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February 15, 2024
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| “Artfully structured and delivered with propulsive intensity and heart, American Mother takes us deep into what must be every parent’s nightmare,” writes author Pico Iyer, reviewing Colum McCann and Diane Foley’s book in Air Mail recently. “This haunting conundrum that can’t be reduced to simplicities speaks for everything that is remarkable in the heartfelt, gripping book produced by Foley and the National Book Award–winning novelist Colum McCann.”
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“Such an amazing little book with so much power. Now you can learn to grow carrots by planting the cover of this book.” — Judith Lafitte, Octavia Books (New Orleans, LA)
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| A Look at Palestine Before the Nakba
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| ALA-approved Graphic Novels
Numerous graphic novels from Consortium publishers have been named to ALA-approved reading lists issued by the Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table (GNCRT) and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Check them out!
- Kariba by Daniel Clarke, James Clarke, and Daniel Snaddon (Catalyst Press)
- Pearl of the Sea by Anthony Silverston and Raffaella Delle Donne, illus. Willem Samuel (Catalyst Press)
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 Click here for more top titles publishing next Tuesday, Feb. 20.
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| | Giant On The Shore
by Alfonso Ochoa, illus. Andrés López, trans. Shook
Transit Children’s Editions • April 2024 • 9781945492877
★ “A glorious look at the potential benefits and vulnerabilities of a new possibility. . . . Intricate, painterly illustrations beautifully capture the potential journey taken by the giant. López plays adeptly with perspective.” — Kirkus Reviews
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“The stories in Burn Man, by the Canadian writer Mark Anthony Jarman, derive from the more raucous lineage of Barry Hannah, Thomas McGuane and Denis Johnson. . . . He gives us a gallery of antiheroes—some of them bona fide criminals but many just screwups—who are helpless in the grip of their worst impulses.” — Wall Street Journal
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| | We the Spirits
by Jason Gardner
Global Book Sales / GOST Books • February 2024 • 9781915423146
“In his new book We the Spirits, photographer Jason Gardner documents the costumes and masks that make Carnival so visually appealing. They range from colorful and bright to exaggerated and surreal to downright terrifying.” — Wall Street Journal
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| New Digital Review Copies
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★ “Kathleen Jennings offers 12 glittering, fantasy-inspired short stories in Kindling.” — Shelf Awareness
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Catherine Leroux, author of The Future (Biblioasis), was interviewed on Michigan Public Radio’s Stateside on February 13.
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The Atlantic featured Tinkers by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press) on a winter reading list this month.
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Love Novel
by Ivana Sajko, trans. Mima Simic
Biblioasis • February 2024 • 9781771965989
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