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Our yearly catalog, ABC Best Books for Children, is available now. Pick it up in the store or at various locations around town for great recommendations compiled by independent children’s booksellers from all over the country. Recommended books are grouped by ages and other categories and include pictures of books covers and retail prices. The catalog is free and is great for gift ideas at any time of year. If you would like us to mail you a complimentary copy, just call or email us and let us know how many copies you’d like!

Or, here is a handy link to a pdf of the catalog. Enjoy!

ABC Best Books for Children 2008

The Good Neighbors

The Good Neighbors # 1: Kin
by Holly Black, illustrated by Ted Naifeh
Ages 12 and Up

From Holly Black, the co-creator of the enormously popular Spiderwick chronicles, comes an exciting new graphic novel for older readers. Rue Silver’s mother has disappeared . . . and her father has been arrested, suspected of killing her. But it’s not as straightforward as that. Because Rue is a faerie, like her mother was. And her father didn’t kill her mother — instead, he broke a promise to Rue’s faerie king grandfather, which caused Rue’s mother to be flung back to the faerie world. Now Rue must go to save her — and must also defeat a dark faerie that threatens our very mortal world. $16.99