*October Staff Picks*

By Caroline O'Connor | October 5 2018 | AdultsChildren'sAllGiftGeneral

 

Fall is finally in the air and we have too many amazing titles this month to choose from!! Please see all of our favorites HERE!

 

 

 

The Pocket Butler's Guide to Travel
The Pocket Butler's Guide to Travel
Essential Advice for Every Traveller, from Planning and Packing to Making the Most of Your Trip
Charles MacPherson
9780147530868
Indispensable travel advice from Everyone's Favourite Butler
$14.95 US
Oct 02, 2018
4-3/8 x 6
Hardcover
200 Pages
Appetite by Random House
For the Love of Cheese
For the Love of Cheese
Recipes and Wisdom from the Cheese Boutique: A Cookbook
Afrim Pristine
9780147530462
From Afrim Pristine, the internationally-renowned maître fromager and host of Food Network Canada's Cheese: A Love Story, comes a cookbook and all-encompassing cheese guide featuring everyone's favorite ingredient.
$24.95 US
Oct 02, 2018
7 x 10
Paperback
224 Pages
Appetite by Random House
EMILY: The Cookbook
EMILY: The Cookbook
Emily Hyland, Matthew Hyland
9781524796839
The husband-and-wife team behind one of New York City's and Nashville's favorite pizza places share the secrets behind their acclaimed restaurants in a cookbook featuring more than 100 recipes.
$30.00 US
Oct 16, 2018
7-7/16 x 10
Hardcover
240 Pages
Ballantine Books
Drums of Autumn (Starz Tie-in Edition)
Drums of Autumn (Starz Tie-in Edition)
A Novel
Diana Gabaldon
9780525618737
The fourth book in the beloved Outlander series is the basis for Season 4 of the hit STARZ TV series, due to premiere in Fall 2018.
$18.00 US
Oct 16, 2018
6-1/8 x 9-1/4
Paperback
928 Pages
Bantam
Voyager (25th Anniversary Edition)
Voyager (25th Anniversary Edition)
A Novel
Diana Gabaldon
9781984818225
A beautifully designed collector's edition of the third book in Diana Gabaldon's blockbuster Outlander series featuring a brand new introduction and bonus material to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its original publication.
$45.00 US
Oct 23, 2018
6-1/8 x 9-1/4
Hardcover
928 Pages
Delacorte Press
Where's the Unicorn?
Where's the Unicorn?
(An Interactive, Sensory Lift-the-Flap Book with Felt Flaps and a Mirror for Babies & Toddlers. Friendly Mythical Creatures Include a Mermaid, Dragon, & Fairy.)
Ingela P Arrhenius
9781536206968
Part of Ingela Arrhenius’s best-selling felt flap series, which has sold over 2 million copies. Perfect for babies and toddlers! Lift the felt flaps to discover four hidden magical creatures (a mermaid, a dragon, a fairy, and a unicorn), then find the mirror under the fifth and final flap! Parents love these books because they are stylish yet robust, and little readers adore them because they’re fun and easy to play with.
$9.99 US
Oct 02, 2018
7-1/16 x 7-1/16
Board Book
10 Pages
Candlewick Press
Age 0-2 years
Little Christmas Tree
Little Christmas Tree
Jessica Courtney-Tickle, Jessica Courtney-Tickle
9781536203110
"Courtney-Tickle’s friendly digital illustrations teem with life, while the sparkly, snow-dappled trees and lift-the-flap surprises are pleasantly reminiscent of an Advent calendar." – Publishers Weekly (starred review)One white and snowy night, a little Christmas tree stands alone in the forest. Everything is white and lifeless. As the night goes on, there are signs of life: an orange fox, a red-breasted robin, a cloud of fireflies. By the end of the book, the little Christmas tree is transformed by nature. Another glorious lift-the-flap exploration of nature in the same series as Little Tree and Little Honeybee.
$15.99 US
Oct 16, 2018
7-1/16 x 11-5/8
Board Book
12 Pages
Big Picture Press
Age 2-5 years
Highest Mountain, Smallest Star
Highest Mountain, Smallest Star
A Visual Compendium of Wonders
Kate Baker, Page Tsou
9781536204056
An exploration of natural and manmade wonders told through stunning Victorian-style infographics.Do you know how tall the tallest mountain on Earth is? Or how deep the deepest ocean goes? Have you ever wondered how a dinosaur would measure up against the Great Pyramid of Giza? Or if a bird could fly faster than an airplane? Learn all this and more in this exquisite book of superlatives and comparisons. Illustrated by award-winning artist Page Tsou, this is a visual feast of a compendium that will fill readers with wonder at the world we live in.
$22.00 US
Oct 23, 2018
10-5/8 x 13-3/8
Hardcover
80 Pages
Big Picture Press
Age 7-10 years

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