Receipts from the Bookshop
by Katie Clapham
Katie Clapham is an author and bookstore owner in the small English seaside town of Lytham St Annes. I've been enjoying her weekly Substack newsletter, where she recounts the highs, the lows, the quir... (Haley)
Story Rug
by Sophie Blackall, illustrated by Phoebe Wahl
Braiding has taken elementary school class 203 by storm—they're even braiding shoelaces! But Noah doesn't have anything to braid. His teacher tears a classroom rag into strips, which become the start... (Haley)
The Camino
by Anya Niewierra, translated by Eileen Stevens
More than half a million people walk the Camino de Santiago each year, and each person has their own reason for doing so. Lotte, a middle-aged wife, mother, and chocolatier from the Netherlands, is wa... (Doree)
The Man on a Donkey
by H.F.M. Prescott
This masterclass in historical fiction has a long, slow-burning fuse and a culmination that blew me away. Along with expert world (re)building and insightful character (re)animation is a key feature o... (Liz)
Under Story
by Chloe Benjamin
What would you do to have more time with the people you love most? Would you go to the ends of the earth? Test new scientific theories about time? Laurel and Eli are scientists who face an unimaginabl... (Doree)