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Ask a bookseller

Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment.

Ask a Bookseller: A Spoonful of Frogs

“A Spoonful of Frogs” was written by Casey Lyall and illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Vera Brosgol. Angela Whited says she’s already read this book at story time at Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul, and the book was a hit with listeners of all ages.
by Emily Bright

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Ask a Bookseller: an award-winning graphic novel, soon to be a series

"American Born Chinese" by prolific cartoonist Gene Luen Yang was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award back in 2006. Disney released a first look at an 8-episode series based on the novel, starring Michelle Yeoh, among other big-name actors.
by Emily Bright

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Ask a Bookseller: 'Book Lovers'

It's a plot that sounds like a Hallmark movie, but the narrator handles it with a knowing wink and a nod, both celebrating and challenges the tropes of romance.
by Emily Bright

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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Lying Life of Adults'

Ask a Bookseller: 'The Lying Life of Adults'

Jean Anne Pugh of Four Seasons Books in Shepardstown, West Virginia, just loves the title of Elena Ferrante’s novel, “The Lying Life of Adults.” Pugh calls the novel an excellent portrait of a teenager “in conflict with her culture and her family.”
by Emily Bright

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