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Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom (Hardcover)

By Nina Varela

$13.59

ISBN: 9780316706780

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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - February 14th, 2023

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This middle grade fantasy is a funny, adventuresome romp through dream landscapes, the nature of creativity, the meaning of friendship, realizing your parents are people too, and the horror of Having A Crush. AND!!! It's by bookseller Piera's real life sister. What more could you want!!

- Piera

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Slime: A Natural History (Hardcover)

By Susanne Wedlich, Ayca Turkoglu (Translated by)

$23.19

ISBN: 9781685890209

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Published: Melville House - February 28th, 2023

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Slime! What's her story? Slime is yucky, funny, dangerous, sexy, and absolutely invaluable to every organism on the planet. There isn't a single organism that does not make use of slime in some way. This is a great little exploration of what slime is all about.

- Piera

Ear Worm! (Hardcover)

By Jo Knowles, Galia Bernstein (Illustrator)

$17.99

ISBN: 9781536207835

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Published: Candlewick - January 25th, 2022

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There's a song stuck in Little Worm's head, and he's trying to find out who put it there! But all his friends have OTHER songs stuck in their heads. What's a worm to do? Great for reading, singing, and dancing along to.

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The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot (Landscapes #3) (Paperback)

By Robert Macfarlane

$19.00

ISBN: 9780147509796

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Published: Penguin Books - September 24th, 2013

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This book pulled me out of a years-long "reading actual books for fun" slump in the middle of college + got me to start reading nonfiction at all. Super beautiful writing about what it means to walk routes that have been walked by people for millennia. Also an extremely extensive bibliography for further reading!

Piera

My Strange Shrinking Parents (Hardcover)

By Zeno Sworder

$17.95

ISBN: 9781760762957

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Published: Thames & Hudson - January 10th, 2023

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This is a strange, touching, beautiful fable about a boy whose immigrant parents literally, physically shrink with each sacrifice they make to their new country. One of those rare picture books which are sort of more for grownups than they are for children, although children can and should read them.

Piera

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures (Hardcover)

By Sabrina Imbler

$27.00

ISBN: 9780316540537

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Published: Little, Brown and Company - December 6th, 2022

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This is just the kind of science writing I enjoy the most - half portraits of the animals and systems, and half portraits of the author and their world. Imbler's writing is clear and rich in metaphor while still scientifically sound, and their explanations of the animals they're interested in are just as compelling as the human communities, conflicts, and loves with which they are in conversation. When Imbler writes about the queer communities they've found, their writing just soars with love. Made me cry on the train a little, I must admit!!

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Creature: Paintings, Drawings, and Reflections (Hardcover)

By Shaun Tan

$35.00

ISBN: 9781646142002

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Published: Levine Querido - November 1st, 2022

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Hugely interesting and inspiring collection of Shaun Tan's weird creature illustrations, plus insight from Tan about his artistic development and approach to design. Great for Weird Creature Enthusiasts small and large!

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Shuna's Journey (Hardcover)

By Hayao Miyazaki, Alex Dudok de Wit (Translated by)

$27.99

ISBN: 9781250846525

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Published: First Second - November 1st, 2022

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A newly translated Miyazaki story! Shuna's Journey is a strange, almost grim adventure. In it can be found the thematic and visual roots of several Ghibli classics, especially Princess Mononoke and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Great for seasoned Ghibli fans and newcomers alike!

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When the Angels Left the Old Country (Hardcover)

By Sacha Lamb

$15.99

ISBN: 9781646141760

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Published: Levine Querido - October 18th, 2022

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I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH!!!! I read it in two days and then I spent the next two weeks thinking about it. Literally forgot to take my lunch break at work because I was busy thinking about it. This book is SO fun and funny and beautiful. Inherently, inextricably deeply queer-and-Jewish in a way that makes my brain buzz. I am obsessed.

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The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On (Hardcover)

By Franny Choi

$27.99

ISBN: 9780063240087

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Published: Ecco - November 1st, 2022

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Choi's kaleidoscopic gaze unravels catastrophe after catastrophe, putting into context our precedented times. Considering the fractal immensity of the disasters we're all somehow expected to survive -- or, worse, not to -- is like trying to hold a globe of molten glass in your bare hands. And to be a fully alive human in this world, you have to. There's no option not to hold the glass. Choi's work in this book doesn't cool the glass, but it provides you with oven mitts: for now, at least, you may hold it and behold it.

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