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Monday - Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm

Sunday: 11 am - 4 pm

 Masks are optional but preferred at events

Browse Books: Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Insects, Spiders, etc.

What's Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon?: And Other Questions About Moths & Butterflies By Rachel Ignotofsky Cover Image
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By Rachel Ignotofsky
$18.99
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Green Ants vs. Army Ants (Who Would Win?) By Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illustrator) Cover Image
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By Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illustrator)
$4.99
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Hello, World! Backyard Bugs By Jill McDonald Cover Image
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By Jill McDonald
$8.99
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Hornet vs. Wasp (Who Would Win?) By Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illustrator) Cover Image
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By Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illustrator)
$4.99
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Bugs: A Peek-Through Picture Book By Britta Teckentrup Cover Image
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By Britta Teckentrup
$17.99
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National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Bugs (National Geographic Little Kids First Big Books) By Catherine D. Hughes Cover Image
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By Catherine D. Hughes
$14.99
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National Geographic Readers: Spiders By Laura Marsh Cover Image
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By Laura Marsh
$4.99
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A Kid's Guide to Backyard Bugs By Eliza Berkowitz, Nicole Larue (Illustrator) Cover Image
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By Eliza Berkowitz, Nicole Larue (Illustrator)
$12.99
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Science Comics: Spiders: Worldwide Webs By Tait Howard Cover Image
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By Tait Howard
$12.99
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National Geographic Readers: Ants By Melissa Stewart Cover Image
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By Melissa Stewart
$5.99
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Ultimate Bugopedia: The Most Complete Bug Reference Ever By Darlyne A. Murawski, Nancy Honovich Cover Image
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By Darlyne A. Murawski, Nancy Honovich
$24.95
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Bugs (A Day in the Life): What Do Bees, Ants, and Dragonflies Get up to All Day? By Dr. Jessica L. Ware, Chaaya Prabhat (Illustrator), Neon Squid Cover Image
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By Dr. Jessica L. Ware, Chaaya Prabhat (Illustrator), Neon Squid
$16.99
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Honoring Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month

  • My Papi Has a Motorcycle By Isabel Quintero, Zeke Peña (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Rafa Counts on Papá By Joe Cepeda Cover Image
  • Frizzy By Claribel A. Ortega, Rose Bousamra (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Efrén Divided By Ernesto Cisneros Cover Image
  • Witchlings By Claribel A. Ortega Cover Image
  • ChupaCarter and the Haunted Piñata By George Lopez, Ryan Calejo, Santy Gutierrez (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Barely Floating By Lilliam Rivera Cover Image
  • Merci Suárez Changes Gears By Meg Medina Cover Image
  • Cajas de cartón: The Circuit (Spanish Edition) (Cajas de carton #1) By Francisco Jiménez Cover Image
  • How to Speak in Spanglish By Mónica Mancillas, Olivia de Castro (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Spanish Is the Language of My Family By Michael Genhart, John Parra (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold) By Pam Muñoz Ryan Cover Image
  • ¡Vamos! Let's Go Read (World of ¡Vamos!) By III Raúl the Third, III Raúl the Third (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    Invisible: A Graphic Novel By Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Gabriela Epstein (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • ChupaCarter By George Lopez, Ryan Calejo, Santy Gutierrez (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) By Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illustrator) Cover Image

Eerie and exciting reads!

  • The Light Inside By Dan Misdea, Dan Misdea (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Herbert's First Halloween: (Halloween Children's Books, Early Elementary Story Books, Picture Books about Bravery) By Cynthia Rylant, Steven Henry (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Hellaween By Moss Lawton Cover Image
  • The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror By Erica Waters, Chloe Gong, Tori Bovalino, Hannah Whitten, Allison Saft, Olivia Chadha, Courtney Gould, Aden Polydoros, Shakira Toussaint, Alex Brown Cover Image
  • Hidden Pictures My First Lift-the-Flap Halloween Jokes (Highlights Joke Books) By Highlights (Created by) Cover Image
  • Boo Bark! Board Book By Mudpuppy, Kathryn Selbert (By (artist)) Cover Image
  • The Wheels on the Costume By Cindy Jin, Lauren Lowen (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Happy Halloweenie By Katie Vernon, Katie Vernon (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Celebrate the Day of the Dead! By Diane de Anda, Gloria Félix (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Spooky Pookie (Little Pookie) By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Not a Pumpkin! (A Lift-the-Flap Book) By Susie Lee Jin, Susie Lee Jin (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Boris and Bella By Carolyn Crimi, Gris Grimly (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Boo! Baa, La La La! By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Boo Bark! Board Book By Mudpuppy, Kathryn Selbert (By (artist)) Cover Image
  • Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight By Shelly Page (Editor), Alex Brown (Editor), Kalynn Bayron, Alex Brown, Vanessa Montalban, Rebecca Kim Wells, Kosoko Jackson, Trang Thanh Tran, Maya Gittelman, Em X. Liu, Shelly Page, Tara Sim, Ayida Shonibar, Ryan Douglass, Sara Farizan Cover Image
  • Room on the Broom By Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Halloween Fun (Holiday Fun Activity Books) By Highlights (Created by) Cover Image
  • The Otherwoods By Justine Pucella Winans, Justine Pucella Winans Cover Image
  • Hopefully the Scarecrow By Michelle Houts, Sara Palacios (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Dem Bones By Bob Barner Cover Image
  • Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared By Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illustrator) Cover Image

Staff Picks

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Grumpy Monkey By Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illustrator) Cover Image

Grumpy Monkey (Hardcover)

By Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illustrator)
$17.99

Grumpy Monkey is one of my favorite picture books about emotions, and feeling feelings that you just don’t know what to do with! We all have those days, and Monkey is having one of those days—real bad! He’s grumpy, and all his friends just want to help make him feel better, but it only makes him feel worse! Along the way, Monkey learns about his feelings, and that sometimes you have to let yourself feel exactly what you feel…and very soon, you’ll feel better again. Don’t miss the lovely companion books, Grumpy Monkey Party Time and Grumpy Monkey Up All Night!

(Picture Book) - reviewed by Iz


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