January Newsletter 2025

Audiobook By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult Young playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn’t level for women. As Melina wonders if she dares risk failure again, her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits the… -Synopsis Random House Audio Youth So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole Faron Vincent can channel the power of the gods. Five years ago, she used her divine magic to liberate her island from its enemies, the dragon-riding Langley Empire. But now, at seventeen, Faron is all powered up with no wars to fight. She’s a legend to her people and a nuisance to her neighbors. When she’s forced to attend an international peace summit, Faron… -Synopsis Little, Brown and Company Snow Is…by Laura Gehl From award-winning author Laura Gehl, a sparkling, lyrical picture book about the magic of an early snow. It’s dawn and there is snow all around. The wonder of winter’s first snowfall brings the magic of changing seasons and sees a family sharing the perfect snow day with coziness and togetherness from dawn to dusk. -Synopsis Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Featured Book How to Winter by Kari Leibowitz Do you dread the end of Daylight Saving Time and grouch about the long, chilly season of gray skies and ice? Do you find yourself in a slump every January and February? What if there were a way to rethink this time of year? Psychologist and winter expert Kari Leibowitz’s galvanizing HOW TO WINTER uses mindset science to help readers embrace winter as a… –Synopsis Viking Adult Fiction 1/21 Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros 1/28 The Crash by Freida McFadden Youth 2/4 The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith 2/4 The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Vegetable Garden by Eric Carle Upcoming Releases Memorial/Honor Book An Amish Quilting Bee: Three Stories by Amy Clipston This book is in memory of Donna Pooler. Patchwork Promises by Amy Clipston. When Colin Zook and his beloved grandmother lose everything in a fire, their greatest loss is a beloved family heirloom quilt that helped keep her dementia at bay. A Common Thread by Kathleen Fuller. Stitched Together by Shelley Shepard Gray –Synopsis Thorndike Press

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