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Sunday: 11 am - 4 pm

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Refugee By Alan Gratz Cover Image
Refugee (Hardcover)
By Alan Gratz
$17.99
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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story By Linda Sue Park Cover Image
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By Linda Sue Park
$8.99
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Front Desk (Front Desk #1) (Scholastic Gold) By Kelly Yang Cover Image
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By Kelly Yang
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When Stars Are Scattered By Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Victoria Jamieson (Illustrator), Iman Geddy (Illustrator) Cover Image
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By Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Victoria Jamieson (Illustrator), Iman Geddy (Illustrator)
$13.99
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Inside Out and Back Again: A Newbery Honor Award Winner By Thanhhà Lai Cover Image
Inside Out and Back Again: A...
By Thanhhà Lai
$8.99
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Finally Seen By Kelly Yang Cover Image
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By Kelly Yang
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By Kelly Yang
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Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel By Betty C. Tang, Betty C. Tang (Illustrator) Cover Image
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By Betty C. Tang, Betty C. Tang (Illustrator)
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When Clouds Touch Us By Thanhhà Lai Cover Image
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Maizy Chen's Last Chance: (Newbery Honor Award Winner) By Lisa Yee Cover Image
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By Lisa Yee
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Watercress By Andrea Wang, Jason Chin (Illustrator) Cover Image
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By Andrea Wang, Jason Chin (Illustrator)
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond: A Newbery Award Winner By Elizabeth George Speare Cover Image
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Honoring Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month

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

Eerie and exciting reads!

  • Room on the Broom By Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (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
  • The Otherwoods By Justine Pucella Winans, Justine Pucella Winans Cover Image
  • Happy Halloweenie By Katie Vernon, Katie Vernon (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Hopefully the Scarecrow By Michelle Houts, Sara Palacios (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Spooky Pookie (Little Pookie) 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
  • Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared By Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Celebrate the Day of the Dead! By Diane de Anda, Gloria Félix (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Hidden Pictures My First Lift-the-Flap Halloween Jokes (Highlights Joke Books) By Highlights (Created by) Cover Image
  • Dem Bones By Bob Barner Cover Image
  • Not a Pumpkin! (A Lift-the-Flap Book) By Susie Lee Jin, Susie Lee Jin (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Halloween Fun (Holiday Fun Activity Books) By Highlights (Created by) Cover Image
  • Boo! Baa, La La La! By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Boris and Bella By Carolyn Crimi, Gris Grimly (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Wheels on the Costume By Cindy Jin, Lauren Lowen (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Boo Bark! Board Book By Mudpuppy, Kathryn Selbert (By (artist)) Cover Image
  • The Light Inside By Dan Misdea, Dan Misdea (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

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Gold! By David Shannon, David Shannon (Illustrator) Cover Image

Gold! (Hardcover)

By David Shannon, David Shannon (Illustrator)
$18.99

Fittingly over the top with gold-digging glee, this Midas retelling uses every one of Shannon’s magnificent gifts of style, zest and bling to wondrous heights. Sure, we spot the prepubescence of a particular politico, but readers will be pouring over the comic details in the larger-than-life paintings and be rewarded with an ending that satisfies.

(Picture Book, ages 3+) - Reviewed by Maureen


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