If you celebrate Easter or Passover, I hope you had a good celebration with family and friends! Here are some of the books releasing this week:
Books for Kids
How I Learned to Fall Out of Trees – When a friend is getting ready to move away, she promises to teach her buddy how to climb a tree before she goes. This looks darling. I can’t wait to read the whole story!
I Will Be Fierce – A book about courage and kindness.
Flubby Is Not a Good Pet AND Flubby Will Not Play with That – A new series about a disinterested cat and his owner. Those covers are adorable.
Motor Mouse – First in a new series. Includes three stories starring Motor Mouse.
The Great Bake Off – Book 14 in the darling early chapter book series starring Sophie Mouse. In this book, Sophie and her mom have a lot of fun baking, but they make too much and have to find a way to share what they have before it spoils.
Love the Fur You’re In – Life advice from the characters of Sesame Street. A celebration of 50 years of the show.
Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults
Kazu Jones and the Denver Dognappers – First in a new series. Kazu is on the hunt for a ring of dognappers when their crimes hit close to home.
Marvel Spider-Man Spideyography – Peter Parker’s secret notebook.
Toy Story Toyography – The story of Andy’s toys through the years.
Unicorn Bowling – Book 9 in the fun and fabulous Phoebe and her Unicorn series.
If I’m Being Honest – A new twist on Taming of the Shrew. Cameron is the shrew in question, and when she shows her true colors to her crush, she decides she has to change her ways if she wants to redeem herself in his eyes. As a big Shrew fan, I am eager to read this one.
The Tiger At Midnight – A legendary rebel and a soldier think they are calling the shots in a volatile world, but someone else is pulling the strings. Inspired by Hindu mythology and ancient Indian history.
Secret Soldiers: How the U. S. Twenty-Third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis – The story of actors and set designers and sound engineers who fooled the Nazis. I am fascinated by this whole idea!
Books for Adults
Decades: Marvel in the 70s (Paperback Graphic Novel) – This is the decade of monsters for Marvel.
Fumbled (Trade Paperback) – Book 2 in the Playbook series. (I really enjoyed book one, Intercepted.) A single mother has carved out a life she loves, but when she crosses paths with the NFL wide receiver she dated in high school the secrets they never shared with each other put a potential rekindling of their relationship at risk. I’ll be reviewing this one soon!
New Orleans Rush (Trade Paperback) – An artist follows her boyfriend to New Orleans only to discover his cheating. Now she’s the assistant to a magician, struggling to keep her relationship with him strictly professional. This looks fun!
Sifting Through Clues (e-book) – Book 8 in the Cookbook Nook series. A book group’s progressive dinner ends in murder.
Star Trek TNG: Terra Incognita (Trade Paperback Graphic Novel) – After a season in the Mirror Universe, the crew of the Enterprise returns without realizing that one of their own has been replaced by his mirror counterpart.
Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool (Hardcover) – From the author of Expecting Better comes this exploration of the data regarding the choices new parents will be making about their children.
Nanaville (Hardcover) – A celebration of grandparenting from Anna Quindlen. I can’t wait to read this one – and I am years away from being a grandparent.
Road to Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame (Hardcover) – A collection of all that has led to this moment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Stressed Years of Their Lives: Helping Your Kid Survive and Thrive During Their College Years (Hardcover) – A focus on the emotional skills adolescents need to successfully launch to college.