FICTION Exhalation “Do not be fooled by the labels of “short stories” or “science fiction”. This collection may well be the most fascinating and imaginative set of thought exercises you’ll ever read. Ted Chiang’s masterfully crafted stories encompass humanity’s most
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: BOARD BOOKS
1. Hello, World! Solar System by Jill McDonald Every young child loves to look up at the moon in the night sky. Here’s a Hello, World! board book that can teach toddlers all about the sun, moon, stars, and planets—with
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: WINTER FAVORITES (KIDS’)
1. Narwhal’s True Christmas Wish by Lisa Ann Scott; Illustrated by Amberin Huq Nigel Narwhal wants to be one of Santa’s helpers more than anything, but thinks only elves and reindeer can do that. But when Santa loses someone’s special
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: MIDDLE GRADE
1. King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: PICTURE BOOKS
1. This Is Sadie by Sara O’Leary Sadie is a little girl with a big imagination. She has been a girl who lived under the sea and a boy raised by wolves. She has had adventures in wonderland and visited
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: KIDS’ NONFICTION AROUND THE WORLD
FOR THE KID WHO WANTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE UNIVERSE AND THEIR PLACE IN IT THE ANIMALS THE ENVIRONMENT THE UNIVERSE
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: YOUNG ADULT
FOR THE YOUNG ADULT AND THE YOUNG AT HEART 1. Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro Xochitl is destined to wander the desert alone, speaking her troubled village’s stories into its arid winds. Her only companions are the
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: LOVED MY OCTOPUS TEACHER
FOR THE PERSON WHO LOVES (OR WOULD LOVE) “My Octopus Teacher” 1. World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction—a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: THE TRAVELER
FOR THE PERSON WHO CANNOT STILL THEIR FEET 1. The Women I Think About at Night: Traveling the Paths of My Heroes by Mia Kankimäki In The Women I Think About at Night, Mia Kankimäki blends travelogue, memoir, and biography
HOLIDAY 2020 GIFT GUIDE: AESTHETIC FEAST
FOR THE PERSON WHO APPRECIATES FORM AS MUCH AS FUNCTION 1. The Writer’s Map: An Atlas of Imaginary Lands Edited by Huw Lewis-Jones Amid a cornucopia of 167 full-color images, we find here maps of the world as envisaged in