In My Garden

In My GardenBy: Charlotte Zolotow Illustrator: Philip C. Stead Welcome the outdoors inside for story time with this classic tale of a garden changing through the seasons. A young girl and her older companion watch birds, fly a kite, plant flowers, and play in the snow, watching flowers bloom and leaves fall as the year passes. This quiet story celebrates the simple joys found close to home, and the importance of sharing those experiences with the ones you love. A

By: John Updike     From a master of American letters and the author of the acclaimed Rabbit series comes a richly illustrated book of eighteen insightful essays about American art

[Her] observations are acute and her confessions tonic

including soaking in the Blue Lagoon

By: Terry Teachout     A major new biography of Duke Ellington from the acclaimed author of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong

Follow her as she pulls a worm out of the ground

someone in the family must have done it

By: Susan Juby     Allegations against his father turn eleven-year-old Rodney's life upside down in a powerful and surprisingly funny novel about new beginnings

sacrificing everything to preserve the only hope of goodness in the beautiful

it’s their six-month anniversary

It has given me a brand-new lens with which to examine the deeper significance of the food I cook

- A beautiful gift book for anyone seeking to explore Portland

His name is Monk