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Alie
Alie's IconAlie is the head book buyer at Brookline Booksmith. She loves mysteries (the psychologically more intense the better), great fiction (like Middlesex and Poisonwood Bible) and cookbooks. She is also obsessed with crossword puzzles.

With a well-read toddler to keep busy, Alie has begun to focus on children’s books, including board books like Gossie by Olivier Dunrea, and picture books like The Story of Ferdinand and llama llama mad at mama.

Alie recommends:

Monkey & Robot (Hardcover)

By Peter Catalanotto, Peter Catalanotto
$12.99
ISBN-13: 9781442429789
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 1/2013
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If you want your beginning reader to utterly crack up... this is the book. Simple but hysterical and even just a little bit poignant. For lovers of Mo Willems' awesome Elephant and Piggy books!


~ recommended April, 2013 

The Round House (Hardcover)

By Louise Erdrich
$27.99
ISBN-13: 9780062065247
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Harper, 10/2012
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The Round House is narrated by a 13-year-old boy who is growing up on a reservation and trying to survive after his mother is brutally attacked.  This is the kind of book that makes you forget that you are reading: a truly astonishing work of literature.

~ recommended January, 2013

May We Be Forgiven (Hardcover)

By A. M. Homes
$27.95
ISBN-13: 9780670025480
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Viking Adult, 9/2012
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It's hard to explain May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes (one of my favorite authors ever) but let me just say it is incredibly outstanding!  If you like dark, wacky, black suburban humor, check this novel out.  You just never know what's going to happen next.

~ recommended October, 2012

A Hundred Flowers (Hardcover)

By Gail Tsukiyama
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9780312274818
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: St. Martin's Press, 8/2012
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This was worth the wait!  A long time Tsukiyama fan, A Hundred Flowers brings out all the things I love about her writing.  Months after reading this, I still think about the characters and the beauty of the unfolding story. 

~ recommended August, 2012

Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site (Hardcover)

By Tom Lichtenheld, Sherri Duskey Rinker
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780811877824
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Chronicle Books, 3/2011
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This book must have magic powers - the perfect bedtime book. Droopy little eyelids guaranteed!

~ recommended January, 2012

Wonderstruck (Hardcover)

By Brian Selznick, Brian Selznick
$29.99
ISBN-13: 9780545027892
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Scholastic Press, 9/2011
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Invention of Hugo Cabret... Amazing!
Wonderstruck... Astounding!
Crack open this incredible book and prepare to be transported. You won't be able to stop turning the pages!

~ recommended November, 2011