Spring reads!
Take a book outside, why don’t ya?
Spring has sprung, the birds are chirping, the trees are covered in blossoms, and we’re hungry for stories to nourish our spring-loving souls!
We’ve got a round-up of great books for the season of GREEN, and guess what? We have a Bookshop storefront! What does that mean for you? It means all of these books are together on a list on Bookshop, an online bookstore that sells books from local, independent bookstores.
So instead of tracking down these books on Amazon, Target, or your local indie bookstore’s website, you can just click on our link and buy whatever books tickle your fancy! How will you pick?!
Here’s a few highlights from our spring books list:
Du Iz Tak? by Carson Ellis
This book! It’s about bugs, speaking in their own bug language, and the illustrations are so whimsical and fun.
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
It’s a classic for a reason. Sal and her mother are going to pick blueberries… and on the other side of the hill, a bear and her son are out eating blueberries!
The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz
This is a short illustrated chapter book about Flory, a night fairy whose wings are accidentally chewed off by a bat. She must learn to become a day fairy if she wants to survive! Flory is scrappy and fierce, and this book feels like an old-fashioned bedtime story.
The Secret Garden on 81st Street
Make it stand out
You probably know The Secret Garden, but this is a graphic novel reimagining set in modern New York City. Mary is still a prickly loner, reluctant to trust anyone after her tragic loss, and the garden (now a rooftop garden in the city) is a source of comfort… and full of secrets.
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Make it stand out
Are you craving some springtime cottagecore? Perhaps with a bit of dark academia sprinkled on top? That’s the recipe for this one, and it’s so smart, so cozy, and so atmospheric. Emily is a professor of faeries! She must research faeries! Does it get better than that?
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Make it stand out
Have you read any Lauren Groff yet? She’s one of the greats—and this one is our favorite. It’s also ideal for spring weather: vibrant, mesmerizing, daring. It tells the story of Marie de France, a woman cast out of the royal court who is sent to be the prioress of a ramshackle abbey. She falls in love with her new life and under her direction, the abbey flourishes.
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
Yes, that Elizabeth Gilbert. Whatever your thoughts about Eat, Pray, Love, try to put them aside so you can read this absolute tome of a historical novel about a 19th century woman botanist. It’s masterfully written. Meticulously researched. A novel for the plant lovers among us.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
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You might not think spring is the time for spooky stories… but this book is the gothic springtime story of your dreams. Merricat lives with her sister Constance and sick Uncle Julian at their family estate. Six years earlier, everyone else in their family was poisoned by arsenic at dinner. It’s a slim book, delightful, strange, hilarious, like an eerie nursery rhyme.
Check out the whole list below!
