New week! New books! What are you reading this week?

An incandescent memoir from an astonishing new talent, Beautiful Country puts readers in the shoes of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world.

We have so many new puzzles around the bookshop. I am loving these bright designs especially this new 1000 piece puzzle of John Tenniel's Alice meeting with the Cheshire Cat!

Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun, a bold reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from an amazing new voice in literary fantasy.

“I refuse to be nothing…”

In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness…

On Halloween, the cow says BOO.
She likes that word. It’s something new.

The littlest book-lovers and their families will enjoy following the gentle cow as she ventures out into the moonlit night, trying to discover who it was that replied to her “BOO” with a “BAA.” The surprise ending is certain to delight everyone—young or old, feathered or furry. Told and illustrated with Sandra Boynton’s celebrated charm and pizzazz, Boo! Baa, La La La! is a wonderful, not-scary treat, with all the markings of a Halloween classic. BOO!

House has a problem.

She’s a little spooky. She’s a little cobwebby. Oh, no! What if she’s haunted?

She’s not sure, but…her hinges creak. Her pipes bang. And on windy days, the branches scritch-scratch at her windows. She tries to hold her breath and be as still as possible. If she’s on her best behavior, maybe a family will move in.

How will House ever find a family that doesn’t mind being haunted?