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Notes from a Children's Librarian: Get Dancing
These picture books can’t teach you how to dance, but they can inspire you.
Most Anticipated: Our Spring 2019 Nonfiction Preview
Our 2019 Spring Preview continues with nonfiction, featuring books on infertility and parenting, trans experience, island life, creativity, grief and …
Cozy Eats: Real Hot Chocolate from DUTCH FEAST
If it's freezing where you are, this delectable hot chocolate will hit the spot.
The Chat with Kathy Page
The tender story of a decades-long marriage, Dear Evelyn explores how time transforms our most intimate relationships.
12 New Books on Community Connections
Our focus on community connections continues with this cross-genre list of twelve recent books that delve into community in singular and fascinating ways. …
Kittens in the City
An excerpt from Carissa Halton's Little Yellow House: Finding Community in a Changing Neighbourhood
The Chat with Harold R. Johnson
In our first conversation of 2019, we chat with acclaimed writer Harold Johnson, author of the genre-bending memoir Clifford: A Memoir, A Fiction, A Fantasy, …
Most Anticipated: Our Spring 2019 Fiction Preview
The first half of 2019 promises glorious literary delights.
Shelf Talkers: Books for Christmas Eve Shoppers
"You’re an indie bookseller, the best of the best.
You work before dawn, you work without rest.
You’ve read all the books, you could pass any test,
Now, …
Happy Holiday Reading from 49th Shelf
Happy holidays, and we're looking forward to sharing all kinds of excellent books with you in 2019.