More
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Series: Two Trees Make a Forest In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts Paperback Jessica J. Lee 9780735239579 $24.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 28, 2020

Combining an immersive exploration of nature with captivatingly beautiful prose, Jessica J. Lee embarks on a journey to discover her family’s forgotten history and to connect with the island they once called home.Taiwan is an island of extremes: towering mountains, lush forests, and barren escarpment. Between shifting tectonic plates and a history rife with tension, the geographical and political landscape is forever evolving. After unearthing a hidden memoir of her grandfather’s life, Jessica J. Lee seeks to piece together the fragments of her... + Read More
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Series: Vesper Flights Hardcover Helen Macdonald 9780735235502 $29.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 25, 2020

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSILVER MEDALIST for the National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History LiteratureFrom the bestselling author of H is for Hawk, a brilliant and insightful work about our relationship to the natural worldOur world is a fascinating place, teeming not only with natural wonders that defy description, but complex interactions that create layers of meaning. Helen Macdonald is gifted with a special lens that seems to peer right through it all, and she shares her insights—at times startling, nostalgic, weighty, or simply entert... + Read More
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Series: This Is Not the End of Me Lessons on Living from a Dying Man Paperback Dakshana Bascaramurty 9780771009631 $24.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Aug 18, 2020

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA BEST BOOK OF 2020CBC – The Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2020The Globe and Mail’s Globe 100: Our Favourite Books of 2020Chatelaine’s 10 Best Books of 2020The Walrus’s Favourite Books of 2020For readers of Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air and Will Schwalbe, the moving, inspiring story of a young husband and father who, when diagnosed with terminal cancer at the age of thirty-three, sets out to build a legacy for his infant son. i can’t make you feel what it’s like to be a young, dumb, naïve thirty-year-old sitting in t... + Read More
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Series: All Things Consoled A daughter's memoir Paperback Elizabeth Hay 9780771039751 $22.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 03, 2019

From Elizabeth Hay, one of Canada’s beloved novelists, comes a startling and beautiful memoir about the drama of her parents’ end, and the longer drama of being their daughter. Winner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonficton. Shortlisted for the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize.Jean and Gordon Hay were a colourful, formidable pair. Jean, a late-blooming artist with a marvellous sense of humour, was superlatively frugal; nothing got wasted, not even maggoty soup. Gordon was a proud and ambitious schoolteacher with a terrifying temper, a... + Read More
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Series: A Promised Land Hardcover Barack Obama 9781524763169 $55.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Nov 17, 2020

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracyIn the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency—a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.Obama takes readers on a com... + Read More
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Series: What Can I Do? My Path from Climate Despair to Action Hardcover Jane Fonda 9780593296226 $40.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 08, 2020

A call to action from Jane Fonda, one of the most inspiring activists of our time, urging us to wake up to the looming disaster of climate change and equipping us with the tools we need to join her in protest“This is the last possible moment in history when changing course can mean saving lives and species on an unimaginable scale. It’s too late for moderation.”In the fall of 2019, frustrated with the obvious inaction of politicians and inspired by Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, and student climate strikers, Jane Fonda moved to Washington, D.C., ... + Read More
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Series: Willie The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player Hardcover Willie O'Ree 9780735239746 $32.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 20, 2020

An inspiring memoir that shows that anyone can achieve their dreams if they are willing to fight for them.In 1958, Willie O’Ree was a lot like any other player toiling in the minors. He was good. Good enough to have been signed by the Boston Bruins. Just not quite good enough to play in the NHL.Until January 18 of that year. O’Ree was finally called up, and when he stepped out onto the ice against the Montreal Canadiens, not only did he fulfil the childhood dream he shared with so many other Canadian kids, he did something that had never been d... + Read More
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Series: If I Knew Then Finding wisdom in failure and power in aging Hardcover Jann Arden 9780735279971 $32.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 27, 2020

NATIONAL BESTSELLERJann Arden—bestselling author, recording artist and late-blooming TV star—is back with this funny, heartfelt and fierce memoir on becoming a woman of a certain age. The power, gravity and freedom she’s found at fifty-seven are superpowers she believes all of us can unleash.Digging deep into her strengths, her failures and her losses, Jann Arden brings us an inspiring account of how she has surprised herself, in her fifties, by at last becoming completely her own person. Like many women, it took Jann a long time to realize tha... + Read More
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Series: Recollections of My Nonexistence A Memoir Paperback Rebecca Solnit 9780593083345 $22.00 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Mar 09, 2021

An electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a writer finds her voice in a society that prefers women to be silentIn Recollections of My Nonexistence, Rebecca Solnit describes her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980s San Francisco, in an atmosphere of gender violence on the street and throughout society and the exclusion of women from cultural arenas. She tells of being poor, hopeful, and adrift in the city that became her great teacher, and of the small apartment that, when she was nineteen, became the home in ... + Read More
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Series: The Complete Guide to Labyrinths Tapping the Sacred Spiral for Power, Protection, Transformation, and Healing Paperback Cassandra Eason 9781580911269 $18.99 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Jun 01, 2004

A universal symbol of transformation, the labyrinth was created in ancient times to represent humankind’s search for the core of divinity. Unlike a maze, which may have a confusion of tracks leading in all directions, a labyrinth has a single, winding pathway that spirals inward to the center. In The Complete Guide to Labyrinths, renowned British psychic and folklorist Cassandra Eason explores the mystery of this sacred symbol and explains how to harness its power for personal transformation, protection, healing, and enlightenment. The book ... + Read More
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Series: Thich Nhat Hanh Classics Being Peace Hardcover Thich Nhat Hanh 9781946764683 $23.95 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Oct 06, 2020

A timeless introduction to Thich Nhat Hanh’s most important teachings, this spiritual classic reveals the connection between peace in oneself and peace in the world.Being Peace was one of Thich Nhat Hanh’s first books published in the United States. Intended for peace activists and as a commentary on the peace movement of the time, the book became a sensation, and continues to be an indispensable guide along the path more than thirty years later, as Thich Nhat Hanh himself has become an internationally renowned spiritual leader. Translated into... + Read More
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Series: Exploring the Labyrinth A Guide for Healing and Spiritual Growth Paperback Melissa Gayle West 9780767903561 $21.99 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Feb 08, 2000

"Whoever you are, walking the labyrinth has something to offer. If a project is challenging you, walking can get your creative juices flowing. When struggling with grief or anger, or a physical challenge or illness, walking the labyrinth can point the way to healing and wholeness. If you're looking for a way to meditate or pray that engages your body as well as your soul, the labyrinth provides such a path. When you just want reflective time away from a busy life, the labyrinth can offer you time out. The labyrinth holds up a mirror, reflecting... + Read More
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Series: A Mind Spread Out on the Ground Paperback Alicia Elliott 9780385692403 $21.00 HISTORY Jun 02, 2020

Finalist for the 2019 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction#1 National BestsellerA bold and profound work by Haudenosaunee writer Alicia Elliott, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground is a personal and critical meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America. In an urgent and visceral work that asks essential questions about the treatment of Native people in North America while drawing on intimate details of her own life and experience with intergenerational trauma, Alicia Elliott offers indispensable insight and unde... + Read More
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Series: All Together Now A Newfoundlander's Light Tales for Heavy Times Hardcover Alan Doyle 9780385696777 $27.00 HUMOR Nov 24, 2020

One of Newfoundland’s funniest and most beloved storytellers offers his cure for the Covid blues. Is there a more sociable province than Newfoundland and Labrador? Or anywhere in Canada with a greater reputation for coming to the rescue of those in need?At this time of Covid, Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle is feeling everyone’s pain. Off the road and spending more days at home than he has since he was a child hawking cod tongues on the wharfs of Petty Harbour, he misses the crowds and companionship of performing across the country and beyon... + Read More
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Series: The Best Place in the World Hardcover Petr Horacek 9781536212853 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Feb 03, 2021

Leaving his beloved meadow behind helps Hare discover what makes it such a special place in this captivating new book from acclaimed author-illustrator Petr Horácek.Hare’s meadow is a beautiful place, but he can’t tell whether it’s the best place in the world. His friends all say it is. The rabbits love to run and play together in the fields, the birds love to sing to Hare from high up in the trees, and Bear loves the bees and the honey they share with everyone. But Hare still isn’t certain, so he sets off to explore the world and find out for ... + Read More
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Series: CliFF the Failed Troll (Warning: There Be Pirates in This Book!) Hardcover Barbara Davis-Pyles 9781632172464 $17.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Jan 19, 2021

This sweet and funny story is about feeling different and embracing who we are.A fun and original story by Barbara Davis-Pyles, author of Grizzly Boy and Stubby the Fearless Squid, about a troll named Cliff who isn’t very good at sitting still or being a “proper” troll. He’d much rather be a pirate anyway!“Ahoy!” he shouts upon meeting other trolls, who then remind him that the proper troll hello is “Go away!” After a report card full of Fs in bridge building, stoney staring, and even goat gobbling (he’s a vegetarian!), Cliff sets off for pira... + Read More
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Series: The Last Kids on Earth The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road Hardcover Max Brallier 9781984835345 $18.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Sep 15, 2020

Now a Netflix Original Series!The highly-anticipated sixth book in the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling series, with over 7 million copies in print!“Terrifyingly fun! Delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs.”—Jeff Kinney, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Diary of a Wimpy KidJack Sullivan, Quint Baker, June Del Toro, and Dirk Savage are about to have their biggest adventure yet. That’s right—it’s ROAD TRIP TIME!Now wielding the Midnight Blade, Jack Sullivan and the gang are furiously searching for the ... + Read More
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Series: Wreck This Picture Book Hardcover Keri Smith 9780593111024 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Nov 03, 2020

An Indie Next List SelectionKeri Smith, creator of the mega-bestselling Wreck This Journal, now brings her imagination and inspiration to children with this picture book that explores the very active experience of reading.What if there were a book that changed every time you read it?Actually, every book does this. We are all part of the books we read, because our individual reactions, ideas, and emotions make the book whole, and these things are changing all the time. Keri Smith has helped millions of people free their creativity and find their... + Read More
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Series: Crocodiles Need Kisses Too Hardcover Rebecca Colby 9780451480071 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Apr 07, 2020

Everyone needs hugs and love in this offbeat, upbeat ode to the not-so-cuddly—and yet still sweet and beloved!Despite their lumpy, bumpy hide, toothy mouths stretched open wide, just like me and just like you, crocodiles need kisses too.Fun-to-read-aloud, rhyming text describes prickly porcupines, roaring tigers, and slithery snakes—not the most cuddly creatures, but still worthy of hugs and snuggles from their mamas! With a luscious and colorful palette, Crocodiles Need Kisses Too shows that animals (and children) don’t have to be warm and fuz... + Read More
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Series: Grumpy Monkey Grumpy Monkey Board book Suzanne Lang 9780593123997 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 3 Oct 15, 2019

The hilarious #1 New York Times bestselling picture book about a chimpanzee in a very bad mood—perfect for young children learning how to deal with confusing feelings, especially during the transition back to school. Jim the chimpanzee is in a terrible mood for no good reason. His friends can’t understand it—how can he be in a bad mood when it’s SUCH a beautiful day? They have lots of suggestions for how to make him feel better. But Jim can’t take all the advice…and has a BIT of a meltdown. Could it be that he just needs a day to feel ... + Read More
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Series: Grumpy Monkey Grumpy Monkey's Little Book of Grumpiness Board book Suzanne Lang 9780593177204 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 3 Sep 29, 2020

In this hilarious original board book for the littlest grumpy monkey, Jim learns that sometimes it’s hard to get over a bad case of grumpiness, but having a good friend can help.What can make a grumpy monkey less grumpy? A ball? A banana? A rainbow? How about a frog in a fluffy wig? Nothing seems to work, but fortunately for young readers Jim’s frown is finally turned upside down with the help of his good friend Norman. With just a few words and truly expressive artwork Suzanne and Max Lang give toddlers the perfect funny book to help them deal... + Read More
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Series: Bunny Roo and Duckling Too Hardcover Melissa Marr 9780525516040 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 1 - 3 Jan 19, 2021

A loving mama has fun sharing the various animals her growing child resembles, in this delightful companion to Bunny Roo, I Love You.When you touched the water, you squawked and splashed.I thought you’d become a duckling, so I jumped in to play with you.It’s hard to keep up with an energetic toddler, and as an adoring mom tries to, she describes all the frisky young animals her little one reminds her of—from a hopping frog and a squirming snake, to her adorable cuddly bunny.
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Series: Honey Board book David Ezra Stein 9780593108208 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 2 Feb 25, 2020

Bear is here to enjoy the gifts of each season, especially summer and HONEY!Bear has awoken from his winter nap with only one thing on his mind: honey! Alas, it is too soon for honey, so Bear tries hard to be patient. Fortunately, the world around him is waking up, too. There is warm grass, berries, the smell of flowers. There is rain to dance in and a creek to swim in. Bear is almost content, until, one day, he hears a welcome buzzing sound…and finally it is time for Bear to delight in the thing he relishes above all others—and it is as warm, ... + Read More
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Series: A Bear Is a Bear (except when he's not) Hardcover Karl Newson 9781536212020 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Aug 11, 2020

When Bear wakes up early from his hibernation, he can’t remember what he is! Is he a bird? Or a moose? Maybe a fox? Just when it seems like Bear won’t be able to figure it out, he finds his cave and decides another nap might help. Will Bear be able to remember what he is when he wakes up again in the spring?
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Series: Dozens of Doughnuts Hardcover Carrie Finison 9780525518358 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Jul 21, 2020

A generous but increasingly put-upon bear makes batch after batch of doughnuts for her woodland friends without saving any for herself in this delightful debut picture book about counting, sharing, and being a good friend.LouAnn (a bear) is making a doughnut feast in preparation for her long winter’s nap. But just before she takes the first bite, DING DONG! Her friend Woodrow (a woodchuck) drops by. LouAnn is happy to share her doughnuts, but as soon as she and Woodrow sit down to eat, DING DING! Clyde (a raccoon) is at the door. One by one, Lo... + Read More
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Series: As Strong as the River Hardcover Sarah Noble 9781838740177 $22.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Mar 02, 2021

Little cub wants to be big and strong like all the other bears because there’s nothing bigger or stronger than a bear…or is there?Join this curious bear cub as it learns from its mother how to hunt, fish, scratch and be patient in this beautiful debut picture book from Sarah Noble. Touching on themes of nature, nurture, and the importance of family, this is the perfect story for any curious young reader starting to question the world around them. In the vein of a classical animal picture book, As Strong as the River is designed to be the perfec... + Read More
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Series: Find Fergus Hardcover Mike Boldt 9781984849021 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Nov 03, 2020

Play the funniest game of hide and seek ever with Fergus, a bear who’s very, very bad at hiding. The hilarious illustrator of I Don’t Want to Be a Frog brings picture book fans a super-silly, interactive story that will have children giggling from start to finish. Follow huge, loveable Fergus and see all the many ways in which he is TERRIBLE at playing hide-and-seek, such as standing behind a VERY tiny tree (“Found you, Fergus! That was too easy!”) or trying to camouflage in a giant crowd of bunnies and squirrels (“Try bears, Fergus. Bears!”).B... + Read More
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Series: A Story for Small Bear Hardcover Alice B. McGinty 9781984852274 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Oct 13, 2020

In this sweet, lyrical picture book, perfect for bedtime, a playful cub prepares for hibernation, saving just enough time for Mama to share a story before they must settle down.Autumn is ending and a chilly breeze is drifting in, which can mean only one thing—it’s time to hibernate over the long winter. But before Small Bear does, she’d like for Mama to tell her some stories. Mama agrees, with one condition: all the preparation must get done—no dilly, no dally. So Small Bear tries to be good, venturing off to find sprigs for her winter bed, spl... + Read More
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Series: This Is This Is Owl Hardcover Libby Walden 9780735270756 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Feb 02, 2021

This Is Owl is a bright and cheerful interactive picture book with lots of flaps and accompanying actions that make it loads of fun to read together!Meet Owl. Oh wait, it’s daytime. Meet Owl now, at night, when he’s most active—even if he isn’t the most graceful. When the act of sneaking up on Beetle goes awry, it’s up to readers to help Owl flap his wings and right himself. But when Owl is determined to make his own way, readers are taken on a journey, first to find Owl and then meet his budding family!Series Overview: This interactive series ... + Read More
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Series: I Like to Read Cats are Cats Paperback Valeri Gorbachev 9780823445240 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Nov 12, 2019

Miss Bell’s new kitten turns out to be a tiger! But cats are cats, and she loves him all the same. This Level D book is perfect for new readers.One day Miss Bell bought a tiny kitten she named Tiger. He had stripes like a tiger, a tail like a tiger, and a smile like a tiger. He was very cute, and she loved him a lot. But Tiger got bigger…and kept getting bigger…Exuberant watercolor illustrations chronicle the transformation of Tiger from tiny kitten to giant jungle beast and his doting owner’s efforts to accommodate his “growing” needs—... + Read More
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Series: I Found A Kitty! Hardcover Troy Cummings 9781984831866 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Mar 03, 2020

It doesn’t get any cuter! This sequel to the New York Times bestseller Can I Be Your Dog? (which appeared on the TODAY show) has Arfy the dog trying to find a forever home for an abandoned kitten!Lucky dog Arfy has a home. When he discovers a homeless kitten, Arfy hopes Scamper can come live with him, but—achoo!—his person is allergic to cats! So, Arfy writes persuasive letters to prospective owners about what a great pet Scamper would make. But somehow these matches aren’t made in heaven. If Scamper can’t live with any of them, where will he g... + Read More
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Series: 123 Cats: A Cat Counting Book Board book Leslea Newman 9781536209952 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Apr 29, 2021

Count on cats as a fun way to learn numbers—in rhyming spreads with expressive appeal for animal lovers of all ages.Cat Number One has nothing to do…Until she makes friends with Cat Number Two.Meet cats from one to a dozen in this adorable board book introduction to counting with a feline twist. Author Lesléa Newman draws on her love for (and familiarity with) cats in a concept book for the very young, while illustrator Isabella Kung captures the animals’ movements and gestures in a way that is sure to delight.
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Series: ABC Cats: An Alpha-Cat Book Board book Leslea Newman 9781536209945 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Apr 29, 2021

A beguiling array of felines from A to Z makes learning the alphabet the cat’s pajamas.Adorable cat with eyes of gold.Baby cat just two weeks old.From curious to elegant, grouchy to inquisitive, rowdy to tangled to…well, unusual (who says cats don’t swim in the tub?), these twenty-six charming felines interact with oversize alphabet letters on rhyming spreads. Author Lesléa Newman and illustrator Isabella Kung offer a cat’s-eye concept book that makes the ABCs go down easy—and is sure to inspire many a repeat viewing.
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Series: Bad Cat! Hardcover Nicola O'Byrne 9781536217285 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Apr 13, 2021

Fluffykins is a perfect cat. He wouldn’t do anything naughty…would he? But what’s this? He’s knocked over the flowers, tangled up all the yarn, bent the blinds, and scratched the sofa…and he won’t apologize. What a bad cat! Whatever will Fluffykins do next? This witty and perfectly paced story by award-winning author-illustrator Nicola O’Byrne revels in all the mayhem of living with a bad cat.
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Series: Emma Dodd's Love You Books Home Is Where the Heart Is Hardcover Emma Dodd 9781536217124 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Jul 06, 2021

Just what IS it that makes home such a special place to be?Home’s an extra special spaceyou hold within your heartto keep you very close to mewhen we must be apart.A charming celebration of what home means to all of us, featuring a wise cat and an adorable little kitten who discover that there really is no place like home.
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Series: The Secret Fawn Hardcover Kallie George 9780735265165 $21.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Feb 02, 2021

Gorgeous cut-paper art illuminates this sweet, heartfelt picture book about how special being little can be. For fans of Finding Wild and Little Fox in the Forest.A little girl is always missing out on the wonderful things her family gets to see and do, just because she is the youngest and smallest. She misses seeing shooting stars because she goes to bed too early; she can’t pick the first apple of autumn because she’s too short; and, this morning, everyone else got to see a deer…except her. She goes into her backyard in search of the deer, a ... + Read More
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Series: One-osaurus, Two-osaurus Hardcover Kim Norman 9781536201796 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Mar 23, 2021

Part counting game, part dinosaur celebration, this energetic romp is a numbers concept book for the ages.One-osaurus, two-osaurus, three-osaurus, four!Look there, in a child’s bedroom, where some prehistoric pals are gathered in a counting game. Nine dinosaurs are playing a sing-song rendition of hide-and-seek—but something isn’t adding up. Where is number ten? Stomp, stomp, stomp! CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP! Ready or not, here he comes, and he sounds . . . big! With big, bold numerals, an array of dinosaurs in comical poses, and a humorous twist at ... + Read More
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Series: This Is a Dog Hardcover Ross Collins 9781536212006 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Mar 24, 2020

Uh-oh! An excitable (but very lovable) dog has found his way into this book of animals, and he will not let any of the other animals share the spotlight. Dogs are far more important, after all! And when the other animals get angry, this dog comes up with a cunning plan to outwit them.
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Series: A Family for Louie Hardcover Alexandra Thompson 9781984813213 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Jun 09, 2020

A foodie French bulldog finds a forever home in this heartwarming and adorable debut picture book, sure to appeal to fans of Gaston, Ellie, and Little Elliot, Big City.Meet Louie. He’s a dog of very fine taste. He knows every chef in town, and each day he wanders the city, visiting his favorite restaurants. It’s a good life, except…Louie is all on his own. What Louie wants more than anything is a family.But try as he might, Louie can’t seem to find a family that’s right for him. At the beach, he meets a little boy and his mother…but they’re eat... + Read More
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Series: See the Cat See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog Hardcover David LaRochelle 9781536204278 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Sep 08, 2020

Winner of the 2021 Theodor Seuss Geisel AwardMove over, Spot…. Spoofing classic primers, Max the Dog talks back to the book in a twist that will have fans of funny early readers howling.See Max. Max is not a cat—Max is a dog. But much to Max’s dismay, the book keeps instructing readers to “see the cat.” How can Max get through to the book that he is a DOG? In a trio of stories for beginning readers, author David LaRochelle introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking. ... + Read More
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Series: Charlie Chooses Hardcover Lou Peacock 9781536217278 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 May 18, 2021

Charlie has a hard time choosing. It doesn’t matter if the choice is between flavors of ice cream, pairs of underwear, or whether to sleep with the lights on or off—the options are always overwhelming. In fact, it’s easier when Charlie doesn’t choose at all. However, with Charlie’s birthday fast approaching, he is determined to choose the absolute best gift for himself: a dog! And when a furry friend chooses him instead, making decisions suddenly becomes a little bit easier.
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Series: The Unicorn Rescue Society Sasquatch and the Muckleshoot Paperback Adam Gidwitz 9780735231788 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Jan 14, 2020

The third adventure of the Unicorn Rescue Society, co-authored by New York Times bestselling author Joseph Bruchac, comes to paperback, featuring fun and lively cover art and a new bonus story continuing the adventure of The Secret Order of the Unicorn.All Elliot wants is a nice, normal day at school. All Uchenna wants is an adventure. Guess whose wish comes true?Professor Fauna whisks the kids—and Jersey, of course—off to the Muckleshoot territory in Washington, where film crews have suddenly descended en masse to expose Bigfoot to the world, ... + Read More
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Series: The Secret Lives Series The Secret Lives of Unicorns Paperback Temisa Seraphini 9781838740504 $17.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 9 May 04, 2021

If you thought unicorns were imaginary, think again. Anatomy, evolution, life cycle, magical properties: prepare to learn just how much you didn’t know about these fantastic, magical equines. A full encyclopedia of all things unicorns—an upgrade for fans of My Little Pony and fun for kids who love magic.Meet species from the fjords of the north to the unforgiving deserts of the equator as you discover the wonders of this enchanting creature from past to present.
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Series: Ellie's Dragon Hardcover Bob Graham 9781536211139 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Nov 10, 2020

From master storyteller Bob Graham comes an adorable and affecting tale about imaginary friends and the bittersweet nature of growing up.When Ellie is very small, she finds a lovable newborn dragon on a carton of eggs in the grocery store. Ellie calls him Scratch, takes him home, and moves him into her dollhouse. Her mother can’t see Scratch, and her teacher doesn’t notice when Ellie brings Scratch to preschool, yet her friends are amazed. Ellie is lucky to have an affectionate, house-trained dragon like Scratch! But dragons get quite large as ... + Read More
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Series: Margaret's Unicorn Hardcover Briony May Smith 9781984896537 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Sep 15, 2020

A perfect gift for the unicorn lovers in your life, this lovely and utterly transporting picture book tells the story of what every little girl wishes would happen to her: a girl finds and takes care of a lost baby unicorn.Margaret’s whole world changes when her family moves to a cottage by the sea to be near her grandma. One evening, Margaret spots a mist over the water. No, that’s not mist…clouds maybe? No, they’re unicorns descending onto the shore! They vanish as quickly as they’d appeared, but accidentally leave behind a baby, tangled in ... + Read More
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Series: We Adopted a Baby Lamb Hardcover Lori Joy Smith 9780735266537 $21.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Feb 02, 2021

An adorable and rascally lamb is the latest addition to the family in this sweet picture book based on a true story. An irresistible and unique twist on the pet story and for fans of cute baby animals.Ila is excited about her family’s move to the country—mostly because it means she can have more pets! But no one expected their next addition to be a lamb. When Albert first comes home, he sleeps a lot, he eats a lot…and he pees on the floor A LOT. Ila and her sister and parents quickly learn how to care for a baby sheep—they must feed him and pro... + Read More
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Series: Farm Animals Board book Ingela P Arrhenius 9781536214628 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 3 Dec 08, 2020

Calling little fans of farm animals—and design-loving parents! An oversize graphic showpiece has now been adapted as an accessible board book.A fluffy sheep. A proud rooster. A slithery snake. There are so many farm animals to adore! Adapted from designer Ingela P. Arrhenius’s gigantic showcase picture book Animals—but focusing only on its farm creatures—this bucolic board book presents stylized animals in a smaller, child-friendly format. Each retro illustration is accompanied by the creature’s name in an eye-catching treatment, making for a b... + Read More
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Series: Baby Animals Where's Baby? Hardcover Anne Hunter 9780735264984 $21.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Jan 07, 2020

A 2020 Geisel Honor book!Papa Fox is looking for Baby Fox, who is just out of his sight…but not ours! An adorable, interactive read-aloud for fans of Are You My Mother?In this clever introduction to prepositions, a near-sighted Papa is looking for his baby. Is Baby up in the tree? Is Baby under the log? Is Baby around the corner? Where could Baby be?Readers will delight in spotting the little fox on every page as Papa wanders the forest, encountering other animals all along the way, but never quite able to spot his own baby. Anne Hunter’s delic... + Read More
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Series: Carol and the Pickle-Toad Hardcover Esmé Shapiro 9780735263987 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 May 11, 2021

Carol is tired of listening to her bossy toad hat—until a pigeon carries it away! This delightful picture book from Ooko creator Esmé Shapiro is a quirky and funny fable about overcoming self-doubt and finding your inner voice.In the big city, people wear all kinds of hats. Not everyone wears a toad as a hat, but some people do…and some of those toad hats can be VERY bossy! Carol has always followed the orders of her demanding toad hat at the expense of her own inner voice. But when her toad hat is plucked away by a pigeon, how will Carol know ... + Read More
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Series: This Is This Is Frog Hardcover Harriet Evans 9780735270749 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 6 Feb 02, 2021

This Is Frog is a bright and cheerful interactive picture book with lots of flaps and accompanying actions that make it loads of fun to read together!Meet Frog. A silly amphibian whose snack-time turns into an adventure when he encounters a grumpy toucan. The dynamic art and fun narrative will have readers giving Frog a hand as he bounces about the rainforest.Series Overview: This interactive series combines fact-based storytelling with funny and charming illustrations.
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Series: A Father's Love Board book Hannah Holt 9780593206188 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 3 Jan 05, 2021

This heartwarming board book celebrates the love that fathers and children share in the animal kingdom, while also teaching young readers about colors. Perfect for new babies, new fathers, baby shower gifts, Father’s Day gifts, and for kids who love their dads on any old day.Throughout the animal kingdom, in every part of the world, fathers love and care for their babies. This book takes readers around the globe and across the animal kingdom, showcasing the many ways fathers have of demonstrating their love. Whether it’s a penguin papa snugglin... + Read More
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Series: Wild Symphony Hardcover Dan Brown 9780593123843 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 01, 2020

#1 New York Times bestselling author Dan Brown makes his picture book debut with this mindful, humorous, musical, and uniquely entertaining book! The author will be donating all US royalties due to him to support music education for children worldwide, through the New Hampshire Charitable foundation.Travel through the trees and across the seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends! Young readers will meet a big blue whale and speedy cheetahs, tiny beetles and graceful swans. Each has a special secret to share. Along the way, you might spot... + Read More
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Series: This Is a Book of Shapes Board book Kenneth Kraegel 9781536207019 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Sep 08, 2020

The creator of King Arthur’s Very Great Grandson and Green Pants switches gears with a slyly silly introduction to shapes—just watch out for the emus!First comes the circle. Then the square and the triangle. Then the…emu pushing a pancake wagon down a hill? What begins as a concept book about everyone’s geometric favorites soon defies expectations with a series of funny and imaginative twists. Award-winning author-illustrator Kenneth Kraegel pairs a deadpan text with simple wood-grained shapes, interspersed with vibrant illustrations of animals... + Read More
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Series: Wild Animals Board book Ingela P Arrhenius 9781536209013 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 0 - 3 Dec 08, 2020

Little ones who love animals—and parents who appreciate good design—will go wild for this board book adaptation of an oversize graphic picture book.From a grinning crocodile to an elegant flamingo, from a perky meerkat to an endearing hippo, there are many wild creatures to discover in this captivating book. Adapted from designer Ingela P. Arrhenius’s gigantic showcase Animals, this irresistible board book unleashes only the wild animals from the original, presenting the stylized subjects in a smaller, child-friendly format. Each retro illustra... + Read More