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The Year of Less
Documents Cait’s life from July 2014 to June 2015, during which time she challenged herself not to shop and bought only consumables: groceries, toiletries, gas for her car. Along the way, she found the less she consumed, the more fulfilled she felt.
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Books are My jam Socks
Are books your jam? Make reading time extra-cozy with a pair of bookish socks! Gibbs Smith socks are made of a 70% cotton, 28% polyester, 2% elastic blend. One-size-fits-most: Women 7.5-12; Men 6-11. Do less laundry–read more books. . . . Collect all the Gibbs Smith LoveLit socks! Dangerous Women Read Socks (ISBN: 978-1-4236-5296-0) Book…
Read MoreThe Hills Have Spies
In this new series, set in the bestselling world of Valdemar, Heralds Mags and Amily must continue to protect the realm of Valdemar while raising their children and preparing them to follow in their footsteps. Mags, Herald Spy of Valdemar, and his wife, Amily, the King’s Own Herald, are happily married with three kids. The…
Read MoreThe Not-so-great Outdoors
A reluctant camper discovers that the (not-so) great outdoors can be just as exciting as screens and skyscrapers in this playful picture book celebration of the pleasures of unplugging and embracing nature. What’s so great about the “great outdoors”? A grumpy urban kid begrudgingly accompanies her family on a summer camping trip, missing all the…
Read MoreSilent Night, Deadly Night
Residents of Rudolph keep the spirit of Christmas alive year-round–but their joy is threatened when a group of grinches visits the town, in the charming fourth installment of the Year-Round Christmas series. It’s the week before Thanksgiving, and Merry Wilkinson, owner of Mrs. Claus’s Treasures, is preparing for a weekend reunion of her mother’s college…
Read MoreThank you, Bees
This gentle message of gratitude and connection, enhanced by beautifully simple collage illustrations, makes for a charming gift. Sun gives us light. Thank you, sun. Clouds bring the rain that makes puddles to splash in. Sheep give us wool for our sweaters and hats. The honey that sweetens our bread comes from bees (thank you,…
Read MoreBackyard Fairies
From an Ezra Jack Keats Award-winning illustrator comes a magical story that proves fairies are real and they’re all around us. They MUST be. Who else could have braided the dog’s hair? Who else could be playing that faint music in the air? And who else could’ve made those mysterious circles in the grass? So…
Read MoreA Dark and Twisting Path
Writer’s apprentice Lena London is happily working on a new collaboration with her idol and bestselling suspense novelist and friend Camilla Graham, but her joy is short-lived when a dark cloud descends upon the quaint town of Blue Lake, Indiana… Lena’s best friend, Allison, is in a panic. On a walk in the woods by…
Read MoreDeath in a Budapest Butterfly
Hana Keller serves up European-style cakes and teas in her family-owned tea house, but when a customer keels over from a poisoned cuppa, Hana and her tea-leaf reading grandmother will have to help catch a killer in the first Hungarian Tea House Mystery from Julia Buckley. Hana Keller and her family run Maggie’s Tea House,…
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