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    All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel By S. A. Cosby Cover Image
  • Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS By BTS, Myeongseok Kang, Anton Hur (Translated by), Slin Jung (Translated by), Clare Richards (Translated by) Cover Image
  • Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 1: Volume 1 By Shannon Messenger, Celina Frenn (Adapted by), Gabriella Chianello (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Odder By Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    Dory Fantasmagory By Abby Hanlon Cover Image
  • Dogtown (A Dogtown Book #1) By Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • On the Tip of a Wave: How Ai Weiwei's Art Is Changing the Tide By Joanna Ho, Catia Chien (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    Time After Time (Best Wishes #3) By Sarah Mlynowski, Christina Soontornvat Cover Image
  • First Night of Howlergarten By Benson Shum, Benson Shum (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • All the Beating Hearts By Julie Fogliano, Cátia Chien (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The First Cat in Space and the Soup of Doom By Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    Map of Flames (The Forgotten Five, Book 1) By Lisa McMann Cover Image
  • Clementine and Danny Save the World (and Each Other) By Livia Blackburne Cover Image
  • Shark Party (Shark Princess #2) By Nidhi Chanani, Nidhi Chanani (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Children's Encyclopedia of Animals By Michael Leach, Meriel Lland Cover Image
  • Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Normal Fairy-Tale Life By Emma Steinkellner Cover Image
  • Lumberjackula By Mat Heagerty, Sam Owen (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Lost Time By Tas Mukanik Cover Image
  • The Unpetables By Dennis Messner Cover Image
  • Escape from Grimstone Manor (Monsterious, Book 1) By Matt McMann Cover Image
  • The Human Kaboom: 6 Explosively Different Stories with the Same Exact Name! By Adam Rubin Cover Image
  • This Winter By Alice Oseman Cover Image
  • The Bear and the Moon By Matthew Burgess, Catia Chien (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • I'm Trying to Love Math By Bethany Barton, Bethany Barton (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Unsleeping Witch By Alexandra Overy Cover Image
  • The Puppets of Spelhorst (The Norendy Tales) By Kate DiCamillo, Julie Morstad (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    Gold! By David Shannon, David Shannon (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Audrey Covington Breaks the Rules By Karina Evans Cover Image
  • The Welcome Home By Amy June Bates, Amy June Bates (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Lei and the Fire Goddess By Malia Maunakea Cover Image
  • Illustoria: Mystery: Issue #20: Stories, Comics, Diy, for Creative Kids and Their Grownups By Elizabeth Haidle (Editor), Catia Chien, Isabel Roxas (Guest Editor) Cover Image
  • The Secret Society of Aunts & Uncles By Jake Gyllenhaal, Greta Caruso, Dan Santat (Illustrator) Cover Image

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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library By Chris Grabenstein Cover Image
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's...
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How to Write a Poem By Kwame Alexander, Melissa Sweet (Illustrator), Deanna Nikaido Cover Image
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By Kwame Alexander, Melissa Sweet (Illustrator), Deanna Nikaido
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This Is a Story By John Schu, Lauren Castillo (Illustrator) Cover Image
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Once Upon a Book By Grace Lin, Kate Messner Cover Image
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Eyes That Kiss in the Corners By Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illustrator) Cover Image
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The Loud Librarian By Jenna Beatrice, Erika Lynne Jones (Illustrator) Cover Image
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By Jenna Beatrice, Erika Lynne Jones (Illustrator)
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Thomas and Friends: My Red Railway Book Box (Thomas & Friends): Go, Train, GO!; Stop, Train, Stop!; A Crack in the Track!; and Blue Train, Green Train (Bright & Early Board Books(TM)) By Rev. W. Awdry, Tommy Stubbs (Illustrator) Cover Image
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Leeva at Last By Sara Pennypacker, Matthew Cordell (Illustrator) Cover Image
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A Tale of Magic... By Chris Colfer Cover Image
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Books under a Christmas Tree!

  • Bluey: Hooray, It's Christmas!: A Sticker & Activity Book By Penguin Young Readers Licenses Cover Image
  • Christmas Cupcake Murder: A Festive & Delicious Christmas Cozy Mystery (A Hannah Swensen Mystery #26) By Joanne Fluke Cover Image
  • How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? By Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Paddington and the Christmas Surprise: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids By Michael Bond, R. W. Alley (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Santa Shark: A Great White Christmas By Mike Lowery, Mike Lowery (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Night Before Christmas By Roger Duvoisin, Clement C. Moore Cover Image
  • The Crayons' Christmas By Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Christmas Fun (Holiday Fun Activity Books) By Highlights (Created by) Cover Image
  • The Little Christmas Activity Book (Dover Little Activity Books) By Anna Pomaska Cover Image
  • Otto The Ornament By Troy Cummings Cover Image
  • Mistletoe: A Christmas Story By Tad Hills Cover Image
  • This Winter By Alice Oseman Cover Image
  • Grumpy Monkey Oh, No! Christmas By Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • My First Christmas By Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • A Very Fuddles Christmas By Frans Vischer, Frans Vischer (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Glitter Decorate a Christmas Tree, Sticker Activity Book [With Stickers] (Dover Little Activity Books Stickers) By Fran Newman-D'Amico Cover Image
  • Red & Green By Lois Ehlert, Lois Ehlert (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Glitter Decorate Christmas Cookies Sticker Activity Book (Dover Little Activity Books Stickers) By Fran Newman-D'Amico Cover Image
  • Elves Are the Worst! (The Worst! Series) By Alex Willan, Alex Willan (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Lost Christmas! (Classic Seuss) By Alastair Heim, Aristides Ruiz (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Friendly Animals: A Christmas Story By James Newman Gray (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Sweet Smell of Christmas By Patricia M. Scarry, J. P. Miller (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Jan Brett's The Nutcracker By Jan Brett, Jan Brett (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Green Is for Christmas By Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Christmas First Color by Sticker Book  Cover Image
  • The Christmas Story (Little Golden Book) By Jane Werner Watson, Eloise Wilkin (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Bluey: Merry Christmas: A Coloring Book By Penguin Young Readers Licenses Cover Image
  • Christmas Follow-The-Dots (Dover Little Activity Books) By Suzanne Ross Cover Image
  • Santa Claus: The World's Number One Toy Expert Board Book: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids By Marla Frazee, Marla Frazee (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • I'm Going to Build a Snowman By Jashar Awan, Jashar Awan (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Find Spot at Christmas By Eric Hill, Eric Hill (Illustrator) Cover Image

Winter Stories

  • The Snowy Day Board Book By Ezra Jack Keats Cover Image
  • Winter Tales: Stories and Folktales from Around the World By Dawn Casey, Zanna Goldhawk (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins: 25th Anniversary Edition By Eric A. Kimmel, Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Out Cold-A Little Bruce Book (Mother Bruce Series) By Ryan T. Higgins Cover Image
  • Hanukkah, Here I Come! By D.J. Steinberg, Sara Palacios (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Hello, World! Snow By Jill McDonald Cover Image
  • Glitter Hanukkah Stickers (Dover Little Activity Books Stickers) By Freddie Levin Cover Image
  • Baby's First Hanukkah (Baby's First Holidays) By DK Children Cover Image
  • Snow (Beginner Books(R)) By P.D. Eastman Cover Image
  • Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening By Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga, Book One By David A. Robertson Cover Image
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Snowy Hide & Seek: A Finger Trail Lift-the-Flap Book (The World of Eric Carle) By Eric Carle, Eric Carle (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    Snow & Rose By Emily Winfield Martin Cover Image
  • Winter: A Solstice Story (The Solstice Series) By Kelsey E. Gross, Renata Liwska (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • So Much Snow By Kristen Schroeder, Sarah Jacoby (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Voice in the Hollow By Will Hillenbrand Cover Image
  • Cozy By Jan Brett, Jan Brett (Illustrator) Cover Image

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The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga, Book One By David A. Robertson Cover Image

The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga, Book One (Paperback)

By David A. Robertson
$9.99

This fantastic series opener about Indigenous foster kids set in Canada - - will creep into your soul, thump thump thump, like a beating drum or eagle wings taking flight or your pounding heartbeat – in this Narnia-inspired fantasy. 13 year old Morgan has seen it all as she has bounced around after a succession of failed foster homes since very early childhood. She reluctantly has agreed to her foster parents to help watch 12-year old new foster child – Eli – as he navigates middle school, where she comes to discover his amazing drawing talent. As kids tend to do when bored, they enter the attic at home that has an unexplained painted-over doorway, and whoosh…….in comes the cold, frost and snow from beyond. Joseph’s drawing of a winter forest has come alive including talking and walking squirrels, fishers and bears, among other animal elders.

(Fantasy, ages 8+) - Reviewed by Maureen


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