Girls Who Build by Katie Hughes This book is cool! It is an introduction to building (tools, safety, supplies), profiles of 45 girls with interviews about why/what they like to build, AND an activity book for building projects from bee houses to candle holders to shelves. –sweet pea Generation Brave by Kate Alexander This collection of activists …
I absolutely loved this book; I read it in maybe 2 days! It’s like a hybrid of Percy Jackson and the Red Queen series, all brought together in a more modern take. The book begins with a mystery right away, then the romance, battles, and secrets pulled my interest immediately. What I really loved was …
“In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a café that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee—the chance to travel back in time.” Kawaguchi wrote this story originally as a play which was adapted into a novel …
This lovely li’l story is about a young girl’s journey through the snow to visit her Lebanese grandmother. The text is filled with fun onomatopoeia, and the pictures are sweet and soft as the characters. A great read aloud while staying cozy under a blanket during the holidays [and beyond]. –Christina, King’s Books, Tacoma, WA …
This collection is so absolutely beautiful! Whether you’re new to poetry or a seasoned vet, this anthology is a winner. Nature poetry, race poetry, and eco poetry all join hands to tell us about the land we live on, the people who have always been here, and how we can find hope in each other …
This beautifully illustrated poem of a picture book celebrates Black boyhood, leaning into the joy and pride of a loved child. I love this line from the narrator: “I am good to the core, like the center of a cinnamon roll. Yeah, that good.” We have signed copies. —Carrie, Broadway Books, Portland, OR With bold …
A few years ago, Robert Macfarlane, who’s something of a patron saint at Madison Books (see our review of 2019 book of the year Underland, now out in paperback) wrote The Lost Words, an ornate linguistic repository intended to preserve the lexicon of the natural world that’s literally being removed from dictionaries. Lavishly illustrated by Jackie Morris, it became …
The picture book Just In Case You Want to Fly, written by Julie Fogliano and illustrated by Christian Robinson (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House), was voted BuzzBooks contest winner by booksellers and librarians at the 2019 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Tradeshow, Oct. 6-8, in Portland, OR. About 200 punch cards were handed out to attendees who …
This remarkable book shows us female friendships that changed history, from the Trưng sisters defending first century Vietnam, to pirates Anne Bonny & Mary Read, to the Zohra Orchestra of Afghan girls. Find yourself some new historical heroes! — sweet pea, King’s Books, Tacoma, WA Find perfect gifts and inspiration for yourself at King’s Books …
We’ve got copies of the University of California’s biography of Carleton Watkins. Watkins, as you may know, was kind of the Edward Curtis of landscape pictures during the 19th century. Much of Watkins’ own documentation was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco fire, and so Tyler Green, the author of this splendid biography, had to …
