New for Children
Fable Comics
edited by Chris Duffy
From classics like “The Tortoise and the Hare” and “The Grasshopper and the Ants” to obscure gems like “The Frogs Who Desired a King,” “Fable Comics” has something to offer every reader. Twenty-eight fables from different cultures and traditions are wonderfully adapted and illustrated in comics format by 26 different cartoonists.
Hotel Bruce
by Ryan T. Higgins
When Bruce gets home from a migration trip with his goslings, he is tired and grumpy and definitely not in the mood to share his home with the trio of mice who have turned his den into a hotel. There’s a possum pillow fight wreaking havoc in one room, a fox luring guests into a stew in the kitchen, and a snuggly crew of critters hogging the bed. Will this grumpy bear ever get his quiet, peaceful den back to himself?
New for Young Adults
A Court of Wings and Ruin
by Sarah J. Maas
Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin’s maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit, and one slip may spell doom.
The Whole Thing Together
by Ann Brashares
Summer for Sasha and Ray means the sprawling old house on Long Island. Since they were children, they’ve shared almost everything—reading the same books, running down the same paths to the beach, eating peaches from the same market, even sleeping in the same bed. But they’ve never met. Sasha’s dad was once married to Ray’s mom, and together they had three daughters, but the marriage crumbled. Now there are two new families, and neither will give up the beach house. This summer, the lives of Sasha, Ray, and their siblings intersect in ways none of them ever dreamed, in a novel about family relationships, secrets, and most of all, love.
New for Adults
Golden Hill: A Novel of Old New York
by Francis Spufford
One rainy evening in 1746, a handsome young stranger, fresh off the boat, arrives at a countinghouse door on Golden Hill Street in New York, a small town on the tip of Manhattan island. This is Mr. Smith—amiable, charming, yet strangely suspicious. For in his pocket, he has what seems to be an order for a thousand pounds, and he won’t explain where he comes from or what he is planning to do that requires so much money. Should the New York merchants trust him, befriend him, arrest him, maybe even kill him? Author Spufford paints a picture of a New York as a place where a young man with a fast tongue can invent himself afresh, fall in love … and find a world of trouble.
A Distant View of Everything
by Alexander McCall Smith
A new baby brings an abundance of joy to Isabel Dalhousie and her husband, but Isabel’s almost 4-year-old son Charlie is none too keen, and Isabel must find a way to impress upon him the patience and understanding that have served as guiding principles in her own life. These are the qualities that bring Rosemary Hipple, an old acquaintance, to seek Isabel’s help in a tricky situation. Rosemary is something of a matchmaker, and she has brought together a cosmetic surgeon and a successful banker. But new information comes to light about the surgeon. Isabel agrees to find out more, but her inquiries take an unexpected turn.
