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The Heartbeat Library
by Laura Imai Messina, translated by Lucy Rand

Imai Messina (The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World, 2021) returns with another moving and tender novel, once again translated from the Italian by Lucy Rand.




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photo of Elizabeth Boyle10 Questions for Elizabeth Boyle
By John Charles

Elizabeth Boyle is an award winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of 25 novels, as well as several novellas and short stories.

Trend Alert: Women Writers from Latin America
by Sara Martínez

Excellent works by Latin American women writers have been surreptitiously finding their way onto library shelves. With intriguing titles and curious covers that mask the profundity inside, these books will thrill intrepid readers who welcome discomfort, messiness, and having their tapetes movidos (their cores shaken) by challenging literature that ventures outside the zone of tidy endings.

Spanish Series Nonfiction: Fall 2024
by Julia Smith

The following nonfiction series, both new and continuing, mark the season’s newest releases available in Spanish.

Trend Alert: Make It Plant-Based
by Annie Bostrom

​Many of the books below also take the comfort foods we love and remake them into healthier, plant-based versions. Best of all, these books reassure readers that eating more plants and less meat is both totally achievable every night of the week and totally delicious. 

Essentials: Cook These Books!
by Sarah Hunter

The back-matter recipe is a regular occurrence in picture books, but some recipes are more helpfully written than others. Read on for a list of recent titles containing particularly strong recipes for a wide variety of dishes to encourage the culinary ambitions of hungry young readers.

photo of C. M. Waggoner10 Questions for C. M. Waggoner
By John Charles

C. M. Waggoner grew up in rural upstate New York, where she spent a lot of time reading fantasy novels in a swamp. She studied creative writing at SUNY Purchase and lived in China for eight years before moving to Albany, New York, where she now lives with her husband and daughter.

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