Eleanor loves the wild outdoors. When she invites the wild inside, she spins and leaps like the animals outside. This beautiful picture book inspires imagination.
The Wildest Thing by Emily Winfield Martin, (List Price: $19.99, Random House Books for Young Readers, 9798217023981, January 2026)
Reviewed by Rae Ann Parker, Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tennessee
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House’s collection of poetry is full of beauty, of perfect lines that punch one in the gut and evoke profound feelings. His imagery immerses readers in the South, capturing every day life experiences, yet his poems are also memories of family love and sacrifice, of loss and grief. This collection inspires reflection on how we relate to the past, on how we grieve the loss of people and place, on how nature soothes us in troubled times, on how deeply we love. All These Ghosts is a remarkable gift to the world.
All These Ghosts by Silas House, (List Price: $22.95, Blair, 9781958888698, September 2025)
Reviewed by Lera Shawver, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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So glad that the former Kentucky Poet Laureate has a poetry collection at last! As with his fiction, House’s work resonates most deeply the closer he stays to his Appalachian roots. With poems like “Double Creek Girl” and “Lunchlady” he transports the reader to a hardscrabble start that was tough but also suffused with the joy of family ties and the beauty of nature. Poems about queerness, protest, timesickness and soup beans all exist side by side in this collection, as in life.
All These Ghosts by Silas House, (List Price: $22.95, Blair, 9781958888698, September 2025)
Reviewed by Sam Miller, Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky
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As a lefty in a world that wasn’t made for me, I love this. It’s so cute, fun, and perfect for kids trying to embrace their “left-handedness.” (Luckily, I’ve never had to put up with much other than the smudging of words on paper and fitting in desks weird.)
Lefty by Mo Willems, (List Price: $24.99, Union Square Kids, 9781454951483, December 2024)
Reviewed by Niamh Kenny, E. Shaver Bookseller in Savannah, Georgia
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