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Zakka Embroidery: Simple One- and Two-Color Embroidery Motifs and Small Crafts
by Yumiko Higuchi
With a kaleidoscope of thread colors available, the task of picking just the right palette for an embroidery project can be overwhelming to beginners and experienced stitchers alike. But when you take away that challenge, a whole world of texture and style becomes available. In this book, Japanese designer Yumiko Higuchi presents embroidery motifs to be stitched in just one or two colors--creating patterns and designs that are more evocotive for their form than for a play of colors. Moving away from traditional embroidery motifs, the designs here are an elegant hybrid of Japanese and Scandinavian style- the motifs and patterns are spare and graphic, yet softened with organic shapes and imagery drawn from nature. The result is embroidery that evokes a personal feel and conjures a sense of nostalgia and longing. What is further appealing is the seeming simplicity in recreating these designs- by creating designs that use either one color or two colors the work here feels very approachable and appropriate for beginner stitchers. Each embroidery design is paired with a simple project, such as ribbons, pillows, and pouches. (Non-Fiction)
(Recommended by Kim)
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Escargot and the Search for Spring
by Dashka Slater
After a long winter spent indoors, adorable French snail Escargot ventures out into the world, searching for signs of spring, and meets a fluffy white bunny along the way, in this delightful tale of unlikely friendship. Illustrations.
Miss Carrie says you have to wait to check it out until after story time on March 20th because it's just that fun and she has to read it, French accent included.
(Recommended by Miss Carrie)
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The Goodnight Train Easter
by June Sobel
It's all aboard the Goodnight Train as it takes a springtime ride and encounters bunnies, chicks and a magical Easter egg hunt, in this delightful bedtime board book that has egg-shaped peek-a-boo die-cuts on every page. (Board Book)
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Poopsie Gets Lost
by Hannah E. Harrison
Forced out of her comfort zone by the pushy narrator, Poopsie, a fluffy, nap-loving cat, goes on a fur-raising adventure in the jungle where she must call upon her inner tough kitty to make it out in one piece. (Easy)
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Controlled Burn
by Erin Soderberg Downing
Sent to spend the summer with her grandparents in Northern Minnesota after a devastating fire destroyed her home, Maia must overcome her guilt, anxiety, fear and self-doubt to save those she loves most when danger strikes again. (Fiction Junior)
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I Must Betray You
by Ruta Sepetys
In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country. (Teen)
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The Perfect Son: A Novel
by Freida McFadden
Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front door. A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighborhood. The police suspect the worst--murder. And Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive. Erika has always sensed something dark and disturbed in her seemingly perfect older child. She wants to believe he's innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can't deny the truth--Liam may have done the unthinkable. Now she must ask herself: How far will she go to protect her son? (Fiction)
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A Sign of Her Own
by Sarah Marsh
Inspired by a true story, describes the life of Ellen Lark, a deaf woman who became a favorite student of Alexander Graham Bell while he raced against Western Union to cast a human voice over wires. (Fiction)
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Four Weddings and a Puppy
by Lizzie Shane
Kendall Walsh has exactly one second to save a fancy, five-tiered wedding cake and any possibility of being a wedding planner--not to mention her family's struggling ski resort. All because of one very cute, very furry, golden menace of a retriever who has a serious thing for butter chiffon icing. Which is exactly when Olympic skier Brody James shows up and saves the day...and the cake. Brody makes Kendall feel about a million indecipherable things. He's her brother's bestie. Her first crush. And a ridiculously popular Olympic hero, which only reminds her of her own failed Olympic dreams. What Brody isn't telling her is that he's walked away from it all. The fame. The sponsorships. The celebrity girlfriend. Now he and Kendall are both lost somewhere between their past and a future they can't yet see. But four weddings, one mischievous puppy, and a few steamy kisses later, these two might just realize that they are both exactly where they need to be...with each other. (Large Print Fiction)
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The Last Outlaws: The Desperate Final Days of the Dalton Gang
by Tom Clavin
Taking us back to the Wild West on October 5, 1892, this gripping true account of the Dalton Gang—four brothers and their rotating cast of accomplices—follows their attempt to rob two banks in broad daylight in Coffeyville, Kansas, simultaneously, which led to an epic gun battle that left eight men dead. (Non-Fiction)
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The New! Fishing Fundamentals: Fishing Fun for Everyone!
by Chuck Nelson
Fishing Fundamentals, the latest book from the experts at In-Fisherman, covers equipment, tackle, baits, boats and motors, casting, cleaning and cooking, and so much more. But probably most importantly, it teaches the In-Fisherman fishing formula to the novice angler, providing a solid foundation for long-term success. (Non-Fiction)
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