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Not Yet a Yeti

by Pallas Gates McCorquodale

Small and friendly in a community of ferocious giants, George wonders when he will grow big and strong and terrifying like his yeti mom and dad. Even Grandad and Sister can make adventurous hikers scream and run away. Polaroid snapshots... Read More

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Iced Out

by Pallas Gates McCorquodale

It isn’t easy being an awkward narwhal or a shy walrus in Miss Blubber’s School for Arctic Mammals, especially when all the other students are seals; it isn’t long before Neville and Wilfred begin to dread attending class. When a... Read More

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Make Love Better

by Claire Foster

Jan Dworkin’s "Make Love Better" is a heartfelt guide to deepening romantic and committed relationships—the kind that are healing, challenging, and encourage growth. Lighthearted but informative, the book includes stories from... Read More

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Christmas in Austin

by Meg Nola

In Benjamin Markovits’s novel "Christmas in Austin", the Essinger family gathers for the holidays, its siblings traveling from England and the East Coast back to Texas, where festive lights twinkle amid agave plants and the air smells... Read More

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Big Familia

by Rebecca Hussey

In Tomas Moniz’s bighearted novel "Big Familia", a man comes to terms with changes in his family, his neighborhood, and himself. Juan Gutiérrez lives with his daughter, Stella, in a gentrifying neighborhood in Berkeley. Stella is... Read More

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