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Telling Stories Wrong (Staff Pick)

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Telling Stories Wrong By Gianni Rodari, Beatrice Alemagna (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Gianni Rodari, Beatrice Alemagna (Illustrator)
$13.28
ISBN: 9781592703609
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Published: Enchanted Lion Books - June 21st, 2022

Kids participate in the storytelling as they correct grandpas goofy fairy tale gaffes. Perfect for the grandfriend in your life.

- Wendy


Joao by a Thread (Staff Pick)

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João by a Thread By Roger Mello, Daniel Hahn (Translated by), Roger Mello (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Roger Mello, Daniel Hahn (Translated by), Roger Mello (Illustrator)
$18.95
ISBN: 9781953861344
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Published: Elsewhere Editions - October 25th, 2022

Joao uses the threads of his blanket and his fanciful imagination to conquer his fears of bedtime in this unique, shape-shifting dream of a picture book

- Wendy


A Manual For Cleaning Women (Staff Pick)

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A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories By Lucia Berlin Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9781250094735
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Published: Picador - August 2nd, 2016

Collected posthumously by her friends in the literary world, this sometimes brutal, sometimes transcendent book is an emotional journey through the life of an artist struggling with addiction.

- Wendy


The Storyteller's Handbook (Staff Pick)

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The Storyteller's Handbook: 52 Illustrations to Inspire Your Own Tales and Adventures By Elise Hurst, Elise Hurst (Illustrator), Neil Gaiman (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Elise Hurst, Elise Hurst (Illustrator), Neil Gaiman (Foreword by)
$24.95
ISBN: 9781970147766
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Published: Compendium Publishing & Communications - June 28th, 2022

A compendium of gorgeous, soulful ink-drawn story prompts to jog the whole family's imagination! Improvise during story time or instill the love of writing in young ones. Hours of wholesome, quality, analog entertainment!

- Wendy


Trust Exercise (Staff Pick)

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Trust Exercise: A Novel By Susan Choi Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9781250231260
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Published: Holt Paperbacks - May 5th, 2020

Choi's meditation on Trust and brilliant use of unpredictable, unreliable narration predates 'the other trust book' everyone's reading. It's steeped in the intense drama of adolescence which Choi describes as "…emotion packed like gunpowder into the barrel." (Note the gunpowder reference. It comes back in the end)

- Wendy


Refugee (Staff Pick)

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Refugee By Alan Gratz Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780545880831
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Published: Scholastic Press - July 25th, 2017

Kids learn history and empathy as they follow the harrowing (but ultimately hopeful) journeys of three refugee children from different time periods that are woven together in a way that is both believable and unpredictable. Mature 9 and up.

- Wendy


Lunar Chronicles boxed set

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The Lunar Chronicles Boxed Set: Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, Fairest, Stars Above, Winter By Marissa Meyer, Erin Siu (Editor) Cover Image
By Marissa Meyer, Erin Siu (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781250774071
Availability: Available with a Delay: On Order at Supplier: Email online@portersquarebooks.com for More Info
Published: Square Fish - October 13th, 2020

Got a tween in your life? Empower them with this collection of badass fairytale heroines in space. Character driven, action packed, innovative, and emotional, Meyers' writing gets better with every book. (Not usually the case with a series) Recommend.

Wendy


The Fleabag Scriptures

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Fleabag: The Scriptures By Phoebe Waller-Bridge Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780593158272
Availability: Available to Order from Supplier: Arrives at Store in a Week(ish)
Published: Ballantine Books - November 26th, 2019

It's true; Fleabag is so 2019, but for me, it’s great to look back and commemorate the moment, before everything came crashing down, when one woman was making art in the shape of women. The Fleabag Scriptures contains entire scripts of seasons 1&2 and provides fans with an intimate view of how Waller-Bridge's mind works. Perfect for fans of the show, writers, actors, and humans on your list.

Wendy


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